Genghis Khan - Khan of All Mongols - Extra History - Part 4

[@extrahistory]

The year is 1202, the dawn of a new century. Temujin Khan now rivals Jamukha in power. The future of the Mongols could fall to either of them... Support us on Patreon and get your name in the credits of an episode! patreon.com/extracredits

[@willdulevitz]

Extra Credits hello

[@gabrielturner03]

Will you do leon trotsky the commander of the soviet union?

[@culdude1494]

Good episode. Is this the last one in this series?

[@jamesporach6094]

Do a series on john curtin

[@niemand3637]

Extra Credits

[@sykeraid4944]

Aw man, you guys could have detailed the ending a bit more with Jamukha: How Temujin had Jamukha's betrayers executed for their lack of loyalty to their own leader. How Temujin wanted Jamukha back as a brother and offered amnesty. How Jamukha denied the olive branch and stated that "just like there is only one sun in the sky, there can be only one true Mongol lord." And then asked to be executed nobly; without blood, via breaking of his back. And how Temujin would bury his anda with honors and with the golden belt he gave to Jamukha as a symbol of brotherhood. That would have been an awesome and poignant way to end this episode.

[@buffnuffin]

waow, now that you told this it sounds like a brotherhood"s sacrification for the unity of the tribes (and less war and chaos across each other)

[@Ozzy4747]

Jacob Dean thumbs up, everyone needs to read this

[@xkilla911]

this version of Hashirama and Madara made a grown man shed tears

[@Ganaa23]

Dude, your history knowledge is far better than most of the people who watching this. I don’t know what source do you know that from but thats indeed the fact

[@badredraws]

A year late but this made me cry :( I love this though! You're better at history than many others lol

[@ricisebastiano]

The most impressive thing for me in today's episode was how Temujin's reforms were very similar to how the Romans would organise their armies in the period of the Republic. Sharing loot, switching lines so that one line would not get too tired, integrating conquered peoples, allowing for commoners to rise through ranks. It is by no surprise that both systems functioned so well that they expanded into forming very large empires.

[@modarnwarfare2rull]

Well, the Mongol Empire didn't last nearly as long as the Roman Republic/Empire.

[@JJ-dv1ve]

Derp Herp But the Roman Empire wasn't nearly as big as the Mongol Empire

[@andraslibal]

Meritocracy works? That is shocking :)

[@winstonsallet9541]

Great minds think alike huh

[@alexkorfiatis2774]

you forgot one part, when Jamukah was being handed over by his followers, Temujin had them executed for disobedience to their master.

[@nannaed7833]

Makes sense. If these guys were disloyal to their current leader Jamukah, then they would be disloyal yo Temujin too. No point taking them over... Had they tried their best to protect Jamukah then surrendered, they would have been offered to join Temujin proving loyalty to service most likely. Temujin was a smart dude.

[@qamartjahajakirawhite9548]

David of Israel done the same too Great people think alike

[@bimasetyaputra8381]

​@@qamartjahajakirawhite9548more like barbarians think alike. This is the same reason why kings around the globe detested regicide even if done to their enemies. They dont want killing kings to be normalized. Its not honor, its very self serving

[@real_surreal_sir]

That's the most Lawful Evil thing I've ever heard

[@tthomas2377]

its spelled Jamukkha

[@TheMetamorphoses2003]

Temujin: "It's over Jamukha! I have the high ground!" Jamukha: "You underestimate my tribe and my aristocrats!"

[@kaibeargaming244]

When you think about it, the next lines of that are perfectly describing Temujin and Jamukah's relation ship. "You were my brother Anakin"

[@peakzen5870]

@@kaibeargaming244 "I loved you"

[@animeshpati5525]

Lol mate revenge of the Sith although that was quite emotional because the next lines made me cry

[@NoName-hg6cc]

@@peakzen5870 Jamukah: "I HATE YOU!"

[@snakes3425]

This is certainly a different view of Genghis Khan, because this doesn't sound like the brutal barbarian conqueror Hollywood makes him out to be, but rather one of the greatest leaders in history

[@extrahistory]

The truth is that there's validity and truth found in multiple perspectives on any historical event. Genghis Khan was a very organized and strategic leader and many Mongols consider him a kind leader to their own people/culture, but that also doesn't overshadow the fact that he hurt a lot of other peoples and cultures. --Belinda

[@pseudoproak]

Well, nevertheless, he killed quite many people to ensure obedience when integrating tribes, which is quite brutal for todays standards

[@EugeneCamilleri]

But which was very normal back then. If you consider that this was the early 13th century, he was actually far ahead of his time. while the Europeans were sending crusaders to kill Livonians for their paganism, Genghis allowed religious freedom across his entire empire.

[@timluo6120]

This is ridiculous apologetics, he razed Beijing to the ground and raised a mountain of skulls. A literal mountain. He burned Bagdad and set back middle eastern civilization who knows how long. He crushed Russia so hard that for 200 years they were literally a slave state. Hes responsible for the death of between 12-15% of the world. Yes he allowed religious freedom, so did the persians 1500 years ago. The only thing he was ahead of his time in is military tactics, and mass murder. HIs current apologetics is a clear example of how history is written by the victors

[@EugeneCamilleri]

That's what conquerors do. He wasn't without fault at all, but he pushed the world forward, and was actually very forward thinking for his time. What I'm basically saying is we cannot judge people by today's standards when they lived in a world which had no place for such standards. Yes he slaughtered people by the millions, but so did everyone else at the time (on a smaller scale only because they had smaller empires to manage). All I'm saying is, if someone as great as Napoleon was judged by today's standards, he's also look like a megalomaniacal tyrant. And yet, where would a modern Europe be without him?

[@Geraduss]

You forgot at the end, wen they delivered Jamukha, Temüjin had the man that delivered him executed for betraying their liege. A strong message.

[@Carewolf]

He killed the warrior that handed over Jamukha without mercy.

[@Geraduss]

There I added a few words, better ?

[@blitzwaffe]

Interesting how Alexander did the same thing

[@blitzwaffe]

Yep

[@mothermovementa]

Geraduss shiy

[@bilguunchinzorig9532]

After Temujin captured Jamukha, he killed his betrayers and asked for reviving their friendship. But Jamukha replied there can't be another king in Mongolia, as there can't be 2 suns in sky, and asked for death without blood. After his death, Temujin buried him as noble man with golden belt that they switched before. I think because Temuujin still respected and loved his friend, he offered forgiveness. But Jamukha declined and asked for death, because he felt the same way too. What a story of 2 bros!

[@dorjjodvo1992]

Bilguun Chinzorig Anhnaasaa amidral ni holbootoi baisan haramsaltai ne neg ne buruu shiidver gargaj iim baidald hurgej myaravdaa odoo

[@louis9116]

Just as Madara did when defeated by Hashirama

[@mrjackson3426]

Bilguun Chinzorig but how tf does anyone know this?with this much detail

[@tek6495]

@@mrjackson3426 we are mongolians boi

[@mrjackson3426]

Bat-Orshikh Tergel ik but it was like 500 years ago,how do they know this much detail about his life and what he’s done but they don’t know how he died?i just don’t understand

[@leehongjin6884]

Germans: We invented Blitzkrieg Genghis Khan: I'm sueing you

[@starbomber]

Germans: We revolutionized warfare Ghenghis Khan: Oh yeah? Well did you have to invent the concept of THE ARMY when your people had never had one before? Didn't think so.

[@matheenarif8645]

@@starbomber Ask the Romans

[@peanutrecord6989]

@@matheenarif8645 ask literally all of Greece and Persia

[@thesmuggest6680]

@Kadir Garip There is actually no way for him to copy tho.

[@georgejoestarii9469]

@@matheenarif8645 Pontius Pilate: A wo-MAN?

[@sudonim7552]

Redistributing wealth? No classes? People's Khanate of Mongolia

[@HopeRock425]

He was a Communist.

[@sammysocks6801]

That is exactly what I was thinking about

[@ahmadsuleman9045]

Killing 30 million

[@brytonshields]

Ou

[@bohemianwriter1]

Socialism....:-)

[@jsnlu369]

"Patch notes: Mercy nerfed again."\ As a Mercy main, I am both laughing and crying at the same time.

[@kuropotato8097]

Hehe glad someone noticed it, i feel like Extra credits hid that joke in there and hoped someone would notice it. Which is why they liked your comment xD

[@the_really_tired_one]

ProSheikah Gaming Where

[@thund3rcl4p2]

Prob. why I don't play Overwatch

[@pepsidoggo1598]

Timestamp?

[@thund3rcl4p2]

@@pepsidoggo1598 0:38 - Ana is best healer rofl

[@7OwlsWithALaptop]

You were my brother Jamukha! I loved you!

[@carson5066]

It's over Jamuhka! I have the high ground!

[@7OwlsWithALaptop]

A Person Only the aristocrats deal in absolutes.

[@QA-ut7dd]

IT'S A TRAP!

[@nickhughes9293]

"I HATE YOU TEMUJIIIIIIIIN!"

[@NelsonStJames]

Jamukha, I know it was you!

[@anttibjorklund1869]

Ong Khan learned his lesson the hard way: you don't double-cross Temüjin Khan.

[@timothymclean]

And you _can't_ cross him twice.

[@logoncal3001]

Here is how Temujin thinks about double-cross: You know the Khwarezmid empire? No? *Exactly*

[@GaldirEonai]

That's pretty much my main takeaway from this series so far. Temujin was practically a saint by the standards of his society, but if you betrayed him in any way, that went straight out of the window.

[@franciscolomeli8931]

"I'm Ong Khan!" "Sure you are" (Stab)

[@maddiec9619]

Spoilers! 😅

[@PiratesRock]

I'm a bit surprised that they didn't included more specifically what Temujin initially offered to Jamukha when he was captured, he offered him a place by his side. And Jamukha answered with, "What use is there in my becoming a companion to you? On the contrary, sworn brother, in the black night I would haunt your dreams, in the bright day I would trouble your heart. I would be the louse in your collar, I would become the splinter in your door-panel... as there was room for only one sun in the sky, there was room only for one Mongol lord." Thus the broken back. (Although I'm not so sure whether or not the source is accurate or not).

[@milkman9247]

"I am an important person let me through" "I think you're lying" *stab*

[@maltewernerwoiske]

Just like Among Us

[@bizybliztaverage9414]

*28 stab wounds*

[@Tokuijin]

Ghengis Khan was pretty progressive for the time period.

[@notrather5514]

If by progressive you mean a killer who commited some of the biggest genocides in history, then yes.

[@StephySon]

Bercel Tóth well u know progressive for the time XD

[@tomascali1817]

@@notrather5514 well. Whatd you expect?? For him to unite a nation with flowers and butterflies?? When has that worked?

[@StephySon]

Tomas Cali maybe the Buddha for a short time

[@arthas640]

He once massacred about 1.8 million people as revenge for a dude that killed his son in law

[@TheJboy88]

Though Temujin has gained a historic reputation for brutality, it's nice to see somebody showcasing all the good things he did as a leader.

[@logoncal3001]

Loyalty isnt cheap. And to get enough loyalty, men and power to conquer about 1/7th of the world, you need alot. Like. A lot.

[@SableRhapsody]

IMO the two aren't mutually exclusive. Leaders can be both brutal and beneficial, and which perspective you get largely depends on who you ask.

[@UrpleSquirrel]

While his reputation for brutality isn't undeserved, the level of brutality the Mongols were at was actually pretty typical for the time and place. Temujin was just better organized.

[@Wolf6119]

Like murdering every Tartar above an arbitrarily decided height. Kinda surprised the Tartar children went along with him after that one.

[@Lightscribe225]

Well they remembered what happened to their dad...and everyone else's dad and don't want to join them.

[@villehammar7858]

So... Which episode will you call "The Wrath of Khan"?

[@trinova9581]

Ville Hammar Gotta be the invasion of the Khwarezmid Empire. Genghis sends diplomats to them in attempt to secure an ally and trade partner. Both times the parties are humiliated and in one case murdered with the remains sent back. In retaliation for violating sacred hospitality, something incredibly important to the Mongols, they invaded the Khwarezmid Empire. They so thoroughly depopulated the Iranian plateau that it didn’t recover to pre-Mongol invasion population levels until the 1950s over 700 years later.

[@jacobrobert9561]

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

[@seyersusej8329]

TriNova Wow that’s something astonishing. But I guess that happens to people when they don’t accept offers of Mongol hospitality huh?

[@jacobrobert9561]

Seyer Susej KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

[@seyersusej8329]

Jacob Robert KKKHHHHHHHAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!!

[@ShadyAnchovy]

Everybody know how it will end. Either Great Khan fleeing from new vegas or immortalized by suicidal attack on Hover Dam.

[@blackjack2526]

Rahmad Setyadi Your Picture.... where is it from?

[@ShadyAnchovy]

Jack Vile Ripper random search ahegao picture in google

[@blackjack2526]

Rahmad Setyadi ......oh! Thanks

[@stevenchoza6391]

I think fleeing and forming their great empire in Wyoming is the best ending.

[@yahiakole1153]

the house always win

[@christopherverhoef9112]

"Looting would then be done in an organized fashion." That's a sentence I never thought I'd hear.

[@stellabarrett8141]

Me, knowing full damn well all this stuff happened like 800 years ago and I fully now how its all going to end: oh boy I hope Timujin wins this time.

[@phaserxultraviolet1694]

damn i cant imagine living in the end of the universe and not experiencing 99% of history

[@thil2894]

This was a Red Wedding attempt by the Khan, but it was not Robb Stark he was inviting.....

[@МахамбетМамыров]

Holy Emperor, this comment is pure GOLD!

[@loah_1]

And who, are you, the proud lord said...

[@---uf2zl]

James Harrison ...that I must bow so low ?

[@Mr.40Bang]

Only a cat of a different coat...

[@ghostdukevladamir5101]

that's all the truth I know.

[@jakelovelyYT]

I'm an ancap now :)

[@grugg3108]

"There were no more lineages *or classes"*

[@coolsceegaming6178]

*america wants to know your location*

[@m3baboon]

@Abhijit Pathak I don't think so ! He got involved in so many wars, he must be American 😂

[@EdbertWeisly]

@@coolsceegaming6178 *D E C L I N E*

[@refrigator]

this was the real start of the communist utopia

[@TheJackmeisterMongolHistory]

Nicely covered! But some details left out in the telling: Temujin and Ong Khan had actually campaigned against the Naiman around 1199: the Naiman Khan had died and split his realm between his two sons, Tayang and Buiruk who began scheming against each other. Temujin and Ong Khan attacked Tayang, but an army from Buiruk then approached them. According to the Secret History of the Mongols, Jamuhka was present alongside Temujin and Ong Khan (the Secret History of the Mongols sometimes does whatever it wants with the chronology, so we don't know if Jamuhka was actually there or not) and convinced Ong Khan to abandon Temujin in the night. The Naiman army then followed Ong Khan, defeated him and began raiding Kereit territory, and it was up to Temujin to defeat the Naiams and reinstate Ong Khan's control over his own territory. After Ong Khan had betrayed Temujin, he allied with Jamuhka and they attacked Temujin. At the battle known as Qalqaljit Sands Temujin was defeated and someways, his followers dispersing and with a small band arrived at a Lake Baljuna. Here he made a vow with his followers to lead them to eventual victory, and they all drank from the waters of Baljuna. This became known as the Baljuna Covenant, which was quite famous to the Mongols but interestingly does not appear in the Secret History of the Mongols. It appears than Temujin's brother Khasar had betrayed him to join Ong Khan and Jamuhka (he wasn't so keen on the upending of steppe traditions possibly), but had had doubts about it and returned to Temujjin, leaving his family behind. To ensure his brother's loyalty, he forced Khasar to kill an envoy of Ong Khan, preventing him from rejoining the Kereit Khan. It should be noted that there were many other figures involved in the anti-Temujin coalition alongside Jamuhka and Ong Khan, which became problematic as they had different goals in mind, and lacked unity. Temujin used this to his advantage, as he knew this new alliance could not last long. He sent messages to a number of the leaders, reminding some like Ong Khan of past loyalties and issuing threats to others. This helped to disrupt an already shaky coalition, and by the end of the summer there were assassination attempts and betrayals, others deciding that they wanted to take the Kereit throne from the aging Ong Khan for themselves. Thus, by the time Temujin had regained his strength and forces and was ready to counterattack, Ong Khan had been isolated and was vulnerable. After Ong Khan's defeat the conspirators coalesced around Tayang Khan of the Naiman as noted in the video. However they suffered from disunity. Tayang Khan wanted to draw the Mongol further into Naiman territory in a sort of extended feigned retreat. He was unable to get his brother Buiruk to supply forces for this defence though, and his own wife/step-mother Gurbesu, his son Kuchlug and his leading generals all accused him of cowardice and wanted to attack Temujin head on, which Tayang agreed to reluctantly. According to the Secret History of the Mongols, Jamuhka then spends the early part of the battle frightening Tayang Khan with stories of the invincibility of Temujin's forces (I think he describes Khasar as being able to eat a man whole at one point) and then retreats with his men and leaves Tayang to die. Temujin of course wins and the remaining steppe resistance is slowly destroyed over the following years. While the Secret History of the Mongols says Temujin gave Jamuhka an bloodless death and says his spirit will look over Temujin's children and descendants, in the history of Rashid al-Din Temujin has Jamuhka slowly cut into pieces and screaming obscenities at him. Take your pick!

[@N3WR3N41554NC3]

The Jackmeister: Mongol History "Some details", eh?

[@DaBombardier]

+1, great additional info!

[@KM-uk2rt]

Ghengis Khan LIES!!!! they could add it there

[@sirduckoufthenorth]

this is the first time i saw someone in the comment section that actually knows stuff

[@TheJackmeisterMongolHistory]

Gerelmaa Sergelen at times certainly. I don't doubt that he didn't like the idea of the Mongol rule of Persia. But he did work for the Ilkhans and worked closely with Mongols to write his history. I think his version of events is worth to know to contrast with the Secret History of the Mongols. However, his work was written a hundred years after the events, so personally I think the Secret History gives a more probable version of Jamuhka's death via having his back broken. That I think is more in line with Temujin's character.

[@LuminezEiN]

When Jamukha was delivered to Temuujin, they drank until dawn talking and laughing not as enemies, but as good friends. And when the morning light came, Temuujin bestowed the most honorable death for nomads, which is killing without spilling blood.

[@ComradeCorwin]

I've been watching these and then going into the living room to tell my family the story of Genghis Khan after each episode. I could just look up his whole biography now, but I think the cliff hangers make it more interesting. Thank you for such an educational and entertaining series!

[@New_frisk]

Aw :D

[@malcolmmacinnis247]

This is how history class should be

[@aktan4ik]

Don't know about you but we studied this in my history class. History was one of my favorite subjects.

[@RhiannonUmali]

That would be cool

[@DragoniteSpam]

"a radical set of changes to a society that has hardly changed at all in a thousand years" sounds like it could be a Final Fantasy plot or something :3 afterthought: it probably has already, I haven't played them all, don't shoot me.

[@Andre-gn4sj]

"Skyla Vanderbourg" no worries ladies and gentlemen it was just good ol Otto von Bismark entering the room. (ps: watch out for foxes!)

[@Draciosama]

DragoniteSpam The latest expansion of ff14 actually has its own version of the steppe, and its own Mongol like hierarchy ruled by a Khan.

[@enkiimuto1041]

Now that you mentioned, Final Fantasy Tactics deals with the church trying to do that as monarchy completely falls apart

[@charlotte1924]

Sounds like British Politics, except for the bit where it changes!

[@raret4]

Draciosama yeah and it's freakin awesome!

[@damienk7311]

I'm convinced that Temüjin's life is actually an isekai reincarnation story, where Temüjin used the future/otherworldly knowledge from his past life to take advantage of the relatively primitive world he found himself reborn to.

[@CalebJMartin]

A ruthless killer with a surprising amount of empathy...this series is truly fascinating.

[@creatoruser736]

Temüjin: "I want to eliminate lineages and kin loyalties." Also Temüjin: "I want my son to marry Ong Khan's daughter to secure my place as his heir based on marriage family ties."

[@IvanAlejandro99]

A pragmatic dude eh

[@synapse0]

CreatorUser welcome to every system where the government owns you.

[@AusSP]

> Temüjin: "I want to eliminate lineages and kin loyalties." "...to people who aren't me." Pretty common sentiment. It's not about equality and fair treatment, it's about staying in power.

[@insertunoriginalnamehere1398]

AusSP It’s not like he didn’t raise the poor up

[@ColdNorth0628]

"I want to eliminate lineages and kin loyalties so they are loyal to me" is more proper.

[@lukejohns5869]

“This raid would be different” I love that line

[@feynstein1004]

Man, they missed a golden opportunity to say "this raid will be an exception".

[@robertwalpole360]

The word of the day is "Radical".

[@megaagentj2248]

Robert Walpole radical is an English word Walpole is English *IT WAS WALPOLE*

[@MobiusCoin]

Okay, just to get this clear because I'm not sure I fully do... The Mongols were composed of different tribes, but they were all considered Mongols, the Tatars were another steppe people but weren't considered Mongol. Did they have their own tribe? Did they just get absorbed into the general Mongol population after this event?

[@MenRot]

MobiusCoin Yes, tatars as well as other turkic nation have tribes, but during Mongol expansion tribes were mixed up. For example, nowadays, naiman tribe representatives from video could be find not only in mongol folk, but in kazakh and kyrgyz folks.

[@MattDayissamurai]

The Tartars were Caucasian like the peoples from the steppes of Russia. The Mongols more ethnically Chinese or closer to Inuit of Northern Canada.

[@MobiusCoin]

Matt Day What about the Naiman? Were they Mongols, Tatars, or a third group?

[@MenRot]

MobiusCoin They originally mongolian tribe, but turkified later

[@googane7755]

The tartars were originally a mongol tribe. Persian sources mixed this up with the mongols and europeans simply started referring to the remnants of the golden horde (which was a turco-mongol state at this) point as tartars. This is why you might see modern tatars in areas around ukraine and russia even if they had no mongolian ethnicity.

[@xj770HUN]

When you said: "He was to become the Khan of all mongols." I got goosebumps.

[@thedoruk6324]

A New Quality Upload from ExtraCredits *Far Much Appeciated* 👌👌👌

[@Yahriel]

3:44 just makes a FANTASTIC screen shot

[@LukeMillner]

Temüjin will remember this

[@gavinstark8233]

Genghis Khan a great leader a horrible enemy.

[@teondrehughes670]

straight out of an anime: blood brothers now sworn enemies

[@karsendavidson9464]

A really interesting personality trait about Temujin that I wish was included was his unrelenting loyalty to Jamuka, even towards the end of Jamuka's life. He took the small group of Jamuka's men who turned him in and had them all executed. Temujin was definitely a dude that valued loyalty above all else, even to his enemies. He is truly a fascinating figure

[@amanbytheway]

Literal goosebumps thinking about the scattered people converging into an unstoppable army at Temujin's call. How that must have felt to know they all believed.

[@mrreyes5004]

Ikr that was such a badass "Gondor calls for aid" moment right there.

[@brockmckelvey7327]

Now I really REALLY wish that my AP World History class had actually taught me this. I could have learned about so many awesome people while I was in high school. The modern American school system really sucks :(

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

Brock McKelvey Wrong.

[@seekernotlost3815]

You have the opportunity to learn on your own, do it while you can.

[@TheStarkman123]

@@IkeOkerekeNews why is he wrong?

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@TheStarkman123 Because he has little evidence to support his claim.

[@TheStarkman123]

@@IkeOkerekeNews he has no evidence, just personal anecdote. Doesn't mean he's entirely wrong.

[@tupll997]

GOD DAMN THIS IS BETTER THAN ANY SERIES I EVER WATCHED!!!

[@Theodore45921]

The decimal system itself wasn't radical, it had been used by other groups before. What was, was that they mixed people in together not allowing folded in groups to stay together but mixing them in so that they couldn't break off and would slowly become loyal to him.

[@OneJazzyBoye]

Nice going, Genghis.

[@heronb.4965]

I bet that will last a looong time.

[@keeperofeurobeat8421]

*Broken*

[@thedoruk6324]

*Nobody* loves the Tatars... *NOBODY* ! :'(

[@matheusrios9995]

The DORUK would be nice some episodes about them

[@thedoruk6324]

João Matheus Rios Da Costa Agreed very much; it would be great to see the tatars versus mongols; and than slavs... and their *loss*

[@thedoruk6324]

Jürg True :) (I'm not Tatar thought; well; I might be but Idk :P)

[@thedoruk6324]

Filip Hamze Nobody likes the *mulan Szechuan sauce* turns out it doesn't even tasted good (lol; rip rick&morty)

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

My father’s side of family are tartars but they are kind of diverse group so I don’t know if there is connection to these ones. But nice to see them as part of video in any case.

[@ethanbrinkman7110]

so they basically did the equivalent of a 13th century drive by?

[@vivekkondapalli568]

yea

[@erikrungemadsen2081]

The Gallop-by

[@feynstein1004]

Don't run the horse up a tree, CJ

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

All you had to do is follow the damned chariot CJ !

[@Madhattersinjeans]

More or less. Horse archers have been used elsewhere and used similar skirmishing tactics as noted by the Romans so it's not something terribly unique. Pretty effective though.

[@carsonBonn]

I love that this channel can have 3 very different groups of subscribers that can peacefully coexist.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

4 episodes in and I'm loving it. You've really done this great leader justice so far.

[@WONDERLAND6005]

I think Ong Khan suffered the most pathetic death in history Guard: you’re an old man!” *stabs Ong Khan*

[@rueenglish9328]

"Looting would be done in an organized fashion" I'm dead 😂

[@xabtthenomadic8956]

and he is masterlooter

[@xavierreichel8254]

A note for people talking about "Communism" in the comments - Communist movements by definition originate from the working class, something that didn't actually exist prior to the Industrial Revolution. There have been a huge number of "social peasantry movements" in history, aiming for elimination of the ruling class and redistribution of wealth, land, etc, especially in Asia, but none of them were Communism until after Karl Marx. Now that we're hopefully on the same page, do continue.

[@leetarded1]

The writing for this one was phenomenal! Well done.

[@IceLordCryo]

so glad Genghis Khan was chosen for this series. You have no idea how helpful this is for my book :D

[@Dmol8]

So Temujin Khan committed genocide against the Tatars and then against his own people to solidify his position as their leader and then he successfully defeated his last rivals for the rulership of the Mongols. This was foreshadowing what was to come with his reign as the Khan of all the Mongols.

[@christopherg2347]

It is hardly Genocide if you only murder the "Male, Warrior" parts of a tribe. Change to the Mongols was about as overdue as to China at the outset of the Opium War. Without him they were little more then a bunch of scattere tribes, fighting each other more then anything. With him they became *the* Mongol Empire. A group as deeply ingrained into European/Asian Culture as the Roman Empire or the Vikings. Their actions had effects way past their borders (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire)

[@Dmol8]

Tell that to the people who lost their loved ones in the genocide in Srebrenica. The victims were all men.

[@christopherg2347]

"Male, Warrior" is a different group then "all the men". It was brutal, but it was the only way to break the cycle of violence at that time. And even scholars and the UN definition of Genocide are not clear in this specific area: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide#Specific_provisions There was no intent to destroy the Tartar Culture.

[@Dmol8]

And yet the change that came didn't have to be a genocidal tyrant or an Empire that wanted new conquests. I can recognize how very human someone like Gengis Khan was without letting my empathy stop me from calling him a genocidal tyrant.

[@christopherg2347]

@Bagadur Tarkhan: Wich is every Warrior and every boy close enough to becomming a warrior. In a age without proper birth records ore even a *legal age* to becomming a warrior, it was the best he could do on that scale.

[@Joseph_Stalin5]

Temujin: Making a system where everyone helps each other and shares the wealth. Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin: *taking notes

[@georgejoestarii9469]

Superman killed you in Superman: Red Son elseworld.

[@divingcat9394]

This art style is probably my favorite art style on youtube

[@takebacktheholyland9306]

Is it because of the horses (llama)?

[@dillonsnyder1172]

Thank you for putting this together. I appreciate the fresh, entertaining presentation of history.

[@achmadhusein389]

ahh.. temujin and jamika.. i still remember when they both was a good friend who shared food and camp 2 episode ago

[@marniedobis7472]

Mercy got nerfed again. Ana is now the best healer

[@AFalconsFire]

It's wild that after everything he'd been through, Ong Khan died because some random guard didn't believe he was who he said he was and killed him on the spot.

[@mugheessuhaib4644]

Damn temujin was quite a revolutionary man.........

[@vua.nguyen9880]

this series is getting more and more interesting!! please continue!!

[@72nodes85]

Whoever works in in this channel are AMAZING at what they do. The writers make this history lesson sound like a story and the artists make lively pictures that look to have motion. These videos you make are awesome! Well done to everyone who helped make this. 😀

[@deanspanos8210]

Temujin nearly got himself a red wedding.

[@astraldirectrix]

Spanos Temujin Khan: The Man Who Avoided A Red Wedding

[@ethanrepublic]

did he just make the modern army organization?

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

Ethan Republic The romans did it first

[@dargtagnan3696]

roman and chinese civilizations did so before , so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@MrEmiosk]

He managed to drill his warriors into soldiers capable of operating independently (and successfully so) in greater numbers. Why you see "modern" army organisation is just because certain numbers are more effective. As in modern armies you divide troops on all layers into threes. Three is about as much one man is capable of effectively handle in combat situations. and the closer an army moves towards this number in its division the more Modern it is.

[@jaredsandoy5616]

No, professional armies are very old

[@Only1Orinthal]

Ethan Republic Nah The Crusades started about 100 years Before this. Even further back 1500+ years before Temujin there was Alexander the Great.

[@Mackaracka]

xD goddammit Jeff stop nerfing mercy

[@frankie4875]

rainynight02 overwatch

[@AusSP]

+Rainynight02 - Mercy and Ana are Overwatch characters. Why they are mongols is yet unsolved.

[@azelfdaboi5265]

It was Walpole who nerfed mercy

[@thund3rcl4p2]

Chill guys... +Extra Credits is actually a game-oriented channel, and they tend to sneak gaming jokes in their videos.

[@jaded8578]

_maybe i'll be tracer_

[@VeryNobleDee]

Extra History has to be my favorite channel/sub channel on youtube, The videos are just so engaging, I really wish they'd shown you in High School alongside Crashcourse. Keep up the great work guys!

[@Baygulll]

Awesome series! Never heard this full story before. Thanks for putting this together!

[@porter5224]

Coming up: 40 million corpses

[@JasonDoe1000]

And on top of the cake: The Black Death

[@christiandauz3742]

Don't forget than the Hundred Years War between England and France (Including Spain and Scotland) were a part of this as well!

[@porter5224]

no he used pointy rocks

[@lkhagwadorj]

man did you see him killing 40 million ???

[@MrGoBananas7]

I would love to see a series on the USSR! Seeing how you present the history would be amazing.

[@joonpark5248]

Temujin: "Burn the traditions, BURN THEM ALL!" and so all ancient Mongolian traditions were burnt.

[@shatondrayauch8606]

Temujin popping up behind the throne with that face made me step outside my office because I was laughing so hard. Well done, my friends.

[@kaichew7232]

Those radical hat and sun glass look EPIC!

[@strubberyg7451]

I don't understand something: how Ong-Khan became such an enemy to Temujin? from adoptive father to a trap layer? shouldn't Temujin accept his "father's" wishes, even if they were swayed by another? and why Jamuka didn't stand for Ong-Khan? if that other tribe didn't believe Ong, but did believe Jamuka, all he had to do is say "he's with me"...

[@kyuven]

A lot of little details get lost in the telling. For example, Jamuka and Ong-Khan probably didn't travel together during the escape.

[@stevenirizarry1304]

strubbery g ong khan never really liked genghis khan and saw his sibling rivalry with his blood brother as a neat distraction to divide them so that they would not work together to kill him...the issue came when it became obvious that genghis was becoming a bit too successful and he was a radical reformer

[@fyraltari1889]

Most of what we know of Temujin's life come from is (grand?)son's writing. It is likely that Ong Khan and Temujin's relationship was already going south but the truth was altered a bit so that Temujin looks more like a victim of betrayal.

[@Wolf6119]

Ong Khan had been preserving his own position by allowing Jamukha and Temujin to struggle for power. By this point though, Temujin's advantage was becoming dangerously apparent, and the marriage proposal was a clear power play on his part to secure the succession to Ong Khan's throne. The problem was that, if Ong Khan accepted the proposal, he would effectively be saying - at long last - that Temujin, not Jamukha, was his intended heir. And once that specific point was firmly established for everyone to see, well, Temujin wouldn't really need to keep Ong Khan around any more after that, would he?

[@TheJackmeisterMongolHistory]

Their relationship had been deteriorating for several years at that point as the Ong Khan had shown himself to be increasingly unreliable. The Ong Khan's son didn't trust Temujin, and there was debate over who would gain control of the Kereit when the aging Ong Khan died. Temujin still needed Kereit forces to defeat his enemies, or at the very least have them out of his way, so it has been suggested the marriage proposal was a test to see where Ong Khan's loyalties were. If he accepted, great! Then Temujin had secured the alliance and put himself in position to have the Kereit forces merge with his own. If not, then Temujin knew he could not put much trust in the Ong Khan and would have to deal with him. By the time the Ong Khan was considered Temujin's adopted 'father,' Temujin was already clearly the senior partner in the relationship.

[@jasheenjamenour3281]

“There was no SOCIAL CLASSES!” hmmmff commumist intensifiesss

[@alexanderrahl7034]

I feel you left out a small bit that shows a big part of who he was at the end though. Jamukha's men delivered him to Temujin yes. But when they asked for a reward he had them brutally executed for betraying their master. Despite their master being his enemy, he valued loyalty so high as to kill even his enemies traitors.

[@JustWowNick]

*Radical, dude.*

[@OK-kq7tu]

I can’t believe I’ve never heard this story before, the way you tell it has me hooked!

[@tullussulla6167]

"Squads of ten, who were to live and fight together" Wait! so your saying Genghis Khan revived the old Roman contubernium!!???

[@nebojsag.5871]

More like convergent cultural evolution. Different cultures figure out what works independently.

[@tullussulla6167]

Niko Ništa by Mars, them knowing the contubernium, that mean the Mongol are highly organized then the European kingdom.

[@edgarlithree8357]

the roman empire had groups of 8

[@tullussulla6167]

edgarli three dude plus 2, slave or a servant, evey contaburnium have 2 slave. So contubernium 10 men. My name even means chief of Ten.

[@dorjjodvo1992]

Decanus Gaius Publius They were divided by groups of 10 (aravt) ,100(zuut) and 1000 (myangat)

[@arvinsim]

Laughed so hard when the subtitles show “Timmikins” instead of “Temujin” 😂

[@cringe9221]

But what about the Great Khans in Boulder City? They've got Private Ackerman and Private Gilbert held hostage.

[@tullussulla6167]

Bim_ for goodness sake x'D

[@FNGLHR]

And what of the droid attack on the wookies?

[@nathanschmitz2302]

Thats the wrong Kahns Bit, let the NCR handle it.

[@jeramahia123]

Nobody can defeat an Ackerman, who are genetically enhanced through titan research.

[@Ozraptor4]

Remember Bitter Springs!

[@tenhoandersson]

my teacher made us watch your berlin airlift video which i had already seen. the thing is he stooped every 5 seconds and explained everything but 7x slower. i was probably the most fun lesson ever because i knew everything so the whole 45mins was free for me

[@ronanmahaffey2996]

I think you would make a great history teacher. I am glad that you make these videos. I just wish the teachers at school could be as interesting.

[@sirfredrin6302]

Only Temüjin Kahn become the leader of all Mongols

[@cyanthestickman9933]

SirFredrin you mean Genghis Khan right?

[@phantomtq]

@@cyanthestickman9933 Temujin is Chinggis khaan.

[@pleasesavemysoul6096]

Fuingiz fan

[@Orgil.]

@@biliminsrlar5752 Chingiss khaan

[@eternaleffect2499]

So he was a great leader for his people and he did what everyone else did in that time conquer others making a bettt society for his followers giving shelter to them who surrender

[@Gameknight2169]

Temujin: *Yeeting traditional methods for more efficient ones since idk when*

[@BlackDragon007-y6z]

This is an educational series, but I feel like in an epos. Holy cow, this is gripping as heck, same with the Sengoku videos. Keep it up!!!!!!

[@noon4576]

A beautiful piece of history. Once sworn brothers turned bitter enemies.

[@sonicboomers122]

Guys there is a slight difference between having a support system for your army and there family. and Completely disturbing wealth and having the government control business.

[@freestateofeasterislands5099]

Temüjin: *Changes the Mongol Hierarchy so there are no more classes, everyone works and everyone benefits from it.* Everyone: *Sounds like Socialism but OK*

[@MrWhyGuy0]

3:30 Khan you are a rockstar

[@joifgjdfhsifj9468]

I like how the horses are drawn, they’re so cute

[@shugafoo6621]

I love this one,it explores the less warlike part of Temujin and describes him as less of a bloodthirsty warlord but more as a wise leader,but still a warrior.

[@person14876]

KHAN Lunch is ready

[@thatone_memedankmeme_slaye2819]

Extra History do a series’s on the fall of the Roman Empire plz I like learning about that :P

[@MrCount84]

Fall of Constantinople is epic

[@aquapb893]

3:13 The one Tartar with dwarfism: Woohoo!

[@teslagirl1]

This series rocks!!! Well done.

[@GrayLEVALE]

New Favourite Channel!! x)