How the Mongols Lived in the Steppe

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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the nomadic civilizations continues and the history of the Mongols continue with an episode describing the daily life of the Mongol tribes in the Steppes and how it played a role in their culture, society, military, and the empire under Genghis khan.
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[@ajithsidhu7183]

Please do one on the sikh empire

[@albatros33]

Will the second part of Berber history come?

[@aeroaero5472]

Please do a video on the brandenburgers(disguised in nkvd uniforms) taking maikop fields from the Soviets in ww2.

[@albatros33]

@@ajithsidhu7183 Sikhs were War Machines :)

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@albatros33 ofc with cannons strapped on camels and hari singh nalwar and the sikhs beating the british in the 1st Anglo sikh war

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"Do not scorn a weak cub. He may become the brutal tiger" - Mongol proverb

[@mungunbayarbattsagaan3403]

thats some old old proverb, no one uses it anymore

[@johnl.7754]

@Dark Fire and yet later on a large part of them became Muslim

[@muksimulmaad7413]

@Dark Fire Mongols: *Literally ends islamic golden age* Muslim Mongols: We were bad now we are good

[@sushanalone]

@Dark Fire Yet the Steppe nomads who converted to Islam later did similar atrocities, making mountains of heads in India and Pakistan(Ghoris, Temur Lane, early Mughals) etc, destroyed libraries and temples, paving the steps of their mosques with Hindu idols. I doubt its about religion ,it is a brutal way of life that makes such tribes dangerous to civilizations and it only needs a spark like change of religion, another tribe migrating or a natural disaster.

[@flak8855]

@Dark Fire Well,they destroyed anyone or anything in the way, nothing personal against Muslims. Later both Borjigin and Barlas clan became Muslims.

[@awesomehpt8938]

This video was a steppe in the right direction.

[@hashimirasama]

I see what you did here! 🤣👍

[@C0wb0yBebop]

Negative

[@geordiejones5618]

You know what they called the most accurate archer? Steppe Curry

[@leeboy26]

I khan't laugh at this.

[@dakotarcher09]

That's one small steppe for horse, one giant leap for mankind from horseback.

[@88kjk75]

There is a tale that once Ghengis was passing trough central Mongolia with his army and from a yurt emerged several young men, approached the khan and asked him: "Oh Lord above Lords, Sky of skies, oh of the Khans first-named, dread master ours, what is the secret to joy and happines in life?" Ghengis replied: "Shave your balls with Manscaped, the hottest brand of men's hyg..."

[@harshitrautela8662]

🤣🤣

[@DaFroBroforeal]

Got me with that one! 😂

[@aqasch]

Had me in the first half!

[@patrickdegenaar9495]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bogdancondicaru7848]

Good one! 🤘🤘🤘

[@notcreativeenoughtomakeupn6935]

"Unlike the mongols of chinggis you don't live in the steppes" Me a mongolian: bold of you to assume

[@alimaatod]

U are mongol?

[@notcreativeenoughtomakeupn6935]

@@alimaatod Born an raised. Just don't expect me to throat-sing, or shoot down a falcon mid flight with composite bows. I instead spend my days in cubicles 9 to 5 and complain about the traffic.

[@vdog3248]

@@notcreativeenoughtomakeupn6935 You live in Uulaanbaatar.

[@nicolasadriansmithvaldes4942]

@@notcreativeenoughtomakeupn6935 It’s time to take Your ancestral traditions and Start a devastating campaig against northern china

[@EmilReiko]

I surrender!!!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

“And we will catch you on the next one.” Didn’t know K&G was a steppe spouse hunter too for this long time.

[@Nicks721]

You were a greater conqueror than Genghis khan

[@comnwbaby6321]

@Dark Fire Reply

[@NYCfrankie]

As usual you guys never disappoint another great video

[@Intranetusa]

"Tartar" was a word the Western Europeans often misapplied to [incorrectly] describe almost all the nomadic and steppe people because they couldn't tell the difference between them. This gave rise to some misconceptions in the 1700s where some Europeans thought there was a single giant Tartar empire, when in fact the territories were divided among a bunch of different nomadic or steppe kingdoms and empires that had little in common with each other. The error is especially obvious if you look at some 1600s-1700s era Europeans who thought the Manchus (a non-Turkic, non-Mongolic people) and the entire Manchu-led Qing Dynasty (of what is now China) was a part of some greater Tartar empire that stretched from Korea to Eastern Europe/Western Asia. This incorrect usage would be similar to how the ancient Greeks called every non-Greek a "barbarian" - so in this case, it would similar to if someone later mistakenly thought the "Barbarians" were all a single unified people, nation, culture, entity, etc.

[@billdehappy1]

true, we got mistaken for being tatars too before romani

[@billdehappy1]

@Hernando Malinche all were called tatars, however it maybe fits in with greek is a coinsident probaly but that dont mean he has right that european branded all steppe nomads as 'tartars' even if not even same kind as they thought of them first and for most cause fear of invaders so they were pretty much suspecisus of any nomadic groups like allways has before too...we and jews are the most hate peoples in world just of being born to most haha

[@andrewsuryali8540]

​@Hernando Malinche Tatar was the name of an actual major tribal empire. The original poster was wrong. There actually was a Tatar Empire in the steppes just before Mongols showed up. Alans and Slavs knew of the Tatars from direct contact and they lived east of the Caucasus, so that's how far the Tatar empire reached westwards. That's also how the name Tatar came to Eastern Europe and later spread to all of Europe as a whole. The Eastern Alan confederacy was crushed by Jebe and Subetei, although the Alans mostly had themselves to blame for being a disorganized bunch too happy to backstab each other. They ran west to Russia and Lithuania and told the Western Alans that, hey, a bunch of Tatars just kicked our asses and they might be coming for yours next. The Western Alans were more organized and less treacherous, so they informed the Hungarians and Lithuanians what their Eastern cousins told them and allied with those states to prepare for the coming of the "Tatars". The Hungarians informed the next-door Austrians that a Tatar invasion was coming, the Austrians informed the Pope, and Louis IX (the Saint) came up with the Tartarus thing when he exhorted his mommy to help the poor fellow Christians of Hungary after hearing the Pope's plea for help. That said, the Tatar empire was not as well organized as the previous steppe empires. The Turk and Rouran Khaganates had actual administrative bureaucracy copied from China and the Uighurs actually had cities, a written language, and religious hierarchy for a while. The Tatars had none of this. All they had was size. The reason Mongols were known by the name Tatar in many places was because, even after the Mongols destroyed the core tribes of the Tatar Empire and the remaining Tatars submitted to Genghis' rule, there were always more Tatars than actual Mongols in the Mongol Empire. They were simply the biggest tribal grouping in the steppes at the time. According to the Secret History Genghis allotted half the Tatars to his brother Khazar and split the remaining half between Jochi and Tolui. So when the Jochid house invaded Europe, three quarters of the Tatars came with them (because Khazar's kids joined Batu) and formed the single biggest tribal contingent of the Mongol army in Europe. That's why their name stuck in Europe. The Tatars also formed the bulk of the "Mongol" contingent of the mostly-Chinese armies that invaded Vietnam and later Java because Khubilai inherited the entire quarter of the Tatar nation that was allotted to his father Tolui.

[@apalahartisebuahnama7684]

I thought Volga Bolgars call themselves Tatar now, Mongols are different people. Didn't the Japanese called the Mongols different? If I'm not mistaken they actually able to differentiate these nomads like Jurchens and Mongols.

[@billdehappy1]

@@apalahartisebuahnama7684 who cares what the japanese called them when literally everyone even they call themself tatars untill yuan wrote that book to look posh hahah

[@elzhann.6760]

I am a descendant of medieval naimans (currently kazakh). It’s nice to hear about ancestors. Thanks for the video.

[@yourdaddy9061]

I am naiman too brother 🤜🏻

[@temuujinable]

Naiman means number eight in mongolian language

[@mongol100mongol3]

The girl and horse at the beginning looks so alike mongolians. Well done. Also marrying relatives were forbidden since it creates weak and dull babies. So ancient mongols always chose their wife from as far as possible.

[@heberthr.6978]

Don't think so

[@heberthr.6978]

@@comnwbaby6321 Ottomans with the capture of Constantinople?

[@comnwbaby6321]

@@heberthr.6978 Ottomans Are arab ? No Arabs nothing other national

[@heberthr.6978]

@@comnwbaby6321 No ottomans are turks lol

[@heberthr.6978]

@@tornado4708 No they are not lol.

[@robertberkowitz992]

I am extremely excited to see a non-military video from you guys! I have been trying to learn more about the Eurasian Steppe and it's people and sadly most KZbin content on the subject focuses on Military History, instead of daily life and values.

[@EBAERKA9]

If your courage can't reach it, your mind can't reach it either. - CHINGGIS KHAN

[@benjamindover2601]

My wife kicked me out of the house, so you could say I live on the Steps.

[@LG-bs1rs]

This is gold 😂

[@mohammedhassanakbari6722]

Why did she do that?

[@eonthinker100yrago8]

@@mohammedhassanakbari6722 he must have continuously snuck behind her without her consent

[@ChristopherThrawn-el3sz]

Welcome to Mongolia

[@gabeyo5071]

Dad?

[@FalloutKultist]

I Missed Those Glorious Comquest Quest!!!...

[@underworld9795]

how did u comment 9 hrs before

[@airlot1469]

@@underworld9795 probably he gets access to early uploads since he is a member?

[@itarry4]

@Dark Fire he had religion, just like most Mongols then he believed in the spirits of the mountain, trees and animals etc. They had Shamans who would bang drums to summon the spirits for special events and Genghis used to go to his special place in the mountains to talk with them when he was unsure what to do.

[@itarry4]

@Dark Fire of course a particular system of faith and worship. Or the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or God's. Which is exactly what they thought. That the spirits of nature were supernatural and so the worshiped them and had faith that they could help them. Shamanism is a religion always has been. Just because it's not the organised religion that you recognise doesn't make it any less valid. The earth, the mountains were gods or has gods living in them. It appears you don't.

[@itarry4]

@Dark Fire here the definition of Shamanism Shamanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner who is believed to interact with a spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct these spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world, for healing or another purpose. And Mongolian shamanism (Mongolian: Бөө мөргөл - Böö mörgöl), more broadly called the Mongolian folk religion,[1] or occasionally Tengerism,[2][note 2] refers to the animistic and shamanic ethnic religion that has been practiced in Mongolia and its surrounding areas (including Buryatia and Inner Mongolia) at least since the age of recorded history. In the earliest known stages it was intricately tied to all other aspects of social life and to the tribal organization of Mongolian society. Oh and Genghis was a shaman himself as well as a warrior. So very very much a religious person with a religion he practiced. He regularly asked the mountain spirits what actions he should take when he wasn't sure. Anything else?

[@albatros33]

I love steppe history. I hope more nomadic/steppe history videos to come.

[@CHRB-nn6qp]

The eurasian steppe has been the home to so many different people and cultures over the years, im surprised that it isnt taught more. It's a fascinating subject.

[@stevewarwick2103]

The eternal blue sky approves this.

[@TheTokkie]

all hail the skyfather

[@gadaadyn8190]

Tengri shines on you

[@TurquazCannabiz]

May Tengri grant us all eternal sky my friends. Hello from Turkey.

[@Sina.575]

​@@TheTokkie who is that ??

[@Sina.575]

​@@TurquazCannabiz what's tengri ?

[@VladiSSius]

THIS topic interest me more than historic-changing battles and war. I mean, it's nice to see how empire A conquers empire B, but daily life should earn MORE screentime. And as always, thanks for the video :)

[@az-kalaak6215]

This serie is soooo good, I discover so much thing about mongolian cultures I never would've known otherwise, thanks a lot for making it :D

[@kai_plays_khomus]

Your videos about the steppe people and especially the mongols are my favourites on your channel - I really appreciate them!

[@average.user_]

You guys keep outdoing yourselves with each new production. Brilliant work.

[@huseyincobanoglu531]

Fascinating! Thank you Kings and Generals Team.

[@eliaspapanikolaou3563]

What I love in Mongols is they just return to the point they start with perfectly normal way,

[@thekhans2823]

ye

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Step 1: Wake Up Step 2: Throat Sing Step 3: Confuse John Green Step 4: Profit

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Step 3 isn't the usual "???" I guess they're the exception...

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@happyslapsgiving5421 mongoltage

[@hyltoniali257]

How can u miss herding n raiding??

[@mustafaagbaria1410]

@@happyslapsgiving5421 I'm sad I didn't think of this one haha, good one mate

[@tsarzamancorpdna]

WE ARE THE EXCEPTION

[@skyereave9454]

Please make more of these for different countries and people groups. It helps those of us from different cultures to see how different ones developed. Also, you guys have such excellent videos.

[@blackwolf1216]

Love all this content you are creating on the Mongols and other nomadic peoples of the steppes

[@usmankhan-in3bz]

Amazing Video.....Very Informative..I appreciate their hardwork

[@originalhistory4446]

These documentaries are fabulous. Keep up the great work!

[@jamesstramer5186]

Commenting for the algorithm. You guys can seemingly read my mind and always put out videos on topics that I am pondering on.

[@Awak361]

Please make more of these kinds of videos! The daily life of commoners in different eras and areas is fascinating!

[@DineshPatel2789]

Never ask these three questions 1. Woman: Her age 2. Man: His Wealth 3. Mongol: To Surrender

[@apalahartisebuahnama7684]

The Manchus became their suzerain at the end.

[@niazjaffar7022]

Meanwhile timur and mumluks.....hold my ahhhh.....

[@MrGeek50360]

Ivan IV may have word to say about the third

[@resentfuldragon]

@@MbisonBalrog thats how the world is, there is not a people except they were made subservient before. usually they also were the best in their region at some point too. remember the celts once controlled most of europe, from spain to ukraine, until they were destroyed by decades of war and occupation. Every group lost at some point, this is a fact of life. Who is strong today could be weak tomorrow and vice versa.

[@resentfuldragon]

@@niazjaffar7022 timur had some kind of problem with georgia my guy, he kept trolling this tiny nation close to russia for no reason. Any time he had a problem he lifted his spirits by burning georgia again. Also baybars (of the mamlukes) was based.

[@guilhermes.739]

I'm just addicted to watching your videos. Great as Always!

[@markadams7046]

I admire the tolerance of various religious beliefs in Mongol culture.

[@katydid5088]

Undeniably a good thing. However, you can't cut around that after you consider how much raping,pillaging, slaughter, and enslavement went on for the little people they conquered.

[@EmilReiko]

@@katydid5088 but if you look past some rather notorious events - it weren't really more brutal than when "little people" conquered each other.

[@viking8796]

@@katydid5088 History is full of raping, pillaging, slaughter, and enslavement. From the plains of the Americas to the seas of Indochina to the mountains of Europe and everywhere in between. Thankfully we live in one of the most peaceful eras of human history, when you take into account how dangerous life in the past was.

[@TurquazCannabiz]

Only thing I find sad is that Turkey is now muslim instead of tengriist. And I say this as a Turkish person.

[@EmilReiko]

@@TurquazCannabiz I bring you good tidings, animism, globally is on the rise

[@AboGalyun]

Great video as usual

[@simenonhonore]

Fascinating documentary - thanks :)

[@antarescitizen]

This channel is incredibly interesting and so active.

[@bobolos23]

Well, hot coffee on a rainy morning, watching this fantastic episode. Hell of a good way to start the day! You lads are awsome! (y)

[@bentufte7774]

I love the choice of soundtrack in your videos!

[@southportangel]

Great episode K and G

[@TacoBane]

Excellent timing

[@1750leo]

Another great documentary ! Kings and Generals rock!

[@pietro3477]

This is what i needed

[@lt419]

There were so many female warriors in Mongolia, who were taking care of the homeland while the Khans were away fighting. Please tell their stories in your next videos. Thanks.

[@ElBandito]

Thanks for this.

[@scarfacedughetto1819]

You guys are fantastic !

[@theodosiusthegreat1283]

The animation of your videos are great keep up the Good work :)

[@coolchannel44]

Thx for video always wondered how life was like on mongol steppe

[@geordiejones5618]

Your videos on cultural context are even more impressive than the battles!

[@luizr.5599]

Excellent content

[@nathannobody1281]

Love all of your vids! I never get to be this early ❤️

[@kaocakeman2964]

14:07 So, let me get this straight - the youngest son gets to inherit his Steppe-Mothers?

[@thekhans2823]

ye

[@pedroduarte96]

@@comnwbaby6321 you mean the fall of Constantinople? That would be the Ottomans

[@comnwbaby6321]

@@pedroduarte96 ottomans Are Arab ?

[@comnwbaby6321]

@Joshua Mills Ahe Turks..

[@Jobe-13]

Lol

[@FranciscoSilva84]

this is a great work

[@luger188]

Thank you!

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you K&G .

[@sirlovemuffin2421]

Cool vid, keep it up

[@lerneanlion]

This makes me wonder one thing. Will there be a video about the daily life in al-Andalus? I wonder what was it like back then.

[@YasirKhan-dd1oo]

your channel is diamond 💎💎👏

[@qstogg7955]

Thank you I love everything to do the mongols and the mighty Genghis Khan

[@markusskram4181]

Cool vid !

[@daphnesapci]

I never skip Manscape commercials. Thanks❤️

[@rahulraveendran4279]

i liked this video more than the earlier ones... it shows Mongol people's lives in detail... they truly look like a fairytale celestial family. these shamans, the family, the role of kinsmen, and the migration of people.

[@chedabu]

amazing

[@healthymealthy775]

Thanks!

[@TheVicenteSilva]

More videos please! Maybe something on Portugal as well

[@Shenp-ef3yg]

Kings and Generals!!! Let's go!

[@henz3458]

This channel is so addicting

[@attilathehun2537]

I approve of this video. When will you make a videos about Modun Baatyr and Arpad?

[@Genso326]

Not many people know but Mongolian society was very diverse. The climate and environment largely influenced their economic activities, in the steppe region Mongols were solely nomadic, close to big lakes(Baigal, Khuvsgul) they were fishermen, in the northern areas of Bargudjin and Dauria they were sedentary farmers, in forestry taiga they were hunters, in the regions rich for coal or ore they were blacksmiths. ChingisKhan himself was from half forested steppe region and during the young age with his brothers hunted for food in the forests. And latter practiced driven hunt with his soldiers for food and combat practice

[@king1k463]

love the videos of the steppe people

[@johnspizziri1919]

Excellent

[@MrChaostheorie13]

I really like the premise of this video! It is far too easy (and dangerous) to judge history from a modern perspective, where clearly defined nationalities and ethnicities are supposedly the norm. I think it's good to remind ourselves that 'the' mongols or 'the' naiman are a modern misnomer, resulting from the need to categorise the past in modern terms, even though talking of such hugely diverse groups of people as singularities is inherently misleading. Anywho, I really liked the video! Always looking forward to learning a little more

[@joeshmoe8345]

Cool, thanks

[@chiefjohnson2642]

Thank you bro....NZ🇳🇿

[@altinmares8363]

Please don't forget to post videos about -Aristotle teaching Alexander the great -Tengrism -Islamic Golden Age -Ancient Greece wisdom and philosophy Thank you

[@kritikosak5247]

1!!! 😁

[@altinmares8363]

@@kritikosak5247 ??!!

[@noobatthetower8747]

@@altinmares8363 I think there's a vid on Islamic Golden age

[@altinmares8363]

@@noobatthetower8747 i know i want more for curiosity

[@altinmares8363]

@@YOU-ot9ep i know,i just am curious

[@ulfeliasson5413]

I will steal this info when I write my next book :-)

[@danielsmith5318]

I love your Mongol videos! I find them so fascinating.

[@BobGeogeo]

I remember a grade school history teacher mentioning the "Tartar Yolk" as seen by conquered Western Asians and Europeans. I hadn't read ahead so when he asked about what a yolk was, I rose my hand and said "the middle of an egg."

[@Nicator_]

It's spelled 'yoke', unless you are talking about eggs.

[@aaronfield7899]

Best arches that ever existed

[@benfletcher8469]

Hello, Kings and Generals. I am a really big fan of your channel and love your vids. My friend just told me about a great book on the idea the Columbus was Portuguese. It is very compelling and would love your view on it and even if there is enough evidence for you to make a video on it. Mascarehnas Barreto is the Author, books is called 'Portuguese Columbus'

[@benfletcher8469]

Mascarehnas Barreto is the Author, books is called 'Portuguese Columbus'

[@knightofsvea604]

Iv Always Loved the tales of the great steppe. I would LOVE a video about all the steppe People. Every People under the Euroasian steppe culture, their migrations and History ❤️ But that Would be like 2000 years of History so i Guess its alot to undertake 😁 A video from the rise of the proto-Indo-Europeans to modern mongols/Russian Tatars/Ottoman Seljuk. 👌

[@liban4679]

Most Mongols Tatars eventually became Muslim, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Usbekistan Afghanistan, Tatars in Russia.

[@thekhans2823]

ye

[@shiningstarsinthedarknight733]

Only two factions

[@freetube5304]

3 of the 4

[@albatros33]

What’s Mongols Tatars ?

[@thekhans2823]

@@albatros33 , Mongol

[@brendawilliams8062]

Thx.

[@mosabberhossain5190]

This is the one of the important things that we historians conclude on our syllabus Life in a social life of common peoples

[@Alihassan9193]

Good shit

[@thomas_jay]

Well done, dear sirs. Could you do a video about Shaka Zulu and the Zulu society as well?

[@EmilReiko]

They should do the whole region with a focus on the indigenous tribes and the mixed populations. Beside the Zulu, the Basotho and how they managed to adapt, breed horses, emulate white warfare, set up domestic production of gunpowder and keep their independence (sort of) needs to be told. How mixed populations migrated out of the cape colony to escape racism and set up their own societies is also way to overlooked.

[@joaovitorreisdasilva9573]

Yo do more of this. Not only for the mongols, but with other cultures/societies as well.

[@josephphoenix1376]

Facinating...

[@adenmelton8264]

Please do a video on the Tibetan Empire

[@Jobe-13]

This stuff is pretty interesting

[@flynnkilby5334]

Another great video thanks

[@rogenizi]

More of these

[@isaiahbraddock]

podcast now please

[@hope2176]

Idk how u guyz make such high quality videos in this much quantity. You must have team of like 50 people or something lol.😂 Salute to u guyz

[@raksamc]

This is very accurate and smart information without stupid stereotypes telling you as representative of nomadic ancestors people.

[@lyhthegreat]

yeah more mongol videos...just what i need

[@bighig2040]

Just got off from night shift, now I'm catching a buzz riding through the steppe with the horde

[@hmm5284]

Please make a video on Osman 1

[@heimdallr221]

What is the great music that starts in 6:50min and continues to 9:02min ?

[@johnbell7235]

I'm really loving all the "Steppe" puns.

[@javaddjames3217]

The two Empresses you mentioned aren't the most influential ones. In fact, Toregene (as I understood that's Dörgön) was one of the worsts. She gave our most important informations to the Arabs. (We lost lots of historical materials about our culture, religion, philosophy, history, and many more) Sorkuktani Bekuni (Shaman) Queen rewrote some parts of them and made it possible for the next generations to use the knowledge. Since the book was risky, she made specific people memorize every single word. After 15th generation, it came to us. And I am glad we preserved at least 1/10 of the original version which was stolen. For me, Sorkuktani Bekuni is the best. After that, Manduhai The Wise Queen is one of the bests. She reunited The Mongols who were warring with each other. She was a great warrior. . Dörgön Queen was literally executed for her treason. I don't think she is a good model at all. . Other Queens who did remarkable things: Oulen Queen. (Mother of Chinggis Haan) Börte Ujin (Queen) (The first Queen of Chinggis Haan) Alungua (Ariungua) Mother (Mother of Bodonchir Munhag)

[@resentfuldragon]

are you sure about that first thing? the muslims in general were great at keeping records and thats how we even have any records left and translated of the ancient greeks? If you did lose it from it being given to the arabs then it must have been lost due to other nations burning the library holding the information. The muslims excelled at neutral book-keeping so I find it hard to believe it was lost, they even kept records of groups like the crusaders who killed them so they weren't biased about record keeping.

[@jeffagain7516]

@@resentfuldragon Indeed, in fact the Mongol burning of the Baghdad Library was considered an especially egregious atrocity, almost on the scale of taking so many human lives. Yes, I'm aware that other warring nations burned 'books' too but there's only a few examples of so much at once, this was one of those. Also, as K&G themselves have pointed out, Caesar's unfortunate burning of portions of the Library of Alexandria, was not as significant as other instances it suffered.

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During the reign of the great kings of Mongolia, 1 queen ruled the world for 5 years. Wilhelm Rubrik wrote about it

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This just made Nomadic succession in CK2 more sensible to me.