Richard Bulliet - History of the World to 1500 CE (Session 20) - Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath

Topic: Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath, 1200-1500 Part I
Speaker: Richard Bulliet
Date: 11/16/2010
Course number: W3902
Course title: World History to 1500 CE
School: Columbia College
Session 20 (11/16/10)

[@stephenosalkelly665]

Thank you for uploading!

[@eaststorm1282]

I know this video is old but let me set the record straight on how the Mongols slaughter animals (applies to sheep and goats only): they don't reach in and squeeze the heart. instead, they reach in and severe the main artery using their finger nails. the blood is still drained from the meat (no one likes to eat meat with blood set in it - it will taste like dead animal) but the blood is collected in the cavity. Then the blood is carefully emptied into container and later it is used to make sausages, etc. there are two main reasons for this: a) it is a taboo for the Mongols to spill blood onto the ground as the Mongols consider the ground to be sacred (sky father and mother earth in Tengerism); b) they don't waste anything, including blood.

[@lt419]

Thanks, you've explained it very accurately in great details. We Mongols don't waste anything of our animals which were and are our main source of livelihood up until today. We refer to our animals as Tavan Erdene - Five treasures : horse, sheep, goat, cow, camel.

[@eaststorm1282]

@@lt419 i do my parts 😀

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

33:30 - That's probably why rice became popular in persia. Mongol methods of meat preparation weren't halal.

[@InfiniteUniverse88]

People in the country would be much harder to find than people in cities. Thus, it wouldn't be possible to thoroughly depopulate the rural areas like in the cities. Moreover, the story of 22 oxen pulling an object in unison should not come as a surprise, considering the literature on the early industrial revolution states that 500 horses were known to pull an object in unison.

[@VictorTemprano]

Did you watch it?

[@driteroj]

They killed the ruler and trampled him into a rolled up carpet, kinda of a cannalloni operation lol

[@Wawi633]

I enjoy the subjects he lectures on, the trouble is that the professor cannot finish a sentence without ahhing and ummming to the point of total annoyance. If the guy knew how to speak it would be an improvement. Ummmmmmmm.....ahhhhhhhhhhh.....

[@Vicky-zr1pb]

Show some respect and be grateful for access to such detailed knowledge. He’s 70 years old. I wonder how your memory will be at 70.

[@Wawi633]

@@Vicky-zr1pb I show respect to those I respect. Now how do you know that I am not 70 as well. Since when do 70 year olds speak so poorly. He spoke this way when he was younger,. I suggest you check out some of his older videos. BTW my memory is fine, awww, and ummmmm are used more by four year olds when speaking then in ummmmmmm....awwwwwwww....older folks.