History vs. Genghis Khan - Alex Gendler

[@josephaugustine4876]

British empire was responsible for almost 29 million deaths in India alone during 19 th century. But unfortunately history is always written by winners

[@yuritarded5245]

Joseph Augustine in genghis khans time,he was responsible for killing 11% of EARTHS population.If genghis khan didnt die he would have slaughtered the ancestors of the 29million deaths in india

[@agrimchauhan8512]

Joseph Augustine I agree...

[@parthp9595]

Harish Ganesan that's the stupidest thing I've heard. Would you think differently if your parents and yourself were part of that "non significant percentage" ? Every single life is equally important regardless of global demographics. Get some sense into your worthless head.

[@harishganesan3575]

Have you even heard of the word called 'sarcasm' ?

[@Kaisaltan]

Genghis Khan caused global cool down lol

[@iamb34]

"Careful what you call him. You MAY b related." "...Wut?" I died at that part his face lol!

[@omarymombury3189]

Me too

[@aerinsalgado4969]

I had to watch a different video in class and it said the same thing. Really crazy

[@bappi3049]

It is true.

[@lazice]

*w h a t* .

[@blueeye2281]

Like me

[@galaxywavemoreno5151]

I love how the Judge is learning while they both argue or debate.

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

I know right?

[@blauwbeer556]

It is like a representation of us, amazing isn't it.

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

@@blauwbeer556 definitely

[@harleydavidson1014]

Kinda like real court? Who woulda thought? Neat huh?

[@abhijitmandal894]

That is because the Judge is the personification of the audience

[@harshshukla2412]

I want them to make History vs British Empire They killed all over the globe They did caused about a 100 million casualities Especially in India The history is always undermined.

[@helium-379]

If you really think about it no group in the world is ever crystal clean. There are always blemishes on them. Those who think themselves morally superior often turn around and do exactly what they preached against.

[@CraicDealer]

They starved 4 million Irish people to death during the Great Hunger alone, not to mention the hundreds of thousands killed by Cromwell and others, before and after. It is remembered in Ireland, as well as the "famine" in India

[@sambingham1196]

History is written by the winners unfortunately, hopefully in the next few decades the British and their politicians will recognise the crimes their empire committed across the globe. Horrible entity.

[@koustavchatterjee8645]

@@sambingham1196 That's what empires do. British Empire simply was more successful. Saying as an Indian.

[@urielantoniobarcelosavenda780]

@@koustavchatterjee8645 well, you rigth, thats what empires do, but, a genocide is something very... It's just not good

[@timothymclean]

Was Khan a brutal conqueror or a great unifier? Yes, he was both of those things. It's absurd to claim that he was a terrible monster without any redeeming qualities, but it's equally absurd to emphasize the good while downplaying or ignoring his negative qualities.

[@alexkhan2000]

Yes, just like Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon.

[@ganymedeflowers8998]

Very astute. It's a rather illogical idea to assume that he absolutely had to either be a monster or a saint and it is pleasing to see that there are at least some people who understand that. My commendations.

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

+Reasonableidiocy Yes. To fully understand the actions and decisions the Khan made one must actually live in the time era.

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

The sense of morality we have today is way different than that of the time the Khan lived in.

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

For a peasant to die at the hands of a Lord, it is not seen as obscene. For a peasant to kill a Lord? A heavy bounty on his head. This was the norm of everyday life in these times. By the way, I am not one to justify killings and mass murders but even in Europe or anywhere else in the world at that time, death was as common as the flu.

[@hackergiraffe2485]

"You must have done great sins because your God sent punishment like me upon to you" -Genghis Khan

[@БерекетКанжанов]

That's what he said to caliph of Khoresmian empire

[@AyubuKK]

hacker giraffe Wow

[@josephstalin7506]

"If God wanted you to live he would not have created me" -Soldier

[@nshk7163]

Damn, is this really true ? Btw i dont get the message of this video, are they saying that genghis khan's action were good in some cases ?

[@moonlightikah6753]

@@nshk7163 the video is not trying to label him as an amazing leader or a monster. its up to you to choose what you want to see.

[@Egonsraad]

"He killed 40 Million people." "Ye but the postal system."

[@autismobinch135]

U.S Meridan He did not kill that many people

[@parsananmon]

This series can be ridicilous sometimes

[@THX-bz8bi]

@@parsananmon i agree

[@ryancoopersmith3862]

So did the Achaemenids, without that level of destruction along the way

[@r4d1u58]

Postman Khan

[@peaceuchiha485]

The defendent could have said"He killed millions but also created millions"

[@MyHeartBeatistheWorld]

Peace Uchiha 😂

[@gunter6377]

Killed 40 Created 12 I see why he didn't

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

True that

[@thepersonbehindelonmusksuc1634]

He killed millions But also created billions

[@stickwood8071]

There's no "created" . Killing is killing. If i kill a guy and give birth to 2 kids does it mean am a good person??

[@intirobinson7074]

When the judge shouted "KHANNNNNNNN!!!" I was dying hahahahaha

[@bhill7053]

Captain Kirk would be proud

[@mergeno1049]

khan literally means king in our language

[@ksastudio2095]

Shah Rukh Khan 😂

[@ThomasTHEONEANDONLY]

Prosecutor: I see your honor is familiar with Ghengis Khan.

[@jackleon66]

I thought he said something, you know what I mean

[@mavikartal7775]

Cenghis Khan is the best. Why? He conquered Russia IN WINTER

[@ight2060]

could u explain this lol?

[@kevin8712]

@@ight2060 No country was able to fight Russia and win because their armies starved to death in the winter.

[@cipher8400]

@@kevin8712 genghis khan army took cattle and stuff with them and set up colonies, so it was probably easier, i think dunno.

[@jacobblack1640]

Mavi Kartal 😎😎😎😎😎

[@obama7792]

i tried doing that once.. never again

[@Turnc]

When you are so successful that you get canceled 793 years later on twitter.

[@oyuntuyaragchaa3263]

But never forgotten in our heart

[@francisbacon4363]

Ghengis khan is my favourite, he's like the eminem of the old times, he's good but people still hate him for some reason

[@mridulkanti1995]

Twitter should cancelled itself

[@tanmaygusain1316]

@@mridulkanti1995 the app or the twitter community?

[@dogebitch647]

@@francisbacon4363 I dont like mongolia in general

[@tselmegerdemsaikhan6006]

I love this video, as a Mongolian myself. The way they pronounced the name was very good undoubtedly one of the best pronouncing I’ve ever heard in foreign youtube videos

[@kurdtcobain2896]

Harin th

[@karltina6199]

he was actually half nomadic turkic tribe and half mongolian

[@kevinbergin9971]

"Foreign" KZbin videos?

[@31TeV]

​@@kevinbergin9971 Yes, I assume as in non-Mongolian from the context.

[@zaaviya-e-Ghalib]

You mean the videos by the "western" KZbinrs, because almost all the east/south Asian & middle eastern countries call him ”Chingez Khan"

[@dandeliondandylion4517]

"And what's so great about invasion and slaughter" Almost every country ever: *sweatdrops*

[@phuongvu527]

:))) i just love that none dare to argue with this 😂

[@coronavirusokboomer9537]

I don't think it's wise to put our modern moral standards against old morals

[@coronavirusokboomer9537]

What was great about invasion nd slaughter was defending yourself, if you had big neighbors you would have to get rid of them or else they might get rid of you

[@calvinblanes1574]

"Almost every country ever" Which one in America beside the United States?

[@ibnbattuta7031]

so? Murder is murder. People were horrified at it in the time as well.

[@alboshajdari3316]

Do "History vs. Hitler" I double dare you TED-Ed

[@inotaishu1]

I would love to see that, after all, they could use this as a blueprint.

[@boistired6825]

Albos Hajdari His story is actually really interesting. He did have a terrible childhood (not surprised) and dealt with abuse. He wanted to become an artist. I actually saw his artwork and he was a talented young man but for some reason he didn’t make it into art school and then he served in WW1 and that changed him as well. He felt empty afterwards and still wished to die as an artist. The only people who would befriend him were a group of anti semites who taught him how to hate the Jews and the rest is history. We could also add religion into his defense because what people of the church were saying about Jews at the time and even today, really influenced his thoughts on wanting to do anything for the church.

[@hanngoc-eo8dp]

I would love to

[@arcfilms5645]

Well the Nazis did push science forward and warfare with their unmaned tank

[@declanfoley7562]

@@boistired6825 worth mentioning that Jew's were blamed in a very anti Semitic way in the Bible until doctrine was changed in 1964(for Christ death etc ) . In turn at Hitler's time anti Semetism was huge in Lithuania,Poland,Germany etc ...Jew's were hated for religious reasons,jealousy then they retreated so your contact with Jew's would be rent etc and they also controlled parties in a soros like way ....so they were really hated (unfairly)

[@PsychoticSpartan]

Genghis Khan was doing what pretty much every other warlord had done until modern times. Except he did it better (or worse depending on perspective).

[@PhanteusZ]

+PsychoticSpartan Exactly. He was no different than other conquerers. He was simply a better military tactician than the other conquerors at that time, who had the desire to unite the world under one empire.

[@BifronsCandle]

+PsychoticSpartan Most warlords weren't as thorough in their destruction as the Mongols.

[@PsychoticSpartan]

TheBrother171 Because unlike other conquerors he had a highly mobile and effective fighting force that could clear the distance that most other armies just could not. Like I said he was better at it than others before him.

[@BifronsCandle]

PsychoticSpartan That is a false equivalence. Many rulers were in a perfect position to massacre their enemies down to the last child and destroy cultural wealth, yet Genghis Khan carried it through.

[@PsychoticSpartan]

SlyBiffrons And then? Those people were not conquerors. Try to stay on subject.

[@Redrum101896]

My family and I use to laugh about the line, "Almost anyone could be related to him. Until my dad took a DNA test for fun and found out we are descendants through him. We are Puerto Ricans and it was the last thing we expected. 😂😂😂😂

[@googane7755]

daamm that must feel weird that you are related to a warlord that lived 800 years ago on the other side of the planet

[@chevalierdeloccident5949]

Related how? smh

[@Teemo6544]

Which DNA test did you use? questioning the accuracy of that.

[@sancharisaha1607]

Ohh we too took a DNA test out of curiosity, but we're found to be negative, the doctor said you're one of the rare people who are not connected to him

[@chevalierdeloccident5949]

@@sancharisaha1607 This is getting childish. Puerto Ricans aren't related to Mongols. Not even remotely Period. Silly.

[@fishingwithkirby3989]

In other words Khan was no different from many empires around him for his time. The only difference is that he did it better. He brought as much success as he brought suffering.

[@piercebataa3250]

absurd potato but people need to understand his intentions were not to slaughter ruin people’s lifes kill them for no reason he always gave the option to surrender

[@giorgiannicartamancini3917]

He still was a bit more violent, and moreover his empire quickly fell after his death, like Alexander the Great's

[@piercebataa3250]

Giorgianni Cartamancini name a single man who had a great empire that wasnt violent?

[@piercebataa3250]

Giorgianni Cartamancini and the only reason his empire fell after he died was only because of his greedy grandsons who fighted over land and power between each other not his fault at all!!

[@giorgiannicartamancini3917]

@@piercebataa3250 All were of course, but not all are reported to use such extreme violence so often

[@giordanokruger3826]

The tendency to glorify expansionist european empires as cradles of civilization (Rome, Machedonia, The franks, etc) while dismissing Ghenghis Khan as "Barbaric" is a pretty colossal historical bias.

[@ShaunhanM]

Part of the issues (not all of it) is that the Mongols didn't keep written accounts. Most of our knowledge of the time is written by those who feared and despised them. This also partially true for many non European empires

[@maksimlozanoski]

"Machedonia" lol

[@melindam2776]

They didn't kill of most of the population thought, did they? Some countries attached by the Mongols lost at least 3rd of they population. That's not the same level

[@phuongvu527]

@@melindam2776 i think it's a strategy to strike fear to enemies's heart. Purge a rebell city and 100 cities will surrender/not stand again. Reduce much more unnecessary bloodshed. But i could be wrong anyway

[@ObjectsInMotion]

There was no glorification at all in this video???

[@MrBrightSide77]

They say history is written by the victors. Alexander is titled Alexander the GREAT while Gengis Khan is portrayed as barbaric conquerer though they both did the same thing. The difference is that Greeks were advanced in literature and wrote great stories about their king wheras Mongols lagged behind in literature. All the stories we read about Gengis Khan were written by Chinese writers who were the enemies of mongols and sadly enemies don't write good things about each other. The fact is that every conqueror in the history of mankind had done barbaric acts and killed enemies.

[@willsmith4776]

Uzumaki Narutoo, doesn't make it right though. We shouldn't be glorifying people like Alexander or Genghis. They were tyrants.

[@aegidius_s]

Uzumaki Narutoo the reason he isn't called Genghis Khan the Great basically only Europeans use names like the Conqueror and the great.

[@VALLAERION]

But Daenerys is different.

[@luckerooni7628]

Every nation's leader is a tyrant in a time of war, and in the context of the Genghis Khan, he united a nation of warring tribes oppressed by a powerful nation.

[@tinchosabala]

Just like Ying Yang, every good has it's bad and viceversa. It's the same thing here

[@brehisvdnd1289]

Who’s here after twitter decided to cancel him 800 years later.

[@revthescatman137]

What?? Your kidding right? Is it about the new Mulan remake

[@brehisvdnd1289]

@@revthescatman137 no sadly

[@JH-wi2xr]

Wait what?

[@danielawesome36]

@@brehisvdnd1289 Are you serious? What's it about?

[@akundaruratkalalupa9710]

cancel culture is the definition of regressive

[@Kendrahf]

I've always found Genghis to be a very interesting historical character and yet he's hardly ever mentioned. We get a ton of Alexander the Great related stuff but almost none of the Khan when, realistically, Genghis actually conquered twice as much land as Alexander the Great. And he's the father of all boot strap/self-made man ideals too. He was born to a minor chief and the second (stolen) wife in a small tribe. He went off to his betrothed's tribe as was the custom but then his father died and he was sent home. Where upon he and his mother, as well as the first wife and all the children, were abandoned for fear of starvation, his father's enemies, and not wanting to be led by young boys. After several years of living in Mongolia with just his mothers and siblings, he was captured and turned into a slave. He escaped and convinced the family of his betrothed to let the two of them marry. They did and she became a kidnapped bride herself. He hunted them down and actually rescued her (this would result in the birth of a son that they weren't sure was the Khan's.) Afterward? He went on to unite the tribes and conquer the world, because why stop there, right? How is this not the most epic 'self-made man' tale out there?

[@kurojima]

Kendrahf true, genghis conquered a lot of territory, if you only use size as a measure, but lots of it is vast barely populated space with no possible resistance - while alexander conquered the most powerful countries and cultures of his time, densely populated and highly advanced

[@62001a]

The more I read the history about him, the more I realize he destined to be King. From 9 years old, after his father departure, his father's enemy never let his family lead peaceful life. He did not have much choices, either be strong or die. He protected his family from early ages and fought with many tribes in order to survive. That's how he protected his family and himself.

[@Kendrahf]

kurojima What? China and Russia were just chump change? Genghis conquered all the surrounding countries/lands around him. He conquered Russia, for pities sake, a feat that has yet to be repeated even in this modern age. Perhaps if Hitler had followed Genghis' example instead of Napoleon, things would've ended differently. He had a lot of resistance and he came up with unique battle strategies to deal with them. Later on, he was able to talk people into submission... And how is this less admirable than Alexander? He used his brains as well as military might to do what he did and he wasn't a straight up conqueror. Which circles back to the truest point of all: Genghis wasn't trained to fulfill this role nor did he have a ready made army at his hand OR even a country to fund his wars. He was abandoned at age 9, left to die in the incredibly harsh land of Mongolia. Would Alexander the Great have survived if he and his mother and siblings were abandoned at age 9? Would he have gotten free when he was turned into a slave? Would he have applied the hardships of his youth to rule fairly over his conquered lands? Probably not. Genghis is by far the more intelligent and cunning conqueror. He had ethics that he stuck to. The video mentions using people as shields? Guess which people? Why, the people who'd betrayed their own. You were fucked if you did something like that, even if it benefited Genghis. You can't even compare him to Alexander. Hell, after he conquered Egypt, he didn't even have the logistics of needing a steady supply of food which made everything he did a thousand times more easy. Alexander conquered a lot, it's true. But he can't compete against Genghis.

[@kurojima]

dont be mad, but "russia" at the time of genghis was nothing more than a few backwards duchys competing for power, nothing scare for him - china was a great campaign, and the arabian peninsula, but both werent united anymore, china was split up in factions, and the arabian peninsula was split in different countries - some wanted to apeal to genghis from the beginning - and the rest of genghis conquering was easy - he barely touched india or central europe - compare that to alexander who conquered persia and india and much more of the old world, the mayor powers of its time

[@Kendrahf]

kurojima Oh, I'm not mad. LOL. Why does not agreeing equal being mad? I just don't agree with you. Pound for pound, Genghis Khan was simply a thousand times more impressive than Alexander. You can quibble about him not conquering Persia and down play his accomplishments because of that but it doesn't change the fact. Alexander was raised to lead. He had Ancient Greece behind him. Genghis had nothing, was less then nothing, and still conquered twice as much as Alexander. He didn't even have so much as a tribe when he started out, much less a giant war machine line Ancient Greece. =P

[@dakotawilliams9791]

If you're invading West to East you're a great leader, if you're invading East to West you're a barbarian. Genghis Khan legacy shows he's a great leader.

[@dakotawilliams9791]

Puglous Khan does not mean "great" it means "leader." Also, Genghis did far more good than bad. War is war people died. He only destroyed cities that rebelled, as did Alexander. And Genghis did not kill 11% of the population, he and his descendants did, and he had many descendants. Also, Genghis had unparalleled peace (the Pax Mongolica) in his country, real religious freedoms (not to be seen again until "modern" times), as well a a real merit system instead of blood promotions.

[@kagenlim5271]

+Dakota Williams and genocide is genocide

[@dakotawilliams9791]

kagen lim I agree, but I disagree that it was genocide. He had no intentions of destroying cultures and peoples. He merely had to make examples. Every culture under Mongol rule flourished because of how incredibly tolerant Genghis Khan was with other religions and cultures.

[@kagenlim5271]

Dakota Williams disagreed.Kiev Rus,northern China are all examples of Genghis khan taste of extermination of foreign cultures other than his own

[@dakotawilliams9791]

kagen lim what do you mean? Mongol culture embraced Chinese culture. Just look at the literature that came out under mongol rule. The Russian states also had their culture grow and evolve into the modern pan-slavic ideals (which only spread throughout the Russian states after Mongol rule) we've seen in history and today. The thought that Genghis destroyed culture because it wasn't mongol just can not be supported

[@Oujouj426]

Why can't he be both, conqueror and unifier? Weren't Rome's leaders conquerors and unifiers? We remember their legacies neutrally or even kindly, so why not the Mongol's?

[@PastPresented]

Perhaps because the Romans (and the Chinese, whose ancient empire still exists, and is now thought of as a nation) brought clear cultural benefits with their conquests, whereas the Mongols really brought very little that hadn't been present before they arrived (for example, the Silk Road has existed for thousands of years).

[@cptndunsel8088]

Leaving aside the toll in human lives, the Mongols did have some lasting impacts in the areas they conquered. In truth the Mongols did not contribute much new to science, technology or artwork directly, but they were good at spreading things around. When the Mongols went to Iran, they brought with them rice from China. They also sent cobalt east to Chinese potters for use in their ceramics industry as blue paint. Mongolians built roads and established trade posts on the conquered territories, and were responsible for creating the first reliable mail network, that spanned from Kiev to Peking. Additionally, they are credited with the first cannons - combining European bell-casting techniques with Chinese gunpowder.

[@PastPresented]

david boell Rats were good at spreading plague around. Empires tend to need good mail networks, such as the Roman "Cursus Publicus" and its earlier Persian equivalent- and mail networks function better if there are roads and wayside halts, as again famously provided by the Roman Empire, which would probably have lasted somewhat longer if there hadn't been so many mounted invaders coming west out of the plains of Asia (the Mongols being just the culmination of many).

[@stevenchoza6391]

PastPresented But the Mongols did have a good mail network in the Yam system.

[@PastPresented]

Steven Choza Yes, as mentioned by david boell in the post to which I was responding.

[@Ruefintheshark]

I learned about Genghis Khan this year in my history class and I personally think that he can’t be considered fully good or bad. Despite the fact that his campaigns were brutal and merciless, he did do all of the positive things mentioned in the video as well. And one of his brutal acts was deserved because this man had killed his men and taken the stuff they tried to trade with them or something like that, well they came back and poured molten silver into the man’s head. I don’t remember all of the specific details of that off of the top of my head, but I think it was justified. I also think his attacking of the chin dynasty was justified, but was still very brutal. Overall, he did a lot of good but he was pretty brutal in how he achieved it.

[@refl1x362]

True every invasions of his war was justified.

[@WAcrobat19]

I read a little biography. And it stated that if one of his troops had a family, and if he died, Genghis or his troops would give the loot to the family.

[@naifalanezi1670]

Witted Acrobat19 Most of nations in the past used to do it.

[@miishaa5463]

That is true if the soldier has killed a general or high ranking officer in that time he would get more loot because he did well

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

His family was almost killed after his father died, so he knew firsthand how it impacted the widows and children. I always loved that part of his reforms.

[@AyubuKK]

Witted Acrobat19 Wow

[@anthonyc4138]

@@SunflowerSpotlight yep

[@fawwadhussain5167]

He was born during the time of war. His tribe was constantly at war with other mongol tribes and with China (south east) and Khawarzami empire (south west). He only saw blood and destruction in his childhood. He was disavowed from his own tribe at age of 12 (same year he conquered his tribe back). He united mongol tribes(who were at war for more than 100 years) a task which was thought impossible at that time. He actually avoided bloodshed but couldn't stand disloyalty(which would have triggered another war among mongols). He saw destruction an effective tool to control not only his own people but others too. We should not forget the unforgiving times he lived in. He wasnt the only barbarian but he had power and he had most ruthless people from the sands of Gobi behind him so yes history only remembers him

[@TheAlexgoodlife]

Every empire in the history of forever was brutal. The Roman empire, possibly the most progressive of empires was extremely brutal. Todays moral standards dont apply to those times.

[@edrickhuge4637]

*Persian Empire coughts*

[@bigartacademy7948]

40 million is most possibly wrong.

[@Fpwc2]

Vinicius Domenighi they spread their killing through centuries, they might not have killed 40 million in a few decades but you can be sure they killed the equivalent of that in the 1500 years that they existed.

[@ravenclawauror4668]

Franco Centola, and? So then how many people would have been killed if the Khans ruled for 1500 years? Time frames matter. I can drink 10 bottles of vodka throughout the year and think nothing of it, but if I drank that in a single sitting I'd need to go to the hospital. If it only took a few decades for the Khans to kill the same amount of people the Romans did in a Millennia and a half, doesn't that set off a red flag for you? Impressive, but for all the wrong reasons

[@Ali-uj9cx]

Exactly, you see how western empires or leaders such as the Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire are now days glorified where Ghenghis Khan is considered a barbarian. When in truth, the Roman Empire committed atrocities in the same magnitude as the mongols, or probably even worse but hey we only talk about the good things the Romans did while we talk about the barbaric acts the Mongols committed.

[@annikachristensen4323]

"He killed 40 million people..." Thor: He's adopted...

[@prakashmc2842]

LOL

[@holytiramisu]

Can't blame him for being brutal. Imagine growing up with everyone plotting against you, your father killed by hostile tribes, growing up in barren land. Now imagine that you're trying to be nice, then your arch-enemy convinced your allies that you're a threat and then they turned against you, having missionary and embassador murdered, he won't survive without being harsh.

[@Okuni_]

can't imagine how he came up with the idea to invade those territories

[@korstjesantens2903]

yeah, that's an excuse to kill 10% of the world population

[@shadowsbane171091]

Karsten Smeesters if they didn't want to die, they should have surrendered, when change comes you either go with the flow or you fight it and pay the price, the rebelling cities fought and paid the price, like anyone would have done. It was 13th century, conquest was common place...and I don't know why Khan of all the conquers get more hate than others.... Rome, Ottomans, Alexander and others from that era weren't any better, it was just that Khan was way successful than the rest...and others if capable and successful would have done what he did, atleast he wasn't a bitch and was just.

[@shadowsbane171091]

***** So did other emperors..

[@RavageStudio]

He propably didnt know that, and the 10% of the world population counts for the entire mongolian empire and its duration not just Genghis but also kublai and the other khans.

[@ghs63820]

Do history vs. Winston Churchill and Robert Clive. Mention the barbaric colonialism period in the Indian Subcontinent where the death toll was way beyond WW2.

[@Benji567891]

The death toll in India was not above WW2, even tho it was high.

[@LolLol-xo7uy]

Galiba Hasin you must be high ww2 have more deaths. But the indian death are still high

[@Clipsiconic]

Ulimi Ulabi no they saved them

[@ankanmaiti9864]

History vs Aurangazeb 😉

[@sambingham1196]

*British people did not like that

[@GlitchyShadow13]

now that's what i call a mighty... *khanqueror*

[@LuxroyLux]

+GlitchyShadow13 kek

[@thegeneralissimo6172]

OUT,NOW

[@oakleafwarrior9733]

stop it!!!!! get out!

[@iammustafa]

damn

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

ok children chill out. Your all probably descendants of the great Khan anyways

[@Renatus__]

My man dominated the world like he was playing a war game in easy mode

[@bijeY2K]

Well, at least he has successfully finished his khanquests.

[@110tacles]

Notchcrafter​ 1 who? 2.where is slenderman?

[@bijeY2K]

Mathor Sionur Me. I am Slenderman. Don't you look at my name?

[@thesupertsar4473]

Dat pun do

[@adamheitzmann1862]

But Genghis Khan was still as badass as khan solo.

[@110tacles]

Slender Man Sr. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@timgantumur5750]

In present day mongolia he is looked upon as a god

[@DavidLopez-pc7yg]

Tim Gantumur good.

[@abhishekkumar3679]

Well, Mongolia hasn't produced many great leaders or artists. So you got to make do with whatever you got.

[@DavidLopez-pc7yg]

abhishek kumar >Mongolia hasn't produced any great leaders. So the guy who created the world's largest empire to date is not a good leader?

[@abhishekkumar3679]

Outlaw King You really know the difference between "any" and "many", don't you? And Khan was never able to built to an empire. His own sons and grandsons condemned his actions and called him a savage hoard.

[@rajasula4849]

abhishek kumar yeah and his empire didnt last long, it was divided.....

[@tabithaakers8732]

It's incredible that people compare him to Hitler etc who was born over 700 years later. The whole point of history is to view someone within their context and not with modern day values that did not exist.

[@XxAPartofMexX]

+Tabitha Akers Only historians and researchers abide by this... even then some don't. I don't know how our education systems teach these things... but I'd be damned if they were doing it right. They clearly aren't as evidenced by the amount of people on the internet and in this comment sections don't get this. If you want thoughtful and meaningful conversations on History subjects like this you're going to want to be talking to actual historians and researchers through forums like /r/History, /r/AskHistorians, and other places like these.

[@ineffablewhune]

+Tabitha Akers No, actually that's not the "whole point" That is one USE OF history. History is simply the documentation of what allegedly transpired; how it transpired. To say there is a "whole point" is to imply that every historian across time was united under and single motive. The very fact that you assume some "point" upon the entire activity of [people recording events]... Indicates that you are projecting your own agendas onto history; rather than simply objectively analyzing it as simply a record of alleged events.

[@ineffablewhune]

+Tabitha Akers as for your point about "values that did not exist" Values are universal. If someone ripped your unborn child out of your womb... you and your friends would consider that "cruel" as you likely bled to death... regardless of what age you lived in. What DOES vary is what is ACCEPTED in society. a good example is how black people are treated in America. what is accepted has changed; but people always knew whipping a man to death was cruel. In Khan's day... if soldiers came and ripped your unborn son out of your wife's womb... leaving her to die in your arms... you just accepted it.

[@wampower6848]

Actually there's a section in the Advanced Placement History essay where students have to connect historical time periods together based on similar themes between the two time periods. So that seems like they're saying it's pretty important to compare disparate time periods.

[@kagenlim5271]

Genghis khan-Expansionist foreign policy,hell-bent on world domination Hitler -Expansionist foreign policy,hell-bent on world domination See it now?

[@TouristAcceptable]

If the teacher in my school taught me history like this, I would've ended with doing history honours

[@yusra8245]

brotha

[@JotaroKujo-nj4bx]

Thankfully I had a lot of influence from Assassins Creed and a legend of a 3rd grade elementary teacher so I’m currently in AP history courses and doing well in them

[@IIIISai]

@@JotaroKujo-nj4bx fire

[@charmatic_yt2195]

“So who’s the defendant today?” “...” “KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNN!”

[@omitted929]

Selmon bhai

[@kashifabbas1725]

2020 khans chutiya khans fake khans

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

Lol

[@CopyMirror]

Everyones calling him a Monster and I'm just sitting here like " it was the 13th Century"

[@PastPresented]

Yes, it was a century in which magnificent cathedrals and mosques were being built, universities were being founded, astonishingly accurate sea-charts were being made of the Mediterranean area (and the new maritime powers which were reducing piracy), the use of Indian powers-of-ten numerals was being spread throughout the world by Muslim traders, etc. etc.

[@stevenchoza6391]

PastPresented And a period of very brutal warfare everywhere.

[@PastPresented]

Steven Choza A lot of the really brutal, culturally harmful stuff, was in the past for western Europe, and there was pretty good progress until the Black Death arrived in the 14th century (probably with the help of the Mongols).

[@CopyMirror]

Wester Europe not Asia.

[@stevenchoza6391]

***** The ASIAN steppes...

[@surfwavtv]

If Genghis Khan was European he would be called Genghis the Great lol

[@berhesbeeter]

Dude i am Mongolian and we know better then u if we talk on Chingis Khaan

[@surfwavtv]

+Barhasbaatar Chimed-ochir I'm saying chingus isn't given his proper spot in history because he's not European. So western history covers up his accomplishments and demonize him as a murderer not a great leader.

[@surfwavtv]

+Hugh Jenas McGraw hill , American high school textbooks

[@prestonh.2771]

+Hugh Jenas Yeah, American text books tend to have a bit of a bias on... well... everything.

[@surfwavtv]

+Renzhi Wang he was but you know how Europeans do they'll rewrite history covering up all his atrocities while highlighting everything positive about him lol

[@javkhlanenkhbaatar3843]

"You can't just put a mass murderer on your currency." Me, a mongolian: *laughs*

[@charliefarmer4365]

We English have Winston Churchill on our pound notes, the Americans have George Washington on their dollars, etc, etc.

[@godzillavkk]

History vs Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, and first Emperor of China. Was he a brutal and tyrannical monster who practically enslaved his own people? Or was he the Founding Father of China for whom without, there would be no China?(Forgive me if I misused grammar)

[@damnstupidoldidiot8776]

Legend has it that his people had to give 66.666666666666666666666666℅ of what they earned to him as tax.

[@phatnguyenquoc9175]

godzillavkk .

[@danielli1897]

godzillavkk I

[@gtbsatalks]

DamnStupidOldIdiot lol

[@ousamadearudesuwa]

godzillavkk Qin Shi Huang was not a complete unifier, nor the founder of China, since it was only named after him in his command. It was the Shang who did it first before the feudal states period before he rose up to power.

[@Jomster777]

Genghis Khan was like Thanos then? Honorable intentions, deplorable actions

[@saranharbor3367]

Hahaha maybe u are thanos mofaa he is more smart and honest better ur imagination dude

[@akizeke5794]

He was good man. For mongolia ge was like our god father. He was our hero not thanos

[@Altiveda]

Not even. Maybe if Thanos was one of hundreds of conquerors and actually succeeded then was painted as a villain while others were painted as gods.wait... Actually not that far off lol.....

[@biluka8063]

Your drunk father is like Thanos but not him

[@scarletheart3342]

He is not Thanos. He did not enjoy killing he wanted to make countries surrender first. He also made warring countries come together under one rule.

[@jmfirelord]

Honor: order order, now who’s the defendant today? *looks at portrait of khan* Honor: KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN Im dead

[@cossackvince9709]

Thats what chinese said

[@danielawesome36]

I understood that reference. _(for those genuinely who don't know, it's from Star Trek)_

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

@@danielawesome36 I understood it too

[@robbieaulia6462]

"Carefull what you call him, you may be related" That killed me XD

[@csm5040]

3:33 That was the first biological war in history.

[@raph9584]

Crazy Smile 7 but a curious fact about that is that no one knows if it had that intend as they didn’t fully understand the plague back then for us it may now look like obvious that it will spread but remember back then people thought it was a punishment of god to the sinners or a superior entity wrath so there is some revisionism that propose it was just for lowering morale in the city and disrupting the routines of the people

[@Peter-xs2mu]

Not the first. poisoning wells and shooting rotten corpses across city walls was a popular war tactic in ancient times also.

[@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n]

*WORLD WAR Z: Prehistoric Time*

[@bigmoney101]

Christian Silva 9

[@batmanthemightiestavenger9129]

Nah... It was the first troll move in history

[@siddiquenadir44]

If you start invading from east to west you are Genghis Khan the barbarian , If you start invading from west to east you are Alexander the great!!!

[@tsaoh5572]

+Puglous You actually don't know if Alexander did. There are way less written records from Alexander's time. What is known is that about 35% of the world population lived in that Persian empire, so Alexander could easily have killed about 7%. Most written records about the mongols are from Muslim or Chinese writers. Most written records about Alexander are from Greek/Macedonian writers. The winner determines the history, as always.

[@trololo9407]

+Puglous Nonsense, you think someone went and counted the number of dead left behind after the Mongols? The numbers were written mostly by those nations (Arabs, Persians, Rus), who hated Mongol invaders, and these figures are too exaggerated.

[@Timurkhan8]

+Puglous Cuz Alexander was a super gay!

[@prabhchahal4492]

+Nadir Siddique smooth

[@NmberOneNetsFan]

Nadir Siddique 👏👏👏

[@treefrogjohnson7514]

I wish John Green was here.

[@maturi3334]

hahahaha fr

[@emmettpepito]

Crash Course

[@larindabrunson9381]

KY2 AQW " *we're the exception* "

[@turo6o203]

john green is just little girl to him you ont know Chingis Khaan

[@congratsyoufoundmychannel1098]

I love how the judge doesn't recognize people like Richard Nixon or King Henry VIII but shouts out loud when he sees Gengus Khan

[@duolingoowl8207]

How could you forget your great great great great great great grandpa?

[@LukeCageforhire]

"I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you". Genghis Khan

[@n3nt2nd464]

Damn was he brutal

[@morkujinirukandji4820]

LukeCageforhire statement to the king of China

[@altanzuldavaadorj2964]

No mongols had believed in gods at that time...

[@localextremist2839]

there is a website like that

[@cesar-lf1jw]

Blood and bone

[@josephaugustine4876]

Okay then how many did European empires killed during colonial period in Asia and Africa

[@itsfinnickbitch63]

Joseph Augustine but everyone knows they were bad

[@notanomnom]

lmao, its a lot more than 40 million. Chinggis wasn't all that bad, being conquered by his empire probably wasn't a good experience. But for every city he massacred, several more were taken without bloodshed because of the fear that that woud happen to them. I'm a little biased since I have relations to a khanate in Afghanistan, but I really don't think hes that bad at all.

[@shadow2570]

notanomnom but was it more than 10% of the population at the time through inhumane methods.

[@xjgbgaming3480]

Does it matter though?

[@vladescu3g]

far from 1% of total population of the world, compare that to 10% of just 1 empire in that short time.

[@romarssieverything9667]

*A dotharaki horde Ned in an open field*

[@thomaswilson3827]

romarssi everything!! I get your Bobby B reference

[@nimishrai257]

Lmao was waiting for this

[@spn.academy]

This is a really great series! We frequently use them in our classes, our students love it. Congratulations, TED-Ed

[@kadrisemihguler808]

Maybe this channel has the best content in youtube?

[@TheLio666]

more likely

[@jasonxiong4572]

Search up "In A Nutshell" please!!!

[@abhisheknaik1784]

KADRİ SEMİH GÜLER watch 101 india channel

[@tugsan5190]

TheLio666 in a nutshell mostly talking about posibilities and when he talks about the happened things, he explains it as he thinks. example; he said gmo is not harmful for food. but it harms more than it repairs. founding the true history and correcting the majority is far more harder than talking about relevant things

[@bababooey6193]

walter white Yo Mr.White i thought you were dead.Where u at nowadays??

[@zagboygamez5930]

Came from Extra History. Cool to see a different perspective.

[@doso4782]

Im also from Extra Credits!

[@jackryan4938]

Me too!!

[@masonsilvers6789]

ZagboyGamez about the same

[@regretfulman4784]

Same!

[@goda7137]

me too

[@matthe3234]

If Ghengis Khan was australian, he'd be Genghis Kunt

[@belleblanch5374]

no flex zone Fortunately he is not Australian.

[@fullpowerofthehighground4096]

no flex zone well if he was finnish Wait...

[@freshlymemed5680]

Thankfully he isnt Aussie or he would have conquered All of Asia

[@AzadF31]

Little Anya isnt jabba the hut fictional? Wait, arent you jabba the hut?

[@saftytorch4435]

He would've lost to the tyrannical Emu Empire.

[@lac_trn]

Genghis khan got cancelled he’s dropping a apology vid tmro

[@fredbarker9201]

😂😂

[@tseevanidermaa3225]

Isn’t it because non Mongolians were making false things up?? I would be shocked if one historian read the book named Mongoliin nuush tovchoi which has the exact facts of every thing about Gengis khan

[@riarazul929]

that face though when the judge said "Khan!"...

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

I know right?

[@periodic98]

He was very traditional,even when his empire was rich,he didn't wear gold chains and etc...he wore the clothes that his people had beforehand even when his generals dresses as they pleases.

[@periodic98]

Pleased*

[@aslof1069]

Because he shared everything. It is because of his childhood. His family got abandoned when his father died to TATARS ( they poisoned him). He used to hunt with his brother when he was 6 or 7 years old and he shared with everyone. One day his brother stole a fish that he catched and ate it alone when CHinggis KHAN saw that he said you are not my brother because you did not thinked about and used his bow to kill his brother. Thats how he is made a great man. Just for Extra information, Ger is the circle tent that has small door and it is intentionally made that either you are rich or poor you will bow to enter the GER. Which you will show your respect to the house members.

[@DarkStyle74]

@@aslof1069 dude im half tatar and i found offensive :D haha

[@discovaria9507]

@@DarkStyle74 do u know when mongolians fought against tatars and one of him was pretty good soldier like dunno but the captain of mongolian was excited to see their and named Temuujin which was same rhyme to tatars great captain

[@DarkStyle74]

@@discovaria9507 ofcourse i know i read lot of things about they

[@rust719]

Call him whatever you want to, but he was the baddest of motherfuckers ever born. Respect Temujin!

[@rust719]

Mine too Omar, mine too. I have Persian, Arab & Indian ancestry.

[@mukeshkanna2889]

+Ahsan lol dude you're more complicated than a average girl

[@rust719]

Mukesh Kanna We was Kings n shit.

[@cf7922]

How about Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, George Washington (who was a slave owner)? Do they deserve reverence when they all pretty much did some horrendous things that today's society wouldn't tolerate.

[@brodoodman767]

+χρονης κ. I don't think that word means what you think it means.

[@joenathan8059]

Anytime there is writing about civilizations being "barbaric", you should take it with a grain of salt as they are most likely written by enemies such as how the Vikings are portrayed

[@taz0492]

exactly the indians did the same thing with the british

[@Shivam-il2om]

@@taz0492 eh, you alright mate?

[@taz0492]

@@Shivam-il2om I could be wrong here but during school in England we were taught about our colonisation that the indains tried to take some sort of englightened high ground by calling us barbarians and savages.the school system weren't bais they did teach us the about bad things we did but this was before we had taken control of india. I was simply stating what I had been taught

[@tseevanidermaa3225]

Thank you! You are so right

[@JHD42]

0:31 "Khaaaaan!!!" Just over 30s in and this already earned my thumbs up :)

[@willsmith4776]

JHD42, Maybe its just me, but I cringed pretty hard at that part

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

[@Monkey-l8s]

*_KHAAAaaaaAaan_*

[@007MrYang]

I love this series!

[@vaibhavgupta20]

007MrYang they are best part of ted ed.imho.

[@TheNecromancer077]

Yup

[@imadethischannel2364]

Agreed =)

[@Angie-ze6yx]

me too :3 thy should make more like a shit ton more i learn a lot from these episodes

[@Necroskull388]

+007MrYang I really dislike the framing device. I'd rather he just speak directly to the audience to explain things, similar to how John Green does his show.

[@Biggesttrolleu]

Remember kids: Unprecedented genocide is ok if you can improve trade and postal relations!

[@damnstupidoldidiot8776]

No it is not, that's only OK if it is revenge.

[@tinchosabala]

DamnStupidOldIdiot even if it's revenge, it's still NOT ok, believe everything is better if you can jut forgive, i'm talking from experience

[@tinchosabala]

I was talking in general, not about Genghis

[@michellegan313]

It’s ok in that time!!

[@evannesbitt7852]

Biggesttrolleu *and racial and religious tensions on top of equal practition of law. And that "genocide" wasn't so unprecidented or genocidal

[@shawnl2692]

Ghost of Tsushima made me want to brush up on Ghengis Khan

[@bossavocado5622]

😅😅

[@sarangerelbnbatbaatarbn5115]

Zailku bol haraay shuu

[@icescorpion7050]

@@sarangerelbnbatbaatarbn5115 hahaha tiim ee

[@sarangerelbnbatbaatarbn5115]

@@icescorpion7050 😂😂😂

[@wtf1877]

History vs Hitler History vs Saddam Hussein History vs abbasid dynasty History vs ming dynasty thumbs up so They can se this

[@robotictoast65]

Abbasids and Ming would be interesting. Not so much Hitler and Saddam since this series seems more pertainant to figures who existed before the concept of international morality. Or, they could do Qin I or Salah ad-Din.

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

They should do alexander the Great, Julius Ceaser, Mahatma Ghandi and Wu zetian

[@redbenada798]

The Rising Theurge Why Mahatma Ghandi?

[@redbenada798]

Benjamin Chooby You expect me to take that seriously?

[@Aru_im]

ben jonathan you expect to take that seriously?

[@MrSocks-vd4gu]

Omg I'm so happy that even one foreign person can actually pronounce his name right! "Genghis Khan" sounded so funny like he's a gangster or something lmao.

[@beluwuga2573]

Gengis khan is the correct pronunciation. Cengis khan is the mongolian pronunciation, we're speaking English not mongolian. Saying that it's the wrong pronunciation is like saying "japan" Is the wrong pronunciation because in japanese it's pronounced "nihon/nippon", it's totally ridiculous.

[@MrSocks-vd4gu]

Corona Virus ok chill 👁👄👁

[@yaruuka]

@@beluwuga2573 damn, but chinggis khan isn't that hard to pronounce in english-

[@CRAZyLittleMeMe]

@@yaruuka it's not but a g in English is not the same az a ch sound which is qhat happened. not the same.

[@CRAZyLittleMeMe]

no you did not just call english gangsta!! Can you spell superior complex ?

[@cyrus5958]

Dan carlins hardcore history "wrath of khans" podcast is really good for anybody who wants to see a good picture of the Mongols

[@cyrus5958]

***** they should have gotten him to voice a witness for the prosecution ;).

[@JoeGelman]

***** Will definitely check out that podcast. I've heard good things about it elsewhere too. Just curious which of the defense's claims bothered you so much? Were they inaccurate or did they just not show the whole picture?

[@JoeGelman]

That sounds great! I agree with the sentiment, and can see how it mightily takes the wind out of any defense of Ghengis. And I already downloaded all I could get my hands on! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@cyrus5958]

***** ive just finished all the other free podcast (prophets of doom, american peril and all six blueprints for Armageddon) idk if you've listened too any of the ones you have to pay for but if you've had are they any good?

[@cyrus5958]

***** I agree prophets of doom was the best since it was just so strange, the whole time i was thinking "wait, WHAT?" if you liked blueprints for Armageddon for all its eye opening stuff on the conditions the people went threw then (though i haven't listened to it yet) ghosts of the osfront talks about eastern front in ww2 and its horrifically brutal treatment of the Russian army

[@linkh1435]

I really like that they add some character and personality to the two debaters and especially the judge (I laughed so hard when he screams). This series is awesome too, viewing controversial history figures in a different perspective. They give us both good and dark sides of these people and show how complex history, as well as human, is.

[@bloody-crx]

Producer of Marvel avengers movies “The Russo” brothers said once in a interview that Thanos is like Genghis khan of the universe

[@ankanmaiti9864]

Basically every Islamic ruler or any colonizer is like that

[@yanamandrasastry9103]

@@ankanmaiti9864 Genghis Khan is not muslim

[@gunter6377]

@@yanamandrasastry9103 when did he say that? It's just a comparison

[@mdtauhid527]

@@ankanmaiti9864 you talk about Islamic rulers what about british they killed people in North America ,Latin America, Australia, Indian subcontinent, that they have done in their colonies during genocide it would be almost over a 100 million or more then that...

[@mdtauhid527]

@@ankanmaiti9864 unfortunately our history is controlled by the west.... That's why people like you are still brainwashed

[@furiousss5896]

I've heard they called him TheLegend27 back then

[@saikoyonebayashi7757]

Finally!! Someone got the pronunciation of his name right ^^"

[@ninjin7560]

+lps WildFlower yes cuz i get so annoyed when they always say genghis khan its like me saying garry potter

[@saikoyonebayashi7757]

+minusnuffink nah, it's 'Khan'

[@saikoyonebayashi7757]

+Saiko Yonebayashi but you pronounce it 'han'

[@bayanbatu6848]

+Saiko Yonebayashi actually its Khaan

[@ninjin7560]

In Mongolia our h is x so xaan is the same as haan which defined as king since Mongolian people don't include a last name

[@alpactra1830]

2:57 HIS FACE IM DYING 💀💀💀🤣🤣🤣

[@Yoko684]

Funny how some hipsters try to measure 13 century with modern time moral standard. Can any of you bring ancient empire without bloody history? Ghengis is praised not because he killed millions but simply he was greatest military genius. Nobody has conquered biggest empire like him in short time not even Alexander.

[@sarnaig.7253]

👍👍👍

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

+Bru Tonin There were 70 cities named after Alexander the Great. The Mongols conquered all of them.

[@unappropadope]

+Bru Tonin hipsters?

[@swangtotheleft5348]

+Bru Tonin 'Hipsters' what does that even mean lol. Hes not shitty just because he was a conquerer who killed people, he SLAUGHTERED a ridiculous amount of people and the Mongols including Genghis himself raped MILLIONS of women across the old world. You can argue about how he was the Greatest General of all time and how he brought change in the world but you make a whole video painting him as a saint.

[@ninjin7560]

+Swang ToTheLeft well if ur saying rape, most women were spared unless they tried to commit a crime or went against law and besides Mongolian woman had it way better than most women during those times, and there are many female soldiers and generals that lead the army to victory and viewed as people, and slaughter of chineses people were because they have harassed the Mongol clans for generations and also poisoned his father and brought disharmony between the clans, he's not a saint but he's also not as brutal as you say

[@nammiekhudree3952]

As a mongolian, I can say that we are proud of his accomplishments and what he has done for us as a country (hence all the statues etc of him) but not everyone is proud of how he did so, take my grandma for example she always reads about mongolian history and we always talk about some of the horrible things they did. So all in all he did well as a leader and warlord but whether you think he was barbaric or evil thats up to you. (btw im so glad they pronouced his name correctly & the temuujin name was pronounced pretty well too)

[@LokisLadyCrazy]

Hearing something kinder than normal about one of my ancestors is refreshing. My aunts worked together on the family history, putting it into a book and it traced back to Genghis Khan through one of his wives. But, due to history, the wife's name was lost like it was for most of his wives and concubines. History had it's bad and it's good, it's how we decide to process the information now that's important to us. Personally, I'd like to see a piece on Cleopatra's sister Arsinoe, because you hear very little of her in a lot of Cleopatra's historical representations. One of the only, that I know of, being the film where Leonor Varela played Cleopatra. Although, having another Genghis Khan piece that went more into his personal history would be freaking awesome.

[@kirstenparker-smith3137]

Wow. We preview/watch numerous videos to accompany history readings at home. This video is the best (under ten minutes) video we have watched. Both my children were able to grasp important details in recall. Unlike some others, I did not feel as though the video was downplaying the brutality of his actions. It also deals with the overall complication of relying on, often biased or limited, historical accounts to draw firm conclusions on complicated figures. Well done.

[@Crystal_Heart31]

😂 almost everyone is talking about how the honor yelled “Khaaaaaaaaaaaan” But no one talked about how the opposing person is like WhAT when he might be a relative to Khan

[@coffeecoffee2096]

The khan is haan and king in molgolia as for the gengis its chingis just a way to say he is the greatest king title

[@batuchiny]

As Mongolian, I approve defendant's pronunciation. It was spot on. Thank you for great informative video Ted-ed.

[@jzhou03]

0:33 When you see your worst enemy hugging ur crush

[@kevin8712]

You sir, are super underrated.

[@CocoTaveras8975]

Joe So true 😂😂😂😂

[@odko0820]

Chingiss Khan once said "If you're afraid - don't do it, - if you're doing it - don't be afraid!”💪🏻🇲🇳💪🏻

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

The most interesting thing about Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire is that they employed amazing psychological warfare. With the army they had and the travel times involved, holding all the territory they acquired would have been impossible if a significant number of fiefdoms rebelled at once. So, they made sure that, when people did rebel, it was put down as gruesomely as possible. It was more about keeping a sense of fear than it was administering justice.

[@macarila357]

5:30 Wait, what? 16 million* 200 = 3.2 billion, not 7 billion!

[@kevinlauria4198]

+David Schwartsman 16,000,000 men

[@alexmoon6682]

+David Schwartsman men not equal world population (=men + women)

[@nadim2325]

+David Schwartsman At that time, the population of the world was around about 3.2 billion. TED-Ed is always right ;) . Population grows over time.

[@mrpuncher100]

+Unknown Guy ... what?

[@nadim2325]

In Genghis Khan's era, the population was about 3 billion... Uneducated Murricans...

[@thedonutqueen6454]

Everyone else's reaction at 3:37 is like, "EW!" meanwhile I'm thinking how clever and cool that could be.

[@brianurivlogs8300]

Ikr I mean it's bad but it's conquest and he actually forced them to come out and surrender faster than just full on attacking them.

[@kelseyajango4212]

Great video! I'll be using it tomorrow in my 6th grade world history class. We're covering the Silk Road next, so it leads nicely into that, too. Thank you!

[@danieltabin6470]

Just in time for ck2 horse lords!

[@moisesmunoz79]

daniel tabin Calvin Klein?

[@itskelvinn]

Colin kaepernick?

[@danieltabin6470]

Crusader Kings

[@grindstone4910]

Moises Munoz Marty McFly?

[@TheWhiteLionn]

daniel tabin Too many idiots on the comments. CK2 stands for Crusader Kings 2, a Medieval Simulator in the form of a game created and published by Paradox Interactive.

[@Snowy123]

I enjoy these videos.

[@cullenfarrell9027]

Love these clips! Students enjoy seeing both sides portrayed by your mock trial on historical figures. Please keep them coming.

[@python3416]

“He slaughtered thousands.” “Yeah, but so did other people.”

[@stuartjsa139]

he killed 40 million, enough that some people claim it actually changed the carbon output of the earth.

[@mrose8748]

I like these history vs (something) videos don't stop and keep up the good work

[@annxrae2116]

I was wondering if TED-Ed could also do a History vs. Ferdinand Marcos? I think it'd be fitting since there are people who saw him as a ruthless and corrupt dictator and the Martial Law, but there are also some who admire him since there are a lot of good things he has done for the Philippines but is overshadowed by the harshness of his Martial Law.

[@annxrae2116]

I still stand neutral on these matters, but I have found a book containing his memoirs in our school's library this morning, and it really interested me. I can't remember the title exactly, but I think it's along the line of "A Revolution in the Center"? I skimmed it, and I had wanted to borrow it but it was a reference book, so the Library wouldn't let me borrow it. It contained his own writings about Martial Law and other stuff. Until I've gathered further information, I'll withhold judgment. :D

[@joelhermenegildo813]

ruthless?? i think dka na nag exist if he approve the bombing of edsa1

[@annxrae2116]

Joel Hermenegildo If you could read my comments again, I stated that "Some people saw him as ruthless" which I think is acceptable naman kasi kng hindi nila nakita si Marcos as "ruthless", wlang nangyayaring rally ngayon that's adding to the country's problems and tearing the country slowly apart (Well, more than it already is). I also stated that I am withholding my judgment because I've not yet gathered enough information about the subject, which, I might add is another problem ngayon kasi mahirap humanap ng realiable source. History books are written by winners, and the words of men are almost always biased, ika nga nila. But I do appreciate your insight on this, and I respect what Marcos has done to improve the Philippines. It's just that mahirap lang talagang alamin kung ano ang totoo ngayon. Salamat.

[@marylandman12]

Reyna Avelyn Oo kaibigan, it was Ferdinand Marcos that introduce me to the Philippines. It would be awesome to see TED-ED do a history vs Ferdinand Marcos. Salamat kapatid

[@johnchristiancanda3320]

He is a complex figure, and even more complex than Córy Aquino, FVR, Érap Estrada, Gloria Arroyo, Noynoy Aquino, and Digong Duterte.

[@SannyKuro]

mongolians are exception...... like if u get the crash coarse reffrence

[@MrQuakeLoL]

+Sanaa Abed wait for it...

[@glclol]

+Sanaa Abed "insert mongoltage.gif"

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

+Sanaa Abed not Mongolians. Wait for it... the Mongols !

[@92alexmaster]

+Sanaa Abed Except when it comes to invading Vietnam. they got their asses handed to them like all the other super powers that tried.

[@pluto9870]

+92axelmaster lmao, Vietnam was colonized by China for 1000 years, the only country invaded for such long period.

[@alisapuskala1437]

PLS CONTINUE THIS SERIES IT IS AWESOME

[@russiandoomer945]

This channel is underrated, people need to always see both sides of the story

[@dawarboss3709]

Ghengis khan is and always is my history idol

[@idjdjdjrr3706]

Mine is napoelan

[@willsmith4776]

Because killing tens of millions is something everyone should aspire to.

[@adarshray39]

Sound like thanos.

[@hangaizolzaya7604]

Adarsh ray Thanos is based on Genghis Khan. Stan Lee once said that.

[@vortexlinks7982]

Thank god he is humble and a good man he was brutal but reality was more brutal

[@durzoblint6532]

Not really. Thanos was a case of great intentions through awful means. Khan was a case conquering by seeing his foes as equals, but would give no mercy if they didn't do the same. I don't know all the details of this story, but there was a time where after he defeated a Chinese Provence, he gave them enough respect to still rule their lands under his rule, but as soon as he left, they defined the treaty and massacred anyone suspected of being with them. In response, he returned, burned everything to the ground and brutally executing all the leaders. He was willing to see you as ally afterward, but backstab him and you receive no mercy.

[@dereklee796]

Lol

[@dindong5396]

By the way, Khan means King in Mongolia and his name “Genghis” means eternal ruler. His birth name was Temujin

[@carlsagan1377]

BUT WHERE DOES THE DEFENDANT'S BEARD END AND SHIRT BEGIN

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

Not sure

[@investtoearn]

British Empire : 19th century - killed people or caused starvation, disease and death under their watch across the world. Alexander : 300 bc - killed everyone in the cities/towns/forts until the gates of India Ramses II: 1350 bc- Completely destroyed syria, led conquests through what is today Libya, Iraq, Turkey, and Armenia. Krishna: 3000 bc- Destroyed kingdoms from western India to Yemen. All of them changed people's cultures, languages, religions(directly or indirectly), everything. All of them even had history rewritten to suit their needs. And yet they are considered Great or in Ramses' and Krishna's case worshipped as Gods. But, Genghis Khan is somehow the "bad" guy?

[@investtoearn]

+gl7rwh35 The date is given on this official website: ignca.nic.in/nl002503.htm BUT that was not the point. The point is that Ghenghiz Khan is treated as "vicious" while others have been treated as GREAT. The only thing that is wrong is your username.. what the hell is gl7rwh35 anyways?

[@investtoearn]

+gl7rwh35 Are those the only options? I don't care about your obsessions trolly. Ghenghiz Khan is GREAT! End of story!

[@levongevorgyan6789]

+investtoearn The TUrks were monsters.

[@investtoearn]

money maker your's too

[@NichoTBE]

he used biological weapons lol

[@1995yuda]

NichoTBE Yup. He kinda did.

[@mikeparry1089]

1995yuda Actually that was his kid that reportedly used bio weapons, and they had no concept that the bodies would infect people either. They threw the bodies over the wall to instill fear, panic, and to annoy the city into opening its doors to end the siege.

[@1995yuda]

Mike Parry No offence but I'd take my chances with TED's info...I mean,they are a good,reliable source. But you make sense for whatever that's worth.

[@IordanIovkov]

NichoTBE Biological weapons were used throughout history. People in any time period tended to use any method they knew. It's no coincidence that they say "anything goes in love and war". For example, poisoning the enemy water supply with dead bodies was a well-known tactic. The part where they said Genghis was no differen than his contemporaries was not an exaggeration.

[@pablocolunga9658]

Milen Semkov Hernan Cortes used that tactic to defeat the Aztecs.

[@seanrobertson8828]

This video proves that Genghis Khan was a very kind, polite, and moral man who just wanted to unify the world in peace and create a great postal system.