Genghis Khan Was Unstoppable and We've Just Figured Out Why...

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Hey thoughty 2

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Thanks Arran

[@christopherellis2663]

Genghis not ghenghis

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Don't use those ai thumbnails, or clickbait titles.

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One of the many *best* things about your videos and content is that you go straight into the content. There is no time wasting. Your channel has quickly become on my favorite

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I don’t care what anyone says. As a nearly decade long subscriber; I’ve never heard anything other than “Hey, forty-two here”.

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That's what I hear

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That’s because he’s always said forty two. It’s an ode to the book/movie a hitchickers guide to the galaxy which essentially goes as 42 is the answer to the life, universe and everything. Highly recommend the film and movie. Sorry for the grammar errors I’m learning enlgish

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​@TheArtofFugue Mind blown, boom. So we aren't mistaking thoughty 2 for 42. I saw the movie a long-time ago, nice catch, if so.

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@@TheArtofFugue your grammar is far better than a lot of what I see everyday

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@@TheArtofFuguedon’t apologize for your English. That’s better than 90% of Americans…That is interesting if accurate

[@spidalack]

In a world of 40 seconds shorts, Thoughty2 comes out with a 45 minutes gem.

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Daryl likes this.

[@MrThe1234guy]

42

[@haviper]

Honestly didn't realize it was that long until I finished watching it

[@cmoncuhhh700]

thoughty second shorts*

[@Vee_of_the_Weald]

People with long attention span unite! 🤘🏼

[@MrLabpro]

Temujin and Jamuka weren’t just friends they were brothers, they exchanged blood which in mongol culture is a bond stronger than family

[@EmirTimurlenk]

Not from nothing… he had his name and title. And he just needed to honor it. Anyone else would’ve been laughed away. From less than him was Tamerlang his son in law to his tribe…that limp Turk never lost a battle by himself.

[@andiralosh2173]

This is why I never make fun of my friend's tent

[@Death_star01]

A good thing indeed😆

[@davea6314]

If Genghis Kahn had permanently conquered the entire world then I might be teaching Mongolian poetry, a job which would have its PROSE and KHANS. 😜

[@wjbt3]

Dammit KHAAAAAANN

[@faizelwales]

👊👌🤣

[@HeyMySock]

Beautiful. 😅

[@bautizadosenfuego]

oh my God bro

[@pochuyma9530]

😂😂😂

[@michaeldriggers7681]

What I'm learning from this is that if you want your people to conquer the world, pay them well, show them respect, and promote based on merit, not social standing.

[@ryanzutell1423]

That’s kind of continually been proven throughout history. Not particularly groundbreaking

[@shadenym5094]

@@ryanzutell1423that’s what HE learned man. No need to shit in his oatmeal

[@ryanzutell1423]

@@shadenym5094 it seems more like a snarky observation on his thoughts of society. But to each their own

[@gnaleinad]

Did you forget the cruelty and mass murder? 😂

[@stephensaunders3759]

Everyone back then committed mass murder look at Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon, the Spanish the list goes on and on

[@keithberjeron763]

If you were My history teacher, I might have actually passed the subject. NOW I see why History is an enthralling saga- a brilliant epic played out on the same stages where we currently stand, commute, shop and live life. Not some stale endless list of: On or about (date), (Name) of (place) did (verb) to (name) of (place) because (reason). That was how I learned and why I failed. I never felt the slightest bit interested. But here you come and I am enjoying learning about history- That almost never happens. Cheers, Thoughty2!

[@allan2665]

My thoughts exactly he really outdid himself on this video.

[@markgoodwin5918]

Oh..... if you like long form audio, you should check out Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. His style is absolutely mesmerizing. :)

[@OnMyLunchBreak07]

Same bro. Of all the subjects in school the one I hated most/found most boring was history. It's only now that I've graduated and watched incredible videos on these topics that I appreciate and enjoy them more.

[@jacobfrank2164]

You didn't fail anything. Your teacher graded you as a failure. You can't "fail" at learning. School is for idiots.

[@catherineberry6971]

This was a great history lesson. Wish I had you for my history teacher!! Thank you!

[@skeepodoop5197]

I'm sorry... He killed SO many people that he reduced the amount of carbon in the atmosphere!? WHAT!?

[@ronanonymous6017]

Where do you think the WEF got the idea from?

[@zeitghost1321]

​@@ronanonymous6017 😂

[@25lxghters11]

This is actually insane 😂

[@Joeshmo772]

Thoughty sent a message. Covertly, and accurately.

[@jonwoodmass2849]

This thoughty2 guy sounds unhinged

[@epaniyYoutub]

Jamukha's head wasn’t chopped off. At the time in Mongolian tribes it was customary for nobles to get “bloodless” death upon execution. Jamukha was captured and later got his back broken, that’s how he was executed.

[@pheresy1367]

Good one!

[@uuganbayartserenochir]

As a Mongolian myself i would say this comment was very true according to my and everyone else's knowledge.

[@madfrosty5228]

correct

[@MehWhatever-uw9gc]

Glad I scanned the comments before saying something About that.

[@Astrnauted]

That sounds like an extraordinarily painful way to die

[@mellowmike6263]

There's a quote from this great show utopia that I always think about: "You know the person who had the greatest positive impact on the environment on this planet? Genghis Khan, because he massacred forty million people. There was no one to farm the land. Forests grew back." Interesting to see the truth in it

[@Humanaut.]

And yet the human is the only species that can save life on earth from certain extinction.

[@allan2665]

@@Humanaut. ?

[@maximos905]

Except it's not true because a lot of those lands are plains that don't grow trees

[@marktyler3381]

Remember the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Guess what happened in the following 2 years? The fish stocks recovered, because people weren't allowed to fish.

[@nguyentandung42]

@@Humanaut. and humans are the one causing the most extinction.

[@kaztarihtanu]

The success of genghis khans rapid expansion was the fusion of huge/heavy chinese sieging tools with mobile nomadic army from steppe. On the one hand, chinese siege tools were able to move across landscapes easily with the help of massive amount steppe horses. On the other hand, nomadic army solved their main issue - the inability to siege down big cities with wide walls.

[@mitchellcouchman1444]

They often traveled without fires as the often didn't cook their food making their approach as stealth as you can be for an army that size and were described as very large by the Chinese as at this time the Chinese diet was low in animal protein but the mongols diet was almost completely animal protein

[@holeymcsockpuppet]

Lessons I learned from the video: 1. Build friendships. 2. Leave no potential threat with any power...or alive. 3. Recruit talent, not "titles" (noble birth people) 4. Build loyalty through limited freedoms and money. 5. Don't attack directly. Instead, cut off supply lines and draw out enemies. Make them fight you on your terms. 6. Constantly seek to improve your tactics and technology. Be a lifelong learner. 7. Adapt to your circumstances rather than trying to adapt them to you. Use available resources...like rivers or horse milk (and bl00d). 8. Know your limitations. 9. Strike fast, strike hard...very hard. 10. Use your enemies fear, their anger, and their greed against them. Bonus lesson: 11. Decorate your enemies with liquid silver. Awesome video as always Thoughty2!

[@skyehigh2527]

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[@RearAdmiralTootToot]

This hasn't been approved by Sun Tzu yet though, so it is still just mere speculations as to the art of victories.

[@oguzkaganonder1331]

@@RearAdmiralTootToot Conquered half of the world, I think this proves something

[@aldouztek2784]

12. Don't steal other people's wife

[@Nowhere-from]

It all sounds great until you try putting them together. Let's say recruiting talent instead of entitled people.... Temujin had to loose the important friendship of nobles and instead he made new and powerful enemies within his own people, the Mongol tribes. This powerful aristocracy became better suited as enemy than as friend in the end, but putting that into practice is just impossible. You would need the power to see the future to put it into practice. Temujin had to be very intelligent and charismatic, but also highly lucky...which is possible, just think in lottery winners.

[@Dandydorf]

Genghis khan has one of the coolest origin stories ever. To be kicked out as a boy and subsequently build your empire growing up, is absolutely fuckin bonkers

[@r3qwst71]

Cain did the same

[@bigheadrhino]

His life also has a romance origin as well. His first wife Borte, his bethrothed since childhood, was kidnapped by a rival clan shortly after they were married. His initiative in collecting allies and ultimately rescuing her is said to be the catalyst for becoming the uniter and conqueror that he eventually became.

[@MichaelBrandonMcCartney]

​@@bigheadrhinoI have a sneaking suspicion Genghis Khan was going to go this route regardless. Too much power lust, ego & ambition in him not to have

[@annemaria5126]

Not an original story (meaning noone else had an origin-story like him). In history, all great men in various aspects of society, had no father (him being killed, died from an illness, just left, out of wedlock). Followed by an struggling youth and raised by a poor mother, neglected by the family, but determined to change and enhance his prospects, have his revenge by fighting and killing, or climbing that social ladder and get rich and influential.

[@bigheadrhino]

@@annemaria5126 like who? I just checked, Caesar, Napoleon, Alexander the Great, none of them had the story you just described. Are you thinking about Braveheart? Definitely not “all great men” in the context of conquerors have this origin story.

[@pandasiah5264]

I use Genghis Khan as an example of excellent management and strategy regardless of if its warfare or business. Gather your assets, find good managers that have proven themselves capable and give them autonomy in their department. Also if there's an apocalypse create a horde of warriors that can hunt, fish, and gather resources on their own

[@theforestoftchanbyyaoma7441]

It’s really pleasant to watch, your way of presenting is truly engaging. I am a fan of Genghis Khan since my childhood. Your refreshing and joyful sarcastic approach is top notch! Thank you

[@BiggChunguss]

Thoughty2 dropping a 45 min video on Genghis Khan? Nice.

[@botezsimp5808]

You forgot the period.

[@lydiaben1724]

I didn’t realize it was 45 min 😂

[@Hession0Drasha]

Is that how he was finally defeated? Crushed by a chonky video 😊

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[@collinsasena621]

This guy is just on a diff level of narrating. So far in my opinion the best piece i have seen from him.

[@obiwrongkenobi]

I agree 100%

[@benjaminguilatcoiv]

I can imagine that he was just like many guys who were even as kids drawn to the story of Genghis / Chinggis Khan and the great Mongol hordes, this is a distillation of his lifetime passion, interest of reading and learning about this subject matter.. as well after having made many videos with feedback on each one from the audience he knows how to best present his information in the most engaging manner. This is a culmination of many aspects coming together at the right time.

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Dates and Dead Guys is an absolutely killer channel as well. If you want to dive into Native American history he’s the go to. Native American history is absolutely incredible by the way, especially the Comanche and Apache. Those guys were on another level.

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This was the best history lesson I have ever had the pleasure of learning. How are you and other dedicated creators/historian lovers. Bravo 👏.. Bravo... 👏 👏 👏

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

To be fair, Bear Grylls is already well known for checking into hotels during his shoots, rather than actually spending his nights outdoors. It's been a pretty embarrassing revelation.

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Id like to meet Thoughty1 someday and learn about the origins of Thoughty2

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​@@user-jq7dm7en8the has a kid thoughty²

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42 - the answer to life, the universe and everything.

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Thoughty1 is you, the viewer.

[@epaniyYoutub]

the name “Genghis” is actually mangled “Chingis”, because westerners learned first about him from Persian and Arabic sources. Since there is no “ch” sound in Arabic, the name “Chengis” was transliterated to “Gengis”. Same thing happened to Osmans which were transliterated to “Othman” in Arabic and became “Ottomans” in Western world.

[@JohnNiiggington]

It was actually “Chungus”

[@epaniyYoutub]

@@JohnNiiggington copy “Чингис хаан” and paste it to youtube search. You will get videos of Mongolians talking about him. Notice how they pronounce the name.

[@user-rd6lb1ov6n]

@@JohnNiiggington It's pronounced Chinggis, with 2 [iː] sounds.

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​@@JohnNiiggingtondon't speak if you don't know anything

[@ishanchegu]

Very nice bit of history and etymology! Got any more for us? 😅

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Always happy with your content mate, keep it up 😊

[@MichaelCalcinari]

Excellent job on this episode 👏 Your stuff has been constantly great for as long as i have known about you.... Thanks for sharing your creativity and humor with us 😊 😀 👍

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This is my Comfort channel. I come here whenever I need a pick me up and I always go out happy.

[@zeableunam]

40:04😐

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same

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[@dixienormus6941]

Absolutely brilliant. This is better than anything you’d ever see on bbc. This man is a legend

[@SportsBettingFacts]

So what is the reason he was unstoppable?

[@drewdabrew4745]

BBC are clout chasing losers .

[@KyxLimitless]

@@SportsBettingFacts He was better

[@SportsBettingFacts]

@@KyxLimitless 😂😂😂We knew that before watching this clickbait garbage

[@noaharthur9041]

@@SportsBettingFacts still a fire video though.

[@rtsesmelis]

Thanks, man. Absolutely great video. Fantastic story-telling!

[@carlagthinkbig8638]

Another impressive video! Thank you so much 🙏🏻 your videos are my companion

[@rufussouthgate7532]

He nearly doubled the world as well.

[@painzockt]

He really made sure that only his DNA got spread

[@cicichambers3887]

lol him and Nick Cannon

[@RealtorJosephLubbock]

Yeah, he pumped

[@Sniperboy5551]

Nice.

[@Mobus_]

I in 4 Asians is a direct descendant.

[@mechez774]

One other point you missed - a recent genealogical survey estimates that 1 in 12 Asians is descended from Genghis. His presence is also felt in modern geopolitics as his raiding was the cause of Middle Eastern demise which sent Arabia back to the dark ages when previously they were comparable to classical Greece in terms of the advancement of their scholarship.

[@finonevado8891]

Based chungus khan

[@borabingol6797]

No. It was Ghazali who sent the muslim world to darkness and he was brought by Nizam Al-mulk the famous vizier of Great Selchuks. Ghazali was a scholar and philosopher which is like great but also religously bigot. 100 yeras ago before Ghazali, there was Ibn Sina (Avicenna), one of the founders of the medicine. He was also a philosopher and he almost wrote cogitomergo sum nearly 700 years before Descartes. However, it was Ghazali’s teaching soread to muslim communities (with the help of the rulers) and even Ghazali told Ibn Sina’s fairh was corrupt. That was when Middle East went into dark.

[@TheStupidityBand]

He covered that in another video

[@shaznarizwan4975]

🤓🤓

[@ratiounkn3210]

Makes it funny to think his first child was questionable.

[@filmsofgilbert]

Loving the long form videos, keep it up and thank you!

[@Tsemzu]

Amazing job on this I actually listened to a whole histor lesson, something that my high school teachers could never do. You got my sub

[@adnaanu]

They also inadvertently discovered probiotics. They consumed a lot of yoghurt and beverages similar to kefir. This helped against digestive ailments, which might have hindered their progress.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Specifically that scourge of every pre-twentieth century army: dysentery.

[@lauralafauve5520]

Don't you mean help, their progress?

[@adnaanu]

@@lauralafauve5520 I don't see how a digestive ailment would have helped their progress?

[@lauralafauve5520]

@@adnaanu not having a stomach ailment would have helped them.

[@Vandyno]

@@lauralafauve5520I read it the same way you did the first time, read it again. Lol The second half of his second sentence refers to the first half of his second sentence. I read it the same way you did.

[@thexen3120]

This is awesome! Genghis is definitely worthy of a 45 minute video. Thank you!

[@sirridesalot6652]

Watched the entire video and couldn't believe that 45 minutes went by so quickly.

[@JohnWayne1107]

Whoa, only noticed it because your comment popped up 30 mins in 😂

[@xyzandstuffs9887]

Hey forty-five here!😅

[@mr.yellowstrat3352]

I see what you did there 😅​@@xyzandstuffs9887

[@Gringorican]

I didn't even realize until after he said "thanks for watching" and I looked at the comments 😳

[@christking8844]

Impressive Well made and I really do appreciate the work you put in on it. Thank you

[@rachumyahu77]

Thank you for the video! This surprisingly warmed me up to Genghis Khan. It’s always the backstory that changes your perspective, kinda like any supervillain or antihero’s.

[@leftcoastfunk]

What a great quasi-documentary on the phenomenal legend Genghis Khan! I really appreciate that you mostly portrayed him without casting judgment, and credited his non-militaristic accomplishments as well. Your summary at the end of the video was perfect and very well stated. There's no denying his influence in society, government, local and international trade, and military logistics. He brought a lot of good to the world alongside utter destruction, truly a difficult man to understand

[@bigheadrhino]

On the field they also employed “kiting” (RTS gaming terminology) which involves shooting while retreating so that you constantly outrange your opponent.

[@mikewlazlinski4309]

The real world term is hit and run.

[@little_lord_tam]

​@@mikewlazlinski4309Hit and run is something entirely different tho

[@ChonkedaDevil]

Skirmishers is what you guys are looking for I think

[@velocitraptor420]

got that ebb and flow

[@z.f.chicken]

​@@mikewlazlinski4309i don't think hit and run would be the term. More like attack, bait, wait for the enemy to come to you, then ambush. Rinse and repeat. Fight to your advantage using geography.

[@tide7107]

28:45 "horses definitely can't climb walls" Oh if only Temüjin brought one from Skyrim...

[@cachecaver]

Beautiful story telling. Both very entertaining and informative. Really enjoy how you present your sources and the credibility of them too, such a thoughtful and balanced presentation. Thank you for your research and presentation.

[@CaspianNomad]

It's always understated just how much the Steppe tribes impacted and changed history and there's yet to be a video on KZbin that properly mention and examines the ripple effects of the Mongol Empire and the rest out of the Steppes over the course of world history

[@m.c.martin]

First the Huns, then the Mongols. Fascinating history really

[@bigmikem1578]

@@m.c.martinway before the huns … the Xiangnyu confederacy…. Then the Gokturks.

[@alexhlavac2827]

Gog and Magog?

[@markgoodwin5918]

If you like really long form, Dan Carlin in his Hardcore history did a 5(?) parter under Wrath of the Khans. Absolutely fascinating.

[@CaspianNomad]

@@markgoodwin5918 oh yeah, I haven't listened to his podcast in years. I'll check it out, thank you

[@yazidncsdo3115]

A 45 min thoughty2 vid? well that's gonna be interesting

[@SportsBettingFacts]

So what is the reason he was unstoppable?

[@rashidrahman9673]

Theirs something you missed, mongols destroyed, canals in central Asia, causing devastating environmental damage, making into a desert 🏜....other impact was massive refugees into the Indian subcontinent, were Dhelhi sultanate played cleverly to avoid mongols invasion till 30 years.

[@hugonegrete6325]

I'm sure a lot of us would've loved him if we lived during he's time or vise versa, he fought for birth rights, freedom of religion, he treated his people right & is an icon for mongols, few people are born whom we can be proud of as a nation. I hope we find out more about him)

[@max2008abhi]

There is an old legend in the steppes of Asia. Every 1000 years a blue wolf would be born on the steppes alongside a male child and the boy would unite the tribes to conquer the world. Atilla, Bumin, Genghis Ottoman, they are all the great blue wolf children on their times. The alphas wolves of the great hordes of the steppes.

[@namedrop721]

Bro the alpha channel is over there please fucking stop

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

Regarding the Mongol horde’s diet we actually know that they didn’t forage whatsoever & their diet was more or less entirely carnivore. They hunted nearby game, drank the milk of their horses, made yogurt and sour-milk from it, drank their horses’s blood, and ate their horses’s meat. In contrast, the Chinese armies subsided on gruel made from grains, and were regularly ill, whereas Genghis Khan’s men were incredibly robust in health, and could go without food for days at a time. There was a book written about these factors which advocates of the carnivore diet constantly cite to prove their claims of it’s excellent effects on their health-something I fully support being a 6-years-carnivore myself.

[@edwinppw61]

They have 400 different kinds of dairy products from various animals for different medical purposes as well as herbal and mineral medical treatments… Even did surgery

[@benji89917]

What so you eat though?

[@jayvanover4130]

But dairy like milk n yogurt is not considered carnivore is it?

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

@@jayvanover4130 I consider it “carnivore”. We in the carnivore community can be quite dogmatic due to the massive amount of scientists and highly-educated nurses, cardiologists etc who are keenly-aware of the detrimental effects that glucose have on the health of the vascular-tree, however I’ve consumed large quantities of raw milk for years on the carnivore diet, although recently (over the past 10 months or so) I’ve been making large amounts of soured-milk in order to enjoy the nutritional benefits yet rid myself of the inflammatory glycation caused by the sugars found in milk. So I’m essentially now “proper” carnivore; keto-carnivore. However I allow myself to have an insulin “bump” every now and then with a small bowl of full-fat yogurt or some milk. At least I’m not consuming grains or fruits and suffering chronic inflammatory glycation like the average normie!😉

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

@@benji89917 75-80% beef. Tallow, butter, lamb, pork, eggs, cheese, soured-milk, chicken, yogurt, shrimp, muscles…(the list goes on and on)

[@FuManBlu]

That was a great presentation, Thoughty-me-lad.

[@WizardKingMinato]

Dude. Just found this channel. No idea how I hadn't up to this point. Amazing video!

[@doratheexploder286]

Liu Bang may want a word regarding the greatest rags to riches story. Temujin was born to a chieftain, Liu Bang was a lowly soldier who lost some bandits he had taken charge of as prisoners. So left with a future that was looking very short, as he would now be put to death for being a useless soldier, he ran away. Liu then went and joined up with the bandits he just days earlier held prisoner, and eventually became the 1st emperor of the Han dynasty.

[@pureay2700]

Ong

[@muskyoxes]

I think we can Godwin's Law this one too. A random artist holds the whole world at bay

[@joseph9n6]

Him and the 1.ming emperor are kinda similar when it comes to rag to riches. Both are poor non noble(common folk)

[@HowardCunningsworth]

The genome sequencing of the Liu Bang family is the Y chromosome type of the o-f155 gene, and the German research team studied the golden family cemetery (Temujin's grandfather) in Mongolia, and unearthed the remains of five nobles of the Qiyan tribe, and the genetic test results showed that three were the Liu Bang family gene (o-f155). Iran's Ilkhanate monarch Ghazan Khan (great-grandson of Hülegü, the son of Genghis Khan's fourth son, Tolei), was also found by the Iranian team to have the Y chromosome on his body as the o-f155 gene. The O-F155 gene was still measured in the members of the family of Prince Korqin, a descendant of Genghis Khan's younger brother Khasar (Monk Grinqin is his family). Although Genghis Khan's body has not been found, Genghis Khan's ancestors, brothers, and his descendants are all descendants of Liu Bang, and biologically, it has basically been determined that Genghis Khan himself is also.

[@calvinsuu1949]

​@@HowardCunningsworthlol not true as most asians share a similar genetic makeups....so trying to tie one ethnic group to another by shared DNA is bogus

[@jillking5876]

I love the longer videos! Fantastic topic.

[@IvarTheBoneless77]

okay you are my favourite story teller now, you are funny, witty, and kept me captivated the entire time, 100000 likes for you and a lifetime sub

[@AceMoonshot]

I kind of feel sorry for that governor of the Khwarazmian Empire. At least in the way it plays out in my head. The Shah seemed to genuinely believe that the Mongol traders were spies and it was all to prep for Genghis' next conquest. Which, to be fair, assuming Genghis Khan was going to invade you, would not be a particularly outrageous assumption. So the Shah ordered the governor to treat the Mongol traders as Mongol spies. The governor had to know that order was a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' type of order. Shah: I want you to bitch-slap the most ruthless and powerful man on the planet. Twice. Governor: Might as well borrow large sums of money now since I will never have time to pay it back

[@nicomoreno5028]

I agree to an extent. Perspective is literally the most important factor. He did have another option... he could have given them a longer and less consequential route. He could have even made them avoid his territory altogether, once he realized they had arrived. Instead, he mortalized em and took their stuff. That sounds like he either assumed Genghis didn't want beef out of fear instead of opportunity, or that maybe he didn't realize who sent those traders.

[@Just0wnedEsport]

Alas, in hindsight it was indeed a fuckup. A fuckup, outcome wise, the biggest one ever in human history.

[@AkmalAziz-zy8ct]

You shouldn't. I'm from Uzbekistan (central asia, Khwarezm is part of my country) and we do have historical records of Genghis khan written by central asian historians. Shah was so arrogant, He did what his religion explicitly stated not to do (kill the diplomats). Safe to say, he had it coming. Another governor of a different state in the Khwarizmi empire said when captured "spilling royal blood is a curse in my religion" so Genghis khan ordered him to be rolled in a carpet and be beaten to death so his blood wouldn't be spilled on the ground...

[@mikoto7693]

I suppose the Governor and the Shah had another option. If they believe the merchants were spies, then just refuse them entry into the territory/city and politely decline. Then send them home unharmed and without stealing their stuff. All right, it still might not be entirely wise to turn around and say no, but perhaps send a small diplomatic party back with the merchants to meet and ascertain whether friendship really was being offered.

[@pheresy1367]

@@mikoto7693 Returning EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY in the caravan would have shown Ghengis some "high-mindedness" at LEAST. To execute everybody and STEAL everything was a complete "low-brow" way to go... Disgraceful.

[@sauceboss8999]

Best most consistent content 👏🏽

[@SportsBettingFacts]

So what is the reason he was unstoppable?

[@sadLeshrac]

​​@@SportsBettingFacts mostly the 42nd minute mark, I guess. but it does surprise me you had to ask that question. Could you not figure that out from the information you just gathered from the video. (I'm not being rude, I hope)

[@SportsBettingFacts]

@@sadLeshrac From the title, one would assume some new research has revealed something very interesting. But the video is just a biography. This guy is clickbaiting people all the time and they don't even care

[@Vizible21]

​@@SportsBettingFactsand using ai with shitty graphics. I didn't know Genghis Khan had 6 fingers? Lmao

[@SportsBettingFacts]

@@Vizible21 😁😂😄

[@yetichronicles1912]

I’m subscribing without having seen anything else from this creator. This was fantastic.

[@hadesunderworld4203]

Man , I remember your videos from so long ago …. Just subscribed . Haven’t seen one of your videos in a while

[@EfenTyson]

I like these longer stories vs the 5-10min older ones, which I already watched all. Keep creating great work @Thoughty2

[@sojolly]

My favorite quote here was "For the Jin it was like fighting smoke. Really fucking angry smoke." Too funny.

[@SubjectDelta20]

The Dothraki in Game of Thrones was heavily influenced by The Mongols. From Khal/Khan to Dany's brother/The Shaw's execution for being obsessed with wealth & material possessions. *"You shall have a Golden Crown, that men will tremble to behold"*

[@marylandrum603]

Excellent presentation, thank you, I found it informative and well presented.

[@adamwu4565]

There is a sociological concept known as the "Circle of Otherness". Basically, those inside the circle are considered other people, deserving of certain rights, privileges and treatment with respect, and a need to properly justify mistreatment (like, they have committed some crime or transgression), while those outside the circle are not considered "real" people and therefore can be treated accordingly, like animals or worse, by whatever your culture accepts as acceptable for such things. Genghis Khan's life story kind of illustrates a gradual expansion of his personal circle otherness, starting from including just himself, then his family, then his tribe, then all the tribes on his side, and finally to all the people who were in his empire and loyal to him and all peoples willing to submit to his rule and be loyal to him. One of the keys to his success was that he treated the people inside his circle quite well and progressively by the standards of his time. In addition to promoting them based on merit, shared the spoils of war equally, allowed them to practice their own religions freely, he also gave women in his empire more rights and privileges and protections and political power than was typical for the time, and usually forbade his armies from looting and pillaging cities that surrendered to him without a fight. These cities were often allowed to keep most of their existing customs and laws, and some times even their rulers got to keep their positions. This was why so many cities did surrender to the Mongols without fighting, and so many citizens of the empires they invaded ended up joining them and helping them by teaching them things like how to build siege engines. Genghis Khan's reputation for being a genocidal maniac (which is not true. I mean the genocidal part was certainly true, but the maniac part was not. Almost everything Genghis did in his life was carefully considered and planned) comes from the ways he treated people outside his Circle. But it should be noted that the idea that all of humanity belongs inside the circle as a matter of course only became widespread quite some time after Genghis' life. (And in recent times there is growing debate about whether or not certain beings who aren't human should be included inside the circle, such as certain highly intelligent animals, and hypothetical AI with human level capabilities)

[@lynco3296]

This is part of the reason why the Mongol Empire collapsed and left less of a legacy than other great empires throughout history. As opposed to say the Muslim conquests the Mongols imparted no great culture of their own, but simply allowed or were converted by local practices in part because the Mongols had no culture of their own to replace it.

[@lambournnne]

Not the ai generated thumbnail 💀

[@jlv11b]

I don't think they could find a real photograph of Genghis.

[@lambournnne]

@@jlv11b 😭 lmfao

[@K9L_IA]

Whats wrong with it, looks good

[@ladnavar]

so much money on editing, animation particularly, and they just spent a few minutes making the thumbnail with AI lol (you can see the globe is not even on the hand)

[@lambournnne]

@@ladnavar the editor and animator are next 😈

[@samahndal]

Great video! Pls make more of these long form awesome videos. Love your content!

[@azuraroycroft2419]

One of my favorite videos of yours so far!

[@Mystikyle]

“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.

[@andrejmicic5192]

Ayo maybe he was actually cooking on that one

[@Zaneviscor]

ok sure lmao

[@hezu_vt]

dammit, this 45minute video was so interesting that it didn't feel long at all. Also, I loved the fact that he mentioned that westerners view Genghis Khan as a villain, but the other part of the world respect him as a great leader.

[@punkrockcompound2754]

Great Job; all around. Very inspiring, by many means. Thank You Mr. 42 - ❤

[@N4T3YBOY23]

Absolutely brilliant storytelling and visuals! Captivating from start to finish!

[@carlhume544]

Bloody fabulous stuff mate. Really well researched, and your delivery ignites a passion for history and historical figures. Cracking humour as well, keep up the brilliant work, from Australia.

[@weksauce]

More interesting than that some CO2 went out of the atmosphere for 200 years after his death, is that he got uber lucky in that there was a relative abundance of CO2 locked up in wood BEFORE HIS BIRTH, like a multi-generational anomaly, and it was focused on and around Mongolia, such that people surmise someone would have conquered even if it wasn't him. He was just born in the right place right time on top of a 10th century oil boon. It wasn't oil, but having wood to burn meant making extra babies and moving armies around much easier, relatively speaking. Wood was food (via cooking). Wood was industry. Carbon in plants and animals was literally food.

[@ElBandito]

The conquest had to happen before the end of 13th century, cause the Little Ice Age + the plague that followed really messed up the Mongol Khanates.

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

To be honest, you've made me a fan of Genghis. He was clearly no saint, but he does appear to have been a pretty remarkable and revolutionary person, albeit as you say, a product of his time. I, like most people, were taught that he was an unredeemable psychopath, but he laid the foundations of what the modern, western world aspires to be.

[@hundun5604]

There's a movie called "Mongol:The Rise Of Genghis Khan" from 2007. It's a good watch.

[@jimmyford4509]

Thank you for the story and narration, Thoughty2. It was, by far, the most i have ever enjoyed a history lesson. Definitely did nof feel 45 minutes long, and I enjoyed every minute of it. I always try to catch each new video ever since I subscribed, which I did after listening to my first Thoughty2 story. Great job.

[@susanandrews2294]

Arran, your vids are always entertaining, informative and so well researched that I wish I'd had you as a history prof in school! Keep up the great work!

[@fhatuwanewayne7179]

Thanks, awesome stuff ❤️💯

[@arthurdinucci]

Thanks for the video - great stuff .

[@johnwilson8953]

I haven't seen one of your videos in a hot minute, but boy do I miss them

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

It probably took 2 weeks to make this video

[@dxshawn532]

In a hot minute? Are you a homosexual?

[@girishpatil7454]

@@Dave_of_Mordor 42 weeks u mean

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

@@girishpatil7454 🤣 yes

[@philipgoldenstein8247]

Thank you for your work, I look forward to watching your videos every week. I really do appreciate you.

[@geoffharmer1366]

Well done Thoughty2 this was another fantastic video.

[@adamsales]

Phenomenal man. Thank you for this!

[@terfalicious]

This made me realize how little I know about Asian history - a huge part of the human story. Thank you for piquing my curiosity!

[@CeNNteR]

This mans videos are my teen years in a nutshell, coming here is like coming home

[@daryld4457]

How old are you now?

[@sexgod57able]

​@@daryld4457He can't be that old. 25 ish? I know I've been watching Thoughty-2 for years probably 6 though.

[@vinyl9337]

Right? I feel like i’m sitting in my sophomore history class lol

[@CeNNteR]

27 in a couple of days

[@ten-dimension9390]

​@@CeNNteRAdvance Happy birthday

[@motoxridder69]

Love your channel bro! Greetings from California! :)

[@chrismatheson7086]

Thanking you for noticing so many things and bringing them to our attention. How else would I know stuff?

[@taidee]

This was some amazing delivery Thoughty wow, this 45 minutes didn't feel as long as it should, thank you man.

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Excellent work !! Interesting, informative, and entertaining 👍 Thank you very much, and greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱, TW.

[@joshuaharmon7411]

That was entertaining a show that left me thinking and perhaps pondering for years. Thx for making history fun. I do believe you have hit the Mark in your nitch of the woods. Peace

[@user-pl3um2im3w]

This was an amazing and enlightening video, thank you

[@joobaloo7108]

Really enjoying the longer form videos that do a deeper dive into history. As usual great content very well told.

[@TradinTigerJohn]

Napoleon gave the French Revolution and the Enlightenment teeth. It sounds like Genghis Kahn created a lot of his own enlightenment and of course also gave it teeth. This presentation does a wonderful job of clarifying why GK was so successful. Notwithstanding some cruelties that arguably tainted his professional militarism, he was a genius general, politician and economist. Instituting meritocracy and treating religion as a non-issue (as it should be) are lessons some of today's politicians and economists seem to be forgetting. And how about attacking and weakening civilian economies to the point where it begins to erode military redoubts you can't attack directly? Today's leaders need to sit in on more of GK's lectures and take good notes. Thanks, T2 for another beautifully done presentation.

[@user-sj2hi5fn4m]

Enlightenment? He was a a mass murderer!

[@SilverforceX]

Not just religious freedom, they put in a law to make ethnic/racial discrimination a major crime. Thus, guaranteed freedom of religion, equal opportunity & punished racism.

[@WinstonSmithGPT]

“Some cruelties that arguably tainted” He killed 40 million people. Do you lack brains or morals?

[@robertstone9342]

Enjoyed the video. thanks for sharing. "Ghengis Khan and the making of the new world" is a great read for you Ghengis Khan fans out there.

[@quaiacka]

Thank you so much for creating free content for all to enjoy at this fantastic level of quality, you do amazing work!❤

[@MrGosvi]

Its really nice to see a longer video. Keep up the good work :)

[@angelasmutny7698]

I didn't look through all 3.6k comments, so forgive me if I restate info already given. There's a 2007 film called Mongol that covers alot of this, albeit with some artistic license. It is a stunning film and I highly recommend it. I thought there was going to be a sequel or 2, but it hasn't happened yet. I check every few years to see if it'll ever happen. Watching Mongol is where I learned the correct pronunciation of Genghis and that his real name was Temujin.

[@jacksonterrance8833]

Temujins younger brother Kasar helped him kill his brother because he was the better shot with a bow. One of the best actually.

[@ZGreen3]

Always a great day to see this man’s beautiful mustache pop up on my screen and bless me with 10-45 min of straight knowledge in a fun way! Much love thoughty2! Much love

[@jyro_447]

A whopping 45 minute video?! Oh boy my day is safed ❤

[@thefreshvince879]

Most successful land empire, but also the shortest empire in history. He was super succcessful because he believed in utter destruction of the enemy, along with literally no supply lines and he took as much as his own men. It was never going to last without his guidance at the helm.

[@mfimbel1124]

Another great video, thanks!

[@flyygurl18]

Thank You; Incredible storytelling..brilliant video!🤩