THE MONGOL EMPIRE: THE MAN WHO STARTED WITH NOTHING AND CONQUERED EVERYTHING

Episode 3 | Human History — IndividualsIn this History episode we focus on the Mongol Empire — the largest contiguous land empire in history, stretching from the Pacific coast of China to the Danube River, built by a boy whose father was poisoned when he was nine, who was abandoned by his clan, enslaved, and by 1206 had united all the Mongol tribes.This episode covers the meritocratic military system Genghis Khan built, the specific tactics that made Mongol armies so effective, the campaigns that killed between 40 and 70 million people, the destruction of Baghdad and the end of the Islamic Golden Age, the Pax Mongolica that laid the first foundations of global trade, and the Black Death that the same Silk Road carried to Europe.The most destructive and most consequential conqueror in history.#HistoryMystery #MongolEmpire #GenghisKhan #Mongols #HistoryPodcast