Episode 109: Mongol World War
In this episode, the newly titled, Genghis Khan, sees the Mongol horde explode out of the steppe against China. Then, a chance event leads the Mongols to seek out new plunder from the Middle East as a caravan raid gone bad changes world history. Then,...
An episode of the Western Civ podcast, hosted by Adam Walsh, titled "Episode 109: Mongol World War" was published on August 30, 2019 and runs 40 minutes.
August 30, 2019 ·40m · Western Civ
Summary
In this episode, the newly titled, Genghis Khan, sees the Mongol horde explode out of the steppe against China. Then, a chance event leads the Mongols to seek out new plunder from the Middle East as a caravan raid gone bad changes world history. Then, when Genghis Khan dies, a disputed succession leaves the lovable, but drunk, Ogedei Khan in control and badly in need of new conquests. The only question is, which direction should the horde go?
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