In which John Green teaches you, at long last, about the most exceptional bunch of empire-building nomads in the history of the world, the Mongols! How did the Mongols go from being a relatively small band of herders who occasionally engaged in some light hunting-gathering to being one of the most formidable fighting forces in the world? It turns out Genghis Khan was a pretty big part of it, but you probably already knew that. The more interesting questions might be, what kind of rulers were they, and what effect did their empire have on the world we know today? Find out, as John FINALLY teaches you about the Mongols.
Chapters:
Introduction: Wait for it…The Mongols! 00:00
What does it mean to be a nomad? 1:13
Genghis Khan 2:39
An Open Letter to Genghis Khan’s Descendants 4:45
The Mongols After Genghis Khan 5:30
Five Reasons the Mongols Were Awesome 6:54
Five Reasons the Mongols Weren’t Awesome 8:30
Credits 10:34
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I always rewatch this once a year. I gotta know my history.
YES, I FINALLY REACHED!!!!!
He forgot manufactured goods were invented in the 18th century, not 1200 💀
John Green is the star of this show.
BUT THE MONGOLS ARE THE EXCEPTION!
These videos make boring history fun!
My class: oooh interesting
Me: PORTAL REFERENCE OMG
Although the Mongols tried a lot to destroy the Islamic world, they eventually converted to Islam in large numbers, not by force, but by their will.
forget history class, i might just start watching john's videos for fun lol
edit: and you can turn the captions on to german! both my history teacher and duolingo will be proud
1) when did Tamujin become Genghis?
2) did he have an English knight in his ranks?
What about throat singing?
who would win Genghis Khan or alexander the great
I need answers pps
Dude I have not seen this man block once 😂
9:02 'the number they killed is in the millions'. They killed 25-30 million people just in China, as a deliberate policy of depopulation. This was the greatest genocide in human history and halved the population of china in fifty years, which for some reason John is glossing over as 'not uniquely brutal'.
thx John green!
Where is that short clip of the Mongols from?
When I hear "Mongol" I think about horses and eagles and mirrors and shamans climbing to the sky on trees.
someone once told him to slay the day away and Genghis Kahn really said "ight bet."
You funny
im a descendant of genghis khan AND today is my birthday i win
Ghengis killed 40 million chad
I find this video incredibly offensive.
Just taking notes and want to make sure I get this right. Was that skoodilypooping with a y?
Great video!
Crazy Medieval Eurasian NAFTA can be the title for John's next novel lol
mongols are not crazy
Is the phrase "Unless you're the mongols"?
thank you mr inness for showing us these cool videos
Japan got real lucky
7:42 Persian Food is one of my favorite cuisine. 😍
Wait.. all the words you’re using when you were talking about Mongolians,are in Turkish. Timucin,kurultai,ögedei,khan,genghis etc.. are Turkish ethnicity related to Mongolians?
The nya nya mongol!!!
The anticipation builds**
Mongol language is so close to modern Turkish: for instance their election of leader in Kurultay : this word kurultay we still use today. And also the word yurt means also homeland in modern Turkish in addition to the yurt tents. Also the name of Cengiz and Timuçim , Ögeday are today used boy names in Turkey. So if you want to see linkage to todays languages it would be a nice history session . Thanks for a great channel .
I am really enjoying these videos. But the nyan cat at the end of this video has me laughing so much.
11:12 You'll thank me
i do b missin crash course 🙁
The Mongols will always be the star …
why is it still fun 8 years later
Imperialism that lasts is better….senseless destruction is stupid. you conquer for power, killing everyone doesn't solve anything it gives you power over nothing. If my city was conquered id rather live under new rule than for my loved ones and I to be killed.
I’m Mongolian
Imagine that the mongol empire never broke. The might have conquered the world
Thnx to chanakya & khilji india defended both of them
Reasons why crash course history is more popular than other crash courses.
1. Frequent cuts.
2. Frequent camera position changes.
3. Frequent Animations
4. Frequent sidetrack jibbering.
5. The constant change of intonation and tone.
6. Fast-talking.
7. Useless but interesting facts.
8. It feels like a conversation rather than a speech.
9. Frequent jokes.
10. A lot of connections to modern situations.
11. No breathing sounds.
12. Johns personality.
13. Dark humour.
Crash course, you might want to invest more into animations. They are more interesting than lips moving.
SO NO ONE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE GENGHIS KHAN NYAN CAT?
oh god, i have seen this video probably dozen times 0:20 gets me every time! and i go bar bar bar bar right after lol
Mongols : pff invading Russia in the winter is a breeze
Napoleon and Hitler : Really 🤬
Mongols : 🤪🥱
6:20. Ngl I actually believed that for a second.
"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN" – James T. Kirk
They made a movie that Hitler became alive again,
They should make Genghis Khan Becoming Alive Again.