Wait For It...The Mongols!: Crash Course World History #17

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Published on May 17, 2012 by

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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.


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  • I really like the mongols, but that could be because I'm not in their temporal vicinity!

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  • "tougher than diamond-plated differential calculus."

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  • like a little known bulldozer guy who bulldozed the better known Arthur Dent's house, to little effect because the whole planet was subsequently bulldozed.

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  • Here's an idea. The crashcourse drinking game take a shot every time john say mongols.

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  • I think "The Mongols!" should be a new nerdfighter phrase. Jus' sayin'.

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  • Legen... wait for it... The MONGOLS!

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  • "[Oh sweet thundering melody of carnage]"

    This is why I love subtitles.

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  • Yay! I could be a descendent of Genghis Khan!

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  • Nah I don't think so, for a long time I also used to associate a negative connotation to the word Mongol, not sure where that came from though.

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  • Well, wouldn't the fact that they lived out in the middle of nowhere help them when comparing how much land mass they owned/how fast they aquired it compared to the Roman Empire?

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  • the mongols actually had reasons to slaughter everyone held dear to you..

    humans are a treacherous bunch and he strongly fought bad moral behaviour by .. genocide.

    if the story about the safety of trade is true than it really worked and harsh action is not necessairy where crime is absent. therefore I kind of wish the mongol empire lasted.

    than people wouldn't feel as bad about gay people getting married and they would just get married because our mongol leaders wouldn't give a shit.. pardon

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