The first as well as the last time that Eurasia was united from China all the way to the Black Sea
Was during the reign of the Mongol Empire
sometimes referred to as a
Mongolian Empire
the mongol empire was founded by genghis khan who was a mungo political as well as military leader now due to their
Politics and smarts the Mongols were able to control a large amount of land in a very short period of time
So let's dive right in and learn some of the history of the Mongol Empire. Hey, what's happening everybody? My name is Leroy Kenton
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Originating from the mongol heartland in central asia by the late 13th century
the mongol empire
spanned from the pacific ocean in the east all the way to the persian gulf in the west now at its peak it covered about
Nine million square miles, which is about 23 million square kilometers of territory
And that made it the largest
Contiguous land empire in the entire world and i'm talking about in all of history one of the most ruthless
But efficient parts of genghis khan's Empire was the conquest of the Silk Road
Which was the main trade route between Asia and Europe and also one of the largest if not the largest
Source of income for the Mongol Empire the Mongols were really able to capitalize and profit from the trades conducted through the Silk Road
because they had enforced various tolls and
Taxes that needed to be paid and of course
They went in their pockets
And since we're on the topic of money when Marco Polo traveled through the Mongol Empire in 1274
He was really surprised to find paper currency. And this was completely unknown at the time in medieval Europe
And this currency was completely backed by precious metals and silk and throughout the empire
The Chinese silver ingot was the money of the public account
but then paper was used in China and eastern portions of the Empire then under the reign of
Kublai Khan, the paper currency became the medium of exchange for all kinds of purposes
And if you don't know Kublai Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan who founded the Wong dynasty and reigned?
Between 1260 ad and 1294 ad
He was a person that founded Mongolian language school back in the year 12 69 AD now
I want to get into the religion and the spirituality of a mongol empire
Tengri was the main deity and as humans we were able to communicate with his deity due to this belief system
the Mongols were really accommodating and welcoming to other religions and actually they
protected Christians and Buddhists who were persecuted in their religion
they also considered high places as very
sacred this was because the higher a place was means that it was just closer to heaven and
Birkin Khaldoun was the most sacred of all the mountains now getting into some of their different cultural practices
so the Mongols they chose their Emperor's through a combination of
Warrior hood and lineage and it looked like this
so the user form of tennis tree where the sons and the brothers of the Dead Chiefs would contend with one another for
An open seat and the idea behind this was that the most qualified person to take over the throne
should lead them rather than be someone that was just chosen because they were the firstborn of a
Previous ruler the Mongols were also known for their amazing military
abilities so their achievements of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan and his successors was heavily due to their strategy and
tactics armies of the Mongol Empire were mainly composed of cavalry which gave them a high degree of
ability to move their movements and maneuvers were directed by signals as well as they had well organized methods of
communication during wartime
They relied a lot on bows and arrows and only resorted to man-to-man combat only
after they really dismantle and disorganized the enemy another big contributing factor to their successes was their use of
Spies as well as propaganda
So before attacking they usually asked for the other side to voluntarily surrender and if it was accepted they could live
however, if there was any sort of resistance
They would be overcome by a lot of slaughter and enslavement and they would only keep alive those who felt were
Skillful and could be used inside of their empire. So the Mongol army is oftentimes
consisted just of a small amount of
Ethnic Mongols one of their main tactics also was to trick the enemy to think that they had a lot more
Soldiers and they actually did many warriors had up to six horses with them and he also put stuffed
dummies on top of these horses
that would also attach sticks to the horses tails in order to make a
bigger cloud of dust so that the enemy could think that there's a large amount of forces coming towards them and get scared because they
See this big dust cloud the Mongols also ended the Islamic Golden Age
and this was March when the Mongols completely destroyed Baghdad back in the year twelve fifty eight part of their destruction of
Baghdad had them really destroy a lot of the books in Baghdad that had a lot of their knowledge and the history so they almost
completely
Eradicated their history from the face of the earth. So guys that was your brief introduction to the powerful Mongol Empire
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