The Largest Empire Ever. Where Did It Go? [NO AI]

The ENTIRE History of the Mongol Empire in 16 Minutes The largest land empire in history was built in one lifetime by about a million people who lived in tents. No army ever stopped it. Three funerals did. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:38 1162 · The Boy Nobody Wanted 1:47 1206 · Everyone Gets a New Job 3:08 1211 · The Wall Problem 4:27 1218 · The Worst Mistake in History 5:58 1227 · The First Funeral 7:19 1237 · The End of the World, Almost 8:50 1258 · The City of Books 10:19 1260 · Two Khans, One Chair 11:47 1274 · The Wind 13:16 1300 · The Road 14:48 1368 · The Bill MUSIC All music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0): "Asian Drums", "Rites", "Moorland", "Tabuk", "Ibn Al-Noor", "Five Armies", "Crossing the Chasm", "Desert City", "Lord of the Land", "Ishikari Lore", "Stormfront", "Mystic Force". HISTORICAL IMAGES Paintings, manuscripts and objects shown on the paper cards are from Wikimedia Commons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Baghdad en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Khan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_and_white_pottery en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaochao en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongwu_Emperor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulegu_Khan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze_(typhoon) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kublai_Khan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Legnica en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mohi en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ögedei_Khan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Travels_of_Marco_Polo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mōko_Shūrai_Ekotoba en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_History_of_the_Mongols en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_II_of_Khwarazm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takezaki_Suenaga en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zhongdu A few scenes are legends rather than facts, and the narration says so each time (the blood clot, the molten silver, the catapulted bodies). #history #mongolempire #genghiskhan