How Did an Abandoned Boy Conquer Half the World?

He was a boy abandoned on a frozen plain. His father had been poisoned, and his own clan had left his family to starve. Within fifty years, the empire he founded stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the edge of Europe. This is the story of the Mongol Empire. It follows Temüjin's survival on the steppe, his rise to become Genghis Khan in 1206, and the army and relay network that made his conquests possible. It covers the insult at Otrar that brought war to Central Asia, the grandsons who took Baghdad and conquered China, and why the largest connected land empire in history could not hold together. Watch the map in the corner as the empire grows across the screen. Chapters 0:00 The Outcast Boy 0:45 Chapter 1: The Outcast 2:25 Chapter 2: Uniting the Steppe 4:06 Chapter 3: The Machine 5:49 Chapter 4: The Insult 7:28 Chapter 5: The Sons and Grandsons 9:19 Chapter 6: An Empire Too Big to Hold 11:06 Epilogue Was Genghis Khan a brilliant leader, a ruthless conqueror, or both? Tell us in the comments. Maps show the approximate extent of the empire and are illustrative. Some figures are rounded or approximate, and death tolls from the conquests are debated by historians. All illustrations are original. This is Empire Files. Every empire has a story. #MongolEmpire #GenghisKhan #History ```