How the Mongols Conquered the World (And What Stopped Them)

They crushed empires from China to Europe, built the largest land empire in history, and no army on Earth could stop them. So what finally did? From an outcast boy on the steppe to Genghis Khan, the fall of Baghdad, the invasion of Europe, Kublai Khan, Japan's "divine wind," and Vietnam's legendary victory at Bạch Đằng: this is the rise and fall of the Mongol Empire, told as one story. 💬 Greatest conqueror in history, or most destructive? Tell me in the comments. 0:00 Who could stop the Mongols? 0:30 Temüjin's brutal childhood 2:29 From outcast to Genghis Khan (1206) 3:43 War on the Jin and Khwarazm 5:59 Secret weapons: horses, the yam relay, merit 7:20 Into Europe: Legnica & Mohi (1241) 8:30 The fall of Baghdad (1258) 9:23 Ain Jalut: the Mongols stopped (1260) 9:46 Kublai Khan, the empire splits 10:21 Japan's "divine wind" 10:41 Vietnam & Bạch Đằng (1288) 11:11 Pax Mongolica & the Silk Road 11:49 The Black Death 12:23 Collapse of the khanates 12:43 What really stopped the Mongols 13:12 Legacy (and the DNA claim) 13:50 Greatest conqueror, or most destructive? Legends and disputed numbers are tagged on screen. Sources are based on mainstream historical scholarship. 📺 Watch next: The History of Vietnam #MongolEmpire #GenghisKhan #History #KublaiKhan #AnimatedHistory