What if the Mongol Empire Never Existed?

The Mongol Empire transformed the world. It was all started by one man. So what if that man had lost early on? What would the world look like? This is one scenario.

[JaelaOrdo]

*I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Genghis’s descendants cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.*

[EmperorTigerstar]

The Mongols changed so much in so many places that they're basically the human series reboot force.

[kabobawsome]

My favorite thing about the fall of the Rum Sultanate is that it was genuinely hilariously petty. Rum was *willing* to pay tribute and even approached the MONGOLS with the offer, the Mongols asked if he could do it in person and the Sultan just told them he wouldn't be able to do it in person, due to the distance. The messenger then left to pass on the message and the Sultan continued on and thought nothing of it. Then the Mongols showed up with an army.

[rasmusjp]

You forgot the most important ramifications of Genghis Khan being out of the picture: West Germany’s entry in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest would have been significantly less memorable.

[jimmyalfonda]

Genghis Khan really was like "if you shoot the messenger, you're going to wish I only shot you."

[imnotkiddinggg]

cody absolutely needs to do a "what if the black plague never existed" after teasing us with it at the end, the black plague has always weirded me out, like nature server wiped half the planet in the middle ages and cherry picked the bloodlines of our modern day its fucking scary 0_0

[moredac]

Cody being part Canadian is actually the most horrific thing in this video.

[nijadbahnam]

Genghis Khan was basically the Thanos of the middle ages.

[Vaquita_Vibes]

If anything, Genghis Khan existing was a defining moment for our planet's history. Crazy that he really came from the backwater steep with nothing but minor tribes bickering and next to actual regional powers that were just grinding each other down,

[graham]

And there goes 5% of the world population’s ancestry

[Solar]

Genealogy sponsorship on a Genghis Khan video is too good

[dr.veronica]

So what you're saying is that several states were entering the Golden Age arc when the Mongols came in with a bunch of editorial changes and turned it into the Mongols Win vs Everyone arc instead.

[angelscribner]

as a georgian (yes the country) this is the saddest a video of yours has ever made me. thanks cody.

[Wi-Fi-El]

I'm American, but because of a single Indian ancestor in the 1600s, I can trace my family tree back to Chengis Khan

[TheWhiteDragon]

I think the funniest thing about the Mongol rampage over Europe is that it wasn't even a proper campaign army. The empire was busy rampaging elsewhere, and Ghengis Khan wanted a scouting report on the lands in the West before a "proper" invasion, so he gave his best general Subutai three Tumen (30, 000 men) and told him to go figure out what's out there and bring back whatever plunder they can. Turns out, it was states that had much smaller armies than they expected.

[thongdo]

I should be note that the reason why Gheghis has so much descendant was mainly due to him lived 800 years ago and his linage split and spread across the world follow his death as the Empire was divided. Also the research that started the meme about Gheghis Khan is the ancestor of 5% of humanity was actually a research into a gene that came from Mongolia and spread across Asia. They manage to trace the origin back to the time frame around Ghenghis time and he as the most famous Mongolian common ancestor during that time.

[TorvusVae]

"Cities you've never heard of"
You underestimate my power

[justsomeguywholikesmangoes]

Almost makes me sad. Imagine how many potentially great people were killed before they got the chance to achieve insane goals.

[DoritosAndMountainDew]

Fun fact: There's actually an alternate history timeline called the "Chaos Timeline" with this exact premise- Genghis Khan dies in 1200 after falling off his horse, and so, the Mongol Empire never comes to be. I'd recommend checking it out if you're interested!

[MistahFox]

Kicking Genghis Kahn in the balls as a kid to see what would happen in the future is the most chaotic response to what would you do if you had a time machine