Wait For It...The Mongols!: Crash Course World History #17

In which John Green teaches you, at long last, about the most exceptional bunch of empire-building nomads in the history of the world, the Mongols! How did the Mongols go from being a relatively small band of herders who occasionally engaged in some light hunting-gathering to being one of the most formidable fighting forces in the world? It turns out Genghis Khan was a pretty big part of it, but you probably already knew that. The more interesting questions might be, what kind of rulers were they, and what effect did their empire have on the world we know today? Find out, as John FINALLY teaches you about the Mongols.

Chapters:
Introduction: Wait for it...The Mongols! 00:00
What does it mean to be a nomad? 1:13
Genghis Khan 2:39
An Open Letter to Genghis Khan's Descendants 4:45
The Mongols After Genghis Khan 5:30
Five Reasons the Mongols Were Awesome 6:54
Five Reasons the Mongols Weren't Awesome 8:30
Credits 10:34

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[Magnetul]

Imagine, people being promoted into a position based on merit and not family ties... crazy.

[pizzabelongsonranchnthatso]

Imagine just sittin in ur hut chillin an all of a sudden ur wife is gettin stolen

[James-Specter]

John Green has the highest authority out of any thing on Crash Course World History except wait for it
The Mongols.
[Insert Mongoltage]

[McLightning]

23 and Me:
New Ethnicity discovered:
You are .01% Genghis Khan

[AlternateHistoryHub]

If you think of it, the Mongols basically reinvented Europe.  Or at least, led to the events which reinvented Europe.

[cartoonmaster]

"The Floopity-flop, so...That's the technical name by the way. I'm a historian."
One of your best lines John XD

[dorkmax]

Tax your enemies,
see them bankrupt before you,
and hear the lamentations of their accountants!

[evanoliver]

All these videos do what high school history could not: make learning fun.

[AJGoff]

"Stupid truth, always resisting simplicity"
That's gotta be one my favorite quotes of all time

[doubleboy]

You can walk across the whole Mongol empire with a gold plate on your head without fear of getting robbed but, you can't live in your own hut without your wife getting stolen. How ironic. Lol

[andyramirez]

I find it hilarious that the Mongols tried to invade Japan but died in a typhoon twice. It's also pretty funny that they put dummies on horses so that their armies would look bigger from far away.

[janecollins]

As much as I like people discussing the 'glory days' of Mongol Empire, I wish more people would talk more about modern day Mongolia. Living abroad and talking to international students made me realize Mongolia is much more peaceful, progressive, free, tolerant and "chill" than any other nation tbh. It'd be much cooler if others saw that aspect of Mongolia as well.

[neppynep]

"Your palace may last forever, but my yurt can go anywhere!"

When your mates are agricultural, artistic plebs.

[johnielsmithuel]

"I can't tell your gender, I mean, you've got the pants, but you've also got the floopity-flop. That's a technical term, I'm a historian." And this is the man that wrote "the fault in our stars

[ar]

if anyone else is here for that ap world exam on thursday, may the mongols be with you

[galaxi]

the Mongols attacked Japan TWICE but the typhoons defeated them.

[PresbyterianPaladin]

holy sweet mother of god, I just watched all of this series for 5 hours straight laughing at and loving every Mongol reference. Now I get to the Mongol episode and it meets all of my expectations! This is a truly awesome aid in learning and just straight up entertaining. Why is this not a television show???

[someolfellow]

YES! THE GREATEST MEME ON CRASH COURSE FINALLY EXPLAINED!

[jakobreagan]

It must be really cool to be able to say "I'm Genghis Khans grandson"

[godzilla]

Imagine if the Mongols had guns, tanks, and jets.