I never thought about the fact that one of main advantages of the Mongolian nomads was that they knew how to live off the land. Not having to worry about supply chains on long campaigns is an incredible advantage
One should have known by then that the ultimate act is in the hand of a remote control creator whose power's are the same now,before... and after and forever. Qui dit mieux?
@UCMIl1td3mzadKQpjyfN9oCw you’re an i/d/i/o/t . If we didn’t quarantine. We could have easily lost 10s of millions of people within the 20 months. A drastic drop like that is bad for stability and the economy.
The Mongols were the Borg of the Middle Ages. They gained knowledge by assimilating other cultures. They “didn’t study the past.” They “ingested it.” Resistance was futile!
Turks and Mongols lived together, and some Mongols wore Turkish clothing, for example, it was the Turks who appointed the first decimal system in the world and an officer at the head of the army.
I'm from Indonesia. For me, this channel increase two things: 1. Increase my knowledge of history 2. Increase my English Listening skill. Thank you very much Kings and Generals.
@@rahel7443 The numbers were roughly the same and the climate was also an advantage for the Mamluks but Im sure that Baybars and Qutuz are much better generals than Kitbukha nevertheless we can accept that if Hulagu was to take part it wouldve been all over
@@rajeshbande1136 LoL 😂😂 Baibars won 22 Battles,or Hulagu? BAİBARS BATTLES Battle of La Forbie Battle of Mansurah Seventh Crusade Battle of Ain Jalut Siege of Safed(1266) Siege of Antioch(1268) Fall of Arsuf Fall of Caesarea Fall of Haifa(1265) Siege of Tripoli(1271) Fall of Krak Des Chevaliers Siege of Askhalon Mamluks Conquest of Makuria Siege of Halep Battle of Halep(1270) Battle of Elbistan Baibars’s Campaign of Anatolia Lord Edward Crusade Ninth Crusade Battle of Mari
The effect of wet climates on Mongol bows is overstated. The Mongols were able to invade the Southern Song Dynasty, which was located in a region with a hot and humid subtropical climate that gets more rainfall than the wettest places in Europe. The Romans also historically stationed Syrian bowmen with recurve bows in the British Isles (which is supposedly one of the wetter places of Europe).
Yeah. It all comes down to maintenance/protection. It kind of reminds me of people who oversimplify the M16A1's unreliability in Vietnam - that was more to do with people neglecting to clean it because they didn't think it necessary.
@@NyangisKhan Yes, that's true. The northern Chinese of the Jin Dynasty were known for using composite recurve bows, and the Song Dynasty also used composite bows (in addition to also using self bows). So the Song Dynasty themselves were using composite bows in hot and humid wet environments.
@@qqtrol1774 Yes. Both the northern Chinese Jin troops sent to invade the Song, and the Song Dynasty themselves were using composite recurve bows and composite recurve crossbows. So the Song Dynasty was using composite bows (alongside self bows) in the hot and humid wet climate of southern China.
Oh maan, I'm a Mongolian, learned a lot about my ancestors from this channel. I just looked at myself and I feel I'm so weak and I'm almost like a hikikomori, and I'm so fat and lazy while my ancestors were kicking some asses a lot. Jeez... I have no words. Jesus Christ again.
As a kid I hardly ever had access to tv and if so barely to watch documentaries. Literally my 3 time watching this and I’m still enthralled. Much appreciated for all the hard work put in to make quality.
Correction: According to the recent archeological findings of metal smelting workshop in central Mongolia, Mongolians used to process their metals since the Hun civilisation. The chemical components of the bronze artifacts were completely different to the Chinese metal works.
@@Wasteland88 thank you brother. If you ever visit make sure to visit around july for naadam. Winter here sucks so avoid travel to mongolia in winter unless you like arctic weather.
Put the Shadow Legend ad aside, this is a well-made documentary about the important aspects of the Mongol army. Time spent watching the ad was heartily compensated by the informative rich content.
This is probably the most informative, interesting, and comprehensive historical documentary I have ever seen. Thank you, Kings and Generals! Keep up the great work!
What a wonderful experience watching this video, from visual to sound effect, and especially the great and detailed story of the mongol, narrating by a very clear and sound voice! I love it! Awesome quality.
I needed two days to watch this in whole, it's amazing. Terrifying to face the Mongolians as a European footman, but you need to respect their tactics, their methods to a 21st century standard is demonizing.
It's not just in 21st century standard that their tactics and methods were gruesome and cruel. Even in their time period, normally an army wouldn't massacre the whole population. In the west and middle-east, this hadn't happened since ancient times when people who resisted conquest would've been killed for doing so. You had much smaller armies and populations in the medieval ages, so conquering territory meant conquering the population too and only, if at all, kill the garrisons - and even those were often unharmed even after sieges if it didn't come to the siege of the citadel rather than just the castle/city - so you would have people working the fields and stuff. As nomads, mongols at first didn't need people working the fields because they were self-sufficient. Only when they incorporated more and more people into their empire, they mostly stopped killing everyone who resisted - even tho they still did it because with all the chinese they just made their subjects, they didn't have to keep smaller populations alive. Again - such massacres were not common. Just look at the massacre at Ayyadieh , were "only" 2000 people were murdered. It was still considered barbaric, even by christian sources. For the christians and muslims, massacres were something rare and gruesome. For the mongols, it was only one of their many terror-tactics to break their enemy even before actual battles happened to weaken their moral.
@@RinoGato Even after they became Muslim(they said they became), they continued the massacres. Look up tamerlan, he killed whole cities of Muslims and made some buildings with their scalps. It's mongolian blood, not religion.
@@nenenindonu you think safavid empire was nomadic before shah abbas? I don't think so. Army is not the main identification for an empire's culture. Safavids were more of a iranic state
This is an extraordinarily informative video since there's such scant information on the Mongol conquests in the West. Thank you for your efforts. I hope you continue to delve deeper into this subject as well as some of the great Mohammedan conquests which are even more anonymous. These events had so much to do with shaping the modern world and you're doing a great service by casting some light upon them.
@@johnathan5291 you are correct, but the level of detail doesn't match this piece on the Mongols. I'd like to know the details of what made the Islamic wave so unstoppable. BTW, I'm not a Muslim. I want to know because I'm curious.
Truly a magnificent piece of documentary. Back in the days, i had to put up with History Channel. They once claimed that the English archers in Agincort carried at least 1 million arrows
Well people often under estimate how difficult it is supply and support missile units like archers, if you got thousands of archers and each archer got 1-2 quivers with them and they carry let's say 60-80 arrows each and you have to make sure there is enough arrows to account for battlefield usage over extended periods of time or if arrows are lost due to other means then you can easily see tens of thousands of arrows or more being produced. Now did the English archers at Agincourt have a million arrows? Well we don't know actually how many arrows exactly they had, I personally doubt it but we really don't know.
I didn’t even realise this was a 2 hour video when I pressed play, I thought it was just one of your normal ones. Safe to say it got me through the last few hours of my shift at work.
This just goes to show how effective and favored bows are in actual historic warfare, juxtaposed to the popular pop culture trope of heavily armored soldiers running towards each other with nothing but swords.
Dan Carlin has a great episode about horse archers the major thesis being that it is a fighting system that reigned supreme until well into the gunpowder era.
Hollywood depiction of medieval warfare is complete bullshit,and has nothing to do with reality or real history,and its because of Garbagewood that people imagine medieval warriors charging at each other like brainless idiots,which people who dont know better,take as a fact and believe it.
Most of the soldiers during the Mongol era were wearing light armor, if armor at all. Horsemen with bows would have been quite useless against a charging group of steel armored knights.
What is the greatest adaptation by the Mongolian army and it changed the 🌎? For a 1000 years the Chinese kept the secret of the gunpowder. Then the mongols adapted it and gave it to the world 🌎.
@@scourgeofgodattila579 I think it not wrong though they all Nomadic people. Plus I think Timur is Turkic-Mongol and Attila is so long ago the culture of Turkic or Mongol not even exist yet so you can’t really classify him as such. If we were to believe the Chinese source then he would be Xianbei culture and according to European he is Hunnic
@@thienngo7252 The Xiongnu became politically dominant in the steppes around 300 BC, and although the linguistic affiliation of the Xiongnu proper is still a matter of dispute, their political confederation certainly contained a significant Turkic component. By both ethnohistorical and linguistic considerations this component may in the first place be identified with the Bulgharic (Bulghar Turkic) branch of Turkic, today represented by the Chuvash language in the Volga region. The Turkic component of the Xiongnu is, however, unambiguously signalled by a number of Bulgharic loanwords in Proto-Samoyedic, such as *yür 'hundred'. The Bulgharic (Proto-Bulgharic) speakers are likely to have entered Southern Siberia , the location of Proto-Samoyedic , not earlier than the last century BC. At the same time, a number of local words, notably *kadï 'conifer' (> Chuvash xïra„ ~ xïr 'birch '), were borrowed from Proto-Samoyedic into Bulgharic. Review: J. Janhunen (ed.),The Mongolic languages, London, New York : Routledge, 2003 An earlier date for the separation of proto-Turkic, preceding 209 BC would support the identification of Xiongnu language with proto-Bulgharic or one of its subgroups, while a later date of separation would make its association with proto-Turkic more plausible. Alexander Savelyev, Martine Robbeets, Bayesian phylolinguistics infers the internal structure and the time-depth of the Turkic language family, Journal of Language Evolution, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2020 Xiongnu (Pre-Proto-Bulgharic, in Mongolia). Mongolian Vowel Harmony in a Eurasian Context In: International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics Authors: Ian G. Barrere 1 and Juha A. Janhunen University of Helsinki Online Publication Date: 18 Jun 2019 As this time depth coincides with the beginning of the Xiongnu empire (209 BCE-100 CE), the association of Xiongnu with Proto-Bulgharic does not seem unreasonable. However, given the relatively large credible interval involved in the Bayesian dating, the breakup of proto-Turkic may also be connected with the first disintegration of the Xiongnu confederation under influence of the military successes of the Chinese in 127-119 BCE (Mudrak 2009). In sum, the time depth of the breakup of Proto-Turkic can be estimated between 500 BCE and 100 CE. Martine Robbeets, Remco Bouckaert, Bayesian phylolinguistics reveals the internal structure of the Transeurasian family, Journal of Language Evolution, Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2018 The language of the European Huns is sometimes referred to as a Bulghar Turkic variety in general linguistic literature, but caution is needed in establishing its affiliations. The predominant part of the Xiongnu population is likely to have spoken Turkic (Late Proto-Turkic, to be more precise). Cite this article: Savelyev A, Jeong C (2020). Early nomads of the Eastern Steppe and their tentative connections in the West. Evolutionary Human Sciences 2, e20, 1-17.
@@thienngo7252 When the Mongols' 60% Turkic origin, the Göktürk state, the Hun state and the Uyghur state collapsed, the Turks came under the rule of the Mongols and in time they dissolved among the Mongols and became Mongols. The real Mongols are the people of the forest, the main steppe nation is the Turks.
Its not like Chinggis Khan needed 10,000 bodyguards daily. Kheshig was more like military academy. Future leaders staying close to khans, generals and scholars , learning all the military and politic knowledge.
The Mongols are like a modern army in the Medieval World. They emphasized firepower, mobility, logistics, and organization over individual Chivalry. They were organized in units based on 10s, 100s, 1000s, and 10,000s. They could maneuver their armies using complex flag systems and scouts and messengers, hundreds of miles apart. They emphasized ability and leadership over noble birth. They always used surprise to their advantage. They would retreat when necessary with no loss of face, and they would pursue their opponents to the bitter end. Its absolutely amazing that the Mongols didn't take over Europe, and Everywhere Else. They had the strategies and tactics to do it.
i came into this video not expecting RPG's to be invented in the 13th century by a Chinese siege engineer. Brilliant, informative and enthralling, one of the few youtube channels where the content gets better with time.
I love this work, so much! One small detail: you reference Qarachar Noyen as having been Timur’s ‘successor’, but I think you meant ‘ancestor’. If I’m not mistaken, Timur claimed Qarachar was a cousin of Chinggis’s, albeit several times removed, & possibly aggrandized both Qarachar’s inheritance & closeness to Chinggis, in Timur’s life-long attempt to validate his lineage & connection to the Great Khans. Anyway - great job! A true gem amongst gems!
It is interesting that in Turkish there are similar words still on use; Şölen, şülen: feast (Turkish), soup (Mongolian) Nöker, nökod: friend (Turkish), warband (Mongolian) Tümen: army group Manga, Minggan: a small army group Bahadır, bahadur: warrior Kurultay: meeting (Turkish), army council (Mongolian) Ordu: army Karakol: police headquarter (Turkish), army headquarter (Mongolian)
Very true Mehmet! That is because Turkish and Monggol are both members of the same language group which is Urgo-Altaic! Salaam Alikhum from Sheffield UK
Thanks for sharing Turkic words. I'm Mongolian. I can understand these 🙂 Şölen, şülen: Шөл (soup) Nöker, nökod: Нөхөр, нөхөд (friend) Tümen: Түмэн which means 10'000 Manga, Minggan: Мянга, Мянган which is 1'000 Bahadır, bahadur: Баатар (warrior) Kurultay: Хурал (meeting) Ordu: Орд in Mongolian it usually means the place where many people reside. Very close to Palace meaning. (Horde) Karakol: might be Харуул in Mongolian (guardian) Seems some meanings are changed little bit.
This long form content is absolutely enthralling, between this and the 2 hour ottoman-Portuguese wars you guys have my heart and soon my pocketbook!🤣 truly a blessing y’all provide this for free 🙏🏻
The best documentary compilation of the Mongol Empire conquest I ever seen. Simply fantastic, Kings and Generals! Let's Make History Great Again! MHGA!
@@YuuSHiiiN Agreed. Netflix wouldn't be happy unless K&G wastes time on making things more modern and in line with their political ideals. There are too many ways they'd try and scrub up this violent part of history.
I only recently discovered this channel. I watched the Roman conquoring of Greece, and now watching this video. You all do amazing work! Your content is FAR better than anything I have seen on NAT GEO, the History Channel, and Discovery!
you guys are so much better than the History channel in my opinion. If I were a teacher I would definitely use you as viewing material for the kids to watch on Fridays. Very informative videos with great delivery and somehow you make listening and watching about history interesting too! Great visuals!
I'm going through a chronological order playlist of ALL of the Kings and Generals videos right now and I'm currently at the Mongols so to my surprise, this video gets dropped at the right time lol
Bahadur is a very common either middle or last name amongst Nepalese tribesmen like Gurung, Limbu, Magar, Tamang, Sherpa etc. from northern Himalayan section of Nepal.
It’s actually spelled Baatar in Mongol language. In writings in Mongolian traditional scripts it’s spelled as bagatur which Russian word bogatir drives from
Enjoying your work (have subscribed and rang the bell) - I've always been interested in the mongols,Genghis khan and their empire - an English author - Conn Iggulden - has written an inspired series (Conqueror). Did I hear Genghis cough at 13:51
In days where the History Channel is going the way of MTV, you have their job done better than they ever did it, and that both gives me hope and makes me glad.
This production 10/10 Mongol army's fighting tactics 10/10 Mongol army's contribution to civilization 1/10 Mongol army's ability to destroy civilization 10/10
Fascinating! Really, glad Age of Empires 2 caused or, rather, propelled me to be interested in Mongolian history and to have found this channel, too. Thanks!
The Mongols were masters of warfare, but unjustily through western education were taught they were savages. I would argue they were on the good side in contrast to the christian crusaders. Mongols rewarded loyalty, and allowed the people their ways, religion and culture.
The Nerge is similar to the encirclement tactic which made the Zulus successful in southern Africa centuries later. Pretty impressive how military tactics can evolve independently.
As being a Mongol decent(I’m not from Mongolia) . I am thankful to you guys for making this video🙏🏼🙌. Tbh sometimes I feel guilty for sharing the bloodline just because what my ancestors did to the world but anyways its how the all the world & humans used to be.
I don't think people should pay for the legacy of their ancestors. It should be acknowledged and understood, yes. But children shouldn't pay for the sins of their fathers. Consequently, like you say, I don't think that the societies the Mongols' conquered were free from injustice and cruelty. The Mongols were as self-interested in their national war aims as anybody else -- they were just better organized -- and won. That in itself is worthy of admiration.
No matter what you must respect and honor your ancestors Tactics, Strategy and sear Strength and more importantly there acceptance to new culture and knowledge.
This content is so damn good 😆 it amazes me as someone who watched armoured warfare documentaries as a kid and later learned enough from sources to disprove different things in said documentaries.
A lesser known fact, the Tai(tai/shan/thai/lao/dai) people also used the same system of demical system. The system they followed was 20, 100, 1000, 10000. In India itself, the tai ahom, an offshoot of the mao kingdom from China. They put 20 units under a head called "ru sau", 100 under a " Saikia", 1000 under a ru ring, and 10000 under a rajkhowa.
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Yea! Love your videos🔥🔥
You are so cool
Where is the translation?
Where is the translation?
Where is the translation?
At this point, this channel has a doctorate on Mongol history
And we have at least a bachelor degree
I don't care. I am loving it.
You should listen to the podcast. Has an entire season on the mongols. It's amazing!
What are your qualifications?
"I watch Kings and Generals's videos"
Have you seen their podcast? Because now YOU can get a doctorate in Mongol history too!
I never thought about the fact that one of main advantages of the Mongolian nomads was that they knew how to live off the land. Not having to worry about supply chains on long campaigns is an incredible advantage
One should have known by then that the ultimate act is in the hand of a remote control creator whose power's are the same now,before... and after and forever. Qui dit mieux?
in the wars, logistics is almost everything. air superiority, logistic, and military war tactics...
@wargames hardly. His baggage train and suppy routes were half the reason he was pushed out of Russia
They could wage guerilla war in enemy lands😂
Napoleon?
I'd actually rather watch this than something released for cinema. Crazy good content and makes me very grateful to be a history teacher in this era!
What's your favorite era
> 'Netflix and... turn your brain off.'
People come out with some really cool stuff when they do it for love instead of money. Hollywood is just corporate now. They have no soul.
Thank you for your service.
@UCMIl1td3mzadKQpjyfN9oCw you’re an i/d/i/o/t . If we didn’t quarantine. We could have easily lost 10s of millions of people within the 20 months. A drastic drop like that is bad for stability and the economy.
Script writer: OK it's time for a Mongol video!
Editor: **opens 1TB folder of horse sounds**
@Indian Streetshietters so what does that have to do with 1 TB of horse sounds?
@Indian Streetshietters nice bait
@Indian Streetshietters this is the laziest bait I've ever seen.
@@SA2004YG bait for what?
@@kv4648 Salt
"No one approached the Khan without first being searched..."
But they wouldn't deny an old man his walking stick, right?
I understood that reference.
"I will draw you, Gout, as poison is drawn from a wound." -Mithrandir, probably
@@skynyrdjesus Coincidentally, I am on Febuxostat, with an emergency stash of Eterocoxib.
@@Z020852 How fortuitous! I hereby name you Ezra, Toes-Friend, for your services to the feet of the Great Khan
@@levelperfecto plz explain
Mongols truly had the organization, logistics, discipline and tactics of a modern army in medieval times.
They were so Advanced for their time
So effiecient they even rendered fat from their prisoner’s bodies to use to burn down cities….wtf
0:00 - Evolution
19:40 - Structure
35:50 - Siege Tactics
54:42 - Field Tactics
1:11:15 - Logistics
1:29:35 - Integration of Non-Mongol Troops
1:45:45 - Gunpowder
Merci
Thanks bruh
❤
The Mongols were the Borg of the Middle Ages. They gained knowledge by assimilating other cultures. They “didn’t study the past.” They “ingested it.” Resistance was futile!
Nice🤜
Turks and Mongols lived together, and some Mongols wore Turkish clothing, for example, it was the Turks who appointed the first decimal system in the world and an officer at the head of the army.
@@dorulegnobody cares about the Turks
@@changedpace9169 Are you sure that no one cares, if you take us out of history, there will be no such thing as history
@@changedpace9169😂
I'm from Indonesia. For me, this channel increase two things: 1. Increase my knowledge of history 2. Increase my English Listening skill. Thank you very much Kings and Generals.
This is freaken amazing. 2hr of gold content that's way better than what history channel is showing these days. Well done!
All they did was stitch together their previous 8 videos and add some animation. Nothing’s new here. It’s a good product nonetheless.
I like it better in a longer format say 1-2 hours than the usual 15-20 minute segments which is akin to a snack rather than a full meal.
The history channel is in decline since the mongol invasions.
But this production leaves out the fact that the Mongol technology was given to them by space aliens.
@@MrNiceGuyHistory Ancient astronaut theorists say yes.
The amount of work put into production as well as the quality of the delivered material - I take my hat off to you and your team sir
"Everlasting happiness and glory to the Khan !"
- Kitbukha, seconds before he died
and Turkic Baibars killed him
Always reminds me of Scarface ending.
@@rahel7443 The numbers were roughly the same and the climate was also an advantage for the Mamluks but Im sure that Baybars and Qutuz are much better generals than Kitbukha nevertheless we can accept that if Hulagu was to take part it wouldve been all over
@@nenenindonu If they were equal, Hulagu would also lose.
@@rajeshbande1136 LoL 😂😂 Baibars won 22 Battles,or Hulagu?
BAİBARS BATTLES
Battle of La Forbie
Battle of Mansurah
Seventh Crusade
Battle of Ain Jalut
Siege of Safed(1266)
Siege of Antioch(1268)
Fall of Arsuf
Fall of Caesarea
Fall of Haifa(1265)
Siege of Tripoli(1271)
Fall of Krak Des Chevaliers
Siege of Askhalon
Mamluks Conquest of Makuria
Siege of Halep
Battle of Halep(1270)
Battle of Elbistan
Baibars’s Campaign of Anatolia
Lord Edward Crusade
Ninth Crusade
Battle of Mari
The effect of wet climates on Mongol bows is overstated. The Mongols were able to invade the Southern Song Dynasty, which was located in a region with a hot and humid subtropical climate that gets more rainfall than the wettest places in Europe. The Romans also historically stationed Syrian bowmen with recurve bows in the British Isles (which is supposedly one of the wetter places of Europe).
Yeah. It all comes down to maintenance/protection. It kind of reminds me of people who oversimplify the M16A1's unreliability in Vietnam - that was more to do with people neglecting to clean it because they didn't think it necessary.
It was rather chinese vs chinese at this point with sieges lasting several years.
I'm pretty sure most of Kublai's troops that took on the song with Chinese auxiliaries.
@@NyangisKhan Yes, that's true. The northern Chinese of the Jin Dynasty were known for using composite recurve bows, and the Song Dynasty also used composite bows (in addition to also using self bows). So the Song Dynasty themselves were using composite bows in hot and humid wet environments.
@@qqtrol1774 Yes. Both the northern Chinese Jin troops sent to invade the Song, and the Song Dynasty themselves were using composite recurve bows and composite recurve crossbows. So the Song Dynasty was using composite bows (alongside self bows) in the hot and humid wet climate of southern China.
I was 10 minutes in before I realized this is 2 hours. That's insane.
I was almost 2 hours in before I questioned how long this video was. lol
Such a rare occurrence to see someone have both quality and quantity down to a science. You guys are great! Thank you!
Oh maan, I'm a Mongolian, learned a lot about my ancestors from this channel. I just looked at myself and I feel I'm so weak and I'm almost like a hikikomori, and I'm so fat and lazy while my ancestors were kicking some asses a lot. Jeez... I have no words. Jesus Christ again.
I felt the same way learning about the vikings
Today's society has made us weak, ancient harsh environment made us tough in the past but now we all are weak!
well for a man with no words, you just used a lot of words.
Hahaha, hang in there buddy.
Failure! You must be trampled by the horde! Naa your good mate, Fortunate for the rest of us aye
Wow. Just Wow. What a documentary. I mean seriously, this is better than anything I have seen on a certain history channel in a long time.
As a kid I hardly ever had access to tv and if so barely to watch documentaries. Literally my 3 time watching this and I’m still enthralled. Much appreciated for all the hard work put in to make quality.
Correction: According to the recent archeological findings of metal smelting workshop in central Mongolia, Mongolians used to process their metals since the Hun civilisation. The chemical components of the bronze artifacts were completely different to the Chinese metal works.
Is there any nowadays Mongols or Kalmyks appreciating this detailed and animated video?
Yes we do . Just checking in silence.
I think y'all have an amazing culture. I hope to visit there one day.
@@Wasteland88 thank you brother. If you ever visit make sure to visit around july for naadam. Winter here sucks so avoid travel to mongolia in winter unless you like arctic weather.
Yes i am
here we are, just chilling and living in harmony on a huge ass cold land
Put the Shadow Legend ad aside, this is a well-made documentary about the important aspects of the Mongol army.
Time spent watching the ad was heartily compensated by the informative rich content.
I'd forgotten about it after 5 minutes lol
What was the secret to Mongol success?
Adapt, survive, overcome
Nah,the real success of the mongol empire was due to them valuing skills,intellect,abilities and loyalty above wealth and social status...
@@mikeguce7959 valuing skills, intelligence and ability is also a form of adaptation. So, he's right
This is probably the most informative, interesting, and comprehensive historical documentary I have ever seen. Thank you, Kings and Generals! Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much!
I have this video 10 times. One of the best videos about the mongols
What a wonderful experience watching this video, from visual to sound effect, and especially the great and detailed story of the mongol, narrating by a very clear and sound voice! I love it! Awesome quality.
This video is so good I wanted to give it a like on at least 10 different occasions.
I needed two days to watch this in whole, it's amazing. Terrifying to face the Mongolians as a European footman, but you need to respect their tactics, their methods to a 21st century standard is demonizing.
It's not just in 21st century standard that their tactics and methods were gruesome and cruel. Even in their time period, normally an army wouldn't massacre the whole population. In the west and middle-east, this hadn't happened since ancient times when people who resisted conquest would've been killed for doing so. You had much smaller armies and populations in the medieval ages, so conquering territory meant conquering the population too and only, if at all, kill the garrisons - and even those were often unharmed even after sieges if it didn't come to the siege of the citadel rather than just the castle/city - so you would have people working the fields and stuff.
As nomads, mongols at first didn't need people working the fields because they were self-sufficient. Only when they incorporated more and more people into their empire, they mostly stopped killing everyone who resisted - even tho they still did it because with all the chinese they just made their subjects, they didn't have to keep smaller populations alive.
Again - such massacres were not common. Just look at the massacre at Ayyadieh
, were "only" 2000 people were murdered. It was still considered barbaric, even by christian sources. For the christians and muslims, massacres were something rare and gruesome. For the mongols, it was only one of their many terror-tactics to break their enemy even before actual battles happened to weaken their moral.
@@RinoGato Even after they became Muslim(they said they became), they continued the massacres. Look up tamerlan, he killed whole cities of Muslims and made some buildings with their scalps. It's mongolian blood, not religion.
They should do a series on some of the lesser know steppe empires like the xiongnu, seljuk turks or goturks
Seljuks are not a steppe empire. It is Turko-iranian sultanate
@@kila200 The most important aspect which is the military was completely Nomad-Turkic what are you on about ?
@@nenenindonu if you look that way then safavids should classify as a steppe empire because their military was mainly from nomadic turkomans?
@@kila200 It was nomadic until Shah Abbas' military reforms while the Seljuk armies always remained nomadic
@@nenenindonu you think safavid empire was nomadic before shah abbas? I don't think so. Army is not the main identification for an empire's culture. Safavids were more of a iranic state
More than 3 hours of content in a week. Thank you and keep it up
the quality and quantity of Kings & Generals releases makes it the number 1 history channel, not just on youtube!
This documentary is amazing. You guys rival any documentary channel with this sort of content. Consistent high quality, well done!
This is an extraordinarily informative video since there's such scant information on the Mongol conquests in the West. Thank you for your efforts. I hope you continue to delve deeper into this subject as well as some of the great Mohammedan conquests which are even more anonymous. These events had so much to do with shaping the modern world and you're doing a great service by casting some light upon them.
They have done most of the original Islamic conquests already.
@@johnathan5291 you are correct, but the level of detail doesn't match this piece on the Mongols. I'd like to know the details of what made the Islamic wave so unstoppable. BTW, I'm not a Muslim. I want to know because I'm curious.
@@S0ulinth3machin3 as someone who was just recently made aware about the history of Islamic conquests, I agree
Truly a magnificent piece of documentary.
Back in the days, i had to put up with History Channel. They once claimed that the English archers in Agincort carried at least 1 million arrows
Well people often under estimate how difficult it is supply and support missile units like archers, if you got thousands of archers and each archer got 1-2 quivers with them and they carry let's say 60-80 arrows each and you have to make sure there is enough arrows to account for battlefield usage over extended periods of time or if arrows are lost due to other means then you can easily see tens of thousands of arrows or more being produced. Now did the English archers at Agincourt have a million arrows? Well we don't know actually how many arrows exactly they had, I personally doubt it but we really don't know.
I didn’t even realise this was a 2 hour video when I pressed play, I thought it was just one of your normal ones. Safe to say it got me through the last few hours of my shift at work.
From Mongolia. Thanks for this video❤😊
This just goes to show how effective and favored bows are in actual historic warfare, juxtaposed to the popular pop culture trope of heavily armored soldiers running towards each other with nothing but swords.
Dan Carlin has a great episode about horse archers the major thesis being that it is a fighting system that reigned supreme until well into the gunpowder era.
Hollywood depiction of medieval warfare is complete bullshit,and has nothing to do with reality or real history,and its because of Garbagewood that people imagine medieval warriors charging at each other like brainless idiots,which people who dont know better,take as a fact and believe it.
Most of the soldiers during the Mongol era were wearing light armor, if armor at all.
Horsemen with bows would have been quite useless against a charging group of steel armored knights.
@@niktorrente6640 Hollywood itself is bullshit people worship professional liars .
@@sharkkan3894 is your brain still as smooth as peanut butter?
Amazing that their ability to retreat was a epoch changing advantage.
Kings & Generals & The Jackmeister Are The Best Channels On Mongol History In TH-cam ...
What is the greatest adaptation by the Mongolian army and it changed the 🌎?
For a 1000 years the Chinese kept the secret of the gunpowder.
Then the mongols adapted it and gave it to the world 🌎.
Then Europe had been used gunpowder. After That British empire and Europe had started to development. Such as; Colonisation, gun
Nomadic military tops the medieval era by a margin with Attila, Tamerlane, and Genghis as the three iconic titans from the nomadic steppes of Asia 🐎
Attila and Timur were Turkic, Gengish Mongol
@@scourgeofgodattila579 I think it not wrong though they all Nomadic people. Plus I think Timur is Turkic-Mongol and Attila is so long ago the culture of Turkic or Mongol not even exist yet so you can’t really classify him as such. If we were to believe the Chinese source then he would be Xianbei culture and according to European he is Hunnic
@@thienngo7252
The Xiongnu became politically dominant in the steppes around 300
BC, and although the linguistic affiliation of the Xiongnu proper is still a matter of dispute, their political confederation certainly contained a significant Turkic component. By both ethnohistorical and linguistic considerations this component may in the first place be identified with the Bulgharic (Bulghar Turkic) branch of Turkic, today represented by the Chuvash language in the Volga region.
The Turkic component of the Xiongnu is, however, unambiguously signalled by a number of Bulgharic loanwords in Proto-Samoyedic, such as *yür 'hundred'. The Bulgharic (Proto-Bulgharic) speakers are likely to have entered Southern Siberia , the location of Proto-Samoyedic , not earlier than the last century BC. At the same time, a number of local words, notably *kadï 'conifer' (> Chuvash xïra„ ~ xïr 'birch '), were borrowed from Proto-Samoyedic into Bulgharic.
Review: J. Janhunen (ed.),The Mongolic languages, London, New York : Routledge, 2003
An earlier date for the separation of proto-Turkic, preceding 209 BC would support the identification of Xiongnu language with proto-Bulgharic or one of its subgroups, while a later date of separation would make its association with proto-Turkic more plausible.
Alexander Savelyev, Martine Robbeets, Bayesian phylolinguistics infers the internal structure and the time-depth of the Turkic language family, Journal of Language Evolution, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2020
Xiongnu (Pre-Proto-Bulgharic, in Mongolia).
Mongolian Vowel Harmony in a Eurasian Context
In: International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics Authors: Ian G. Barrere 1 and Juha A. Janhunen University of Helsinki Online Publication Date: 18 Jun 2019
As this time depth coincides with the beginning of the Xiongnu empire (209 BCE-100 CE), the association of Xiongnu with Proto-Bulgharic does not seem unreasonable. However, given the relatively large credible interval involved in the Bayesian dating, the breakup of proto-Turkic may also be connected with the first disintegration of the Xiongnu confederation under influence of the military successes of the Chinese in 127-119 BCE (Mudrak 2009). In sum, the time depth of the breakup of Proto-Turkic can be estimated between 500 BCE and 100 CE.
Martine Robbeets, Remco Bouckaert, Bayesian phylolinguistics reveals the internal structure of the Transeurasian family, Journal of Language Evolution, Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2018
The language of the European Huns is sometimes referred to as a Bulghar Turkic variety in general linguistic literature, but caution is needed in establishing its affiliations.
The predominant part of the Xiongnu population is likely to have spoken Turkic (Late Proto-Turkic, to be more precise).
Cite this article: Savelyev A, Jeong C (2020). Early nomads of the Eastern Steppe and their tentative connections in the West. Evolutionary Human Sciences 2, e20, 1-17.
@@scourgeofgodattila579 Who cares? They were all nomads. Jesus you Turkophiles can be annoying sometimes.
@@thienngo7252 When the Mongols' 60% Turkic origin, the Göktürk state, the Hun state and the Uyghur state collapsed, the Turks came under the rule of the Mongols and in time they dissolved among the Mongols and became Mongols. The real Mongols are the people of the forest, the main steppe nation is the Turks.
Can't wait to see more video's on these incredible warriors. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
I absolutely love the total war music at 7:14
Seriously It might sound weird but it I just love it
Its not like Chinggis Khan needed 10,000 bodyguards daily. Kheshig was more like military academy. Future leaders staying close to khans, generals and scholars , learning all the military and politic knowledge.
I must say this channel is one of my favourite channel. Thanks for your hard work.
The Mongols are like a modern army in the Medieval World.
They emphasized firepower, mobility, logistics, and organization over individual Chivalry. They were organized in units based on 10s, 100s, 1000s, and 10,000s. They could maneuver their armies using complex flag systems and scouts and messengers, hundreds of miles apart. They emphasized ability and leadership over noble birth. They always used surprise to their advantage. They would retreat when necessary with no loss of face, and they would pursue their opponents to the bitter end.
Its absolutely amazing that the Mongols didn't take over Europe, and Everywhere Else. They had the strategies and tactics to do it.
Alcoholism did what europeans couldn't do
i came into this video not expecting RPG's to be invented in the 13th century by a Chinese siege engineer. Brilliant, informative and enthralling, one of the few youtube channels where the content gets better with time.
I love this work, so much! One small detail: you reference Qarachar Noyen as having been Timur’s ‘successor’, but I think you meant ‘ancestor’. If I’m not mistaken, Timur claimed Qarachar was a cousin of Chinggis’s, albeit several times removed, & possibly aggrandized both Qarachar’s inheritance & closeness to Chinggis, in Timur’s life-long attempt to validate his lineage & connection to the Great Khans. Anyway - great job! A true gem amongst gems!
Timur is a Turkified Mongolian, he grew up in the Barlas tribe and grew up like a Turk.
It is interesting that in Turkish there are similar words still on use;
Şölen, şülen: feast (Turkish), soup (Mongolian)
Nöker, nökod: friend (Turkish), warband (Mongolian)
Tümen: army group
Manga, Minggan: a small army group
Bahadır, bahadur: warrior
Kurultay: meeting (Turkish), army council (Mongolian)
Ordu: army
Karakol: police headquarter (Turkish), army headquarter (Mongolian)
Very true Mehmet! That is because Turkish and Monggol are both members of the same language group which is Urgo-Altaic! Salaam Alikhum from Sheffield UK
Thanks for sharing Turkic words. I'm Mongolian. I can understand these 🙂
Şölen, şülen: Шөл (soup)
Nöker, nökod: Нөхөр, нөхөд (friend)
Tümen: Түмэн which means 10'000
Manga, Minggan: Мянга, Мянган which is 1'000
Bahadır, bahadur: Баатар (warrior)
Kurultay: Хурал (meeting)
Ordu: Орд in Mongolian it usually means the place where many people reside. Very close to Palace meaning. (Horde)
Karakol: might be Харуул in Mongolian (guardian)
Seems some meanings are changed little bit.
Just started watching. Speechless! The amount of work that has gone into this is amazing. Well done! Subscriber for life
This long form content is absolutely enthralling, between this and the 2 hour ottoman-Portuguese wars you guys have my heart and soon my pocketbook!🤣 truly a blessing y’all provide this for free 🙏🏻
I wish the history classes in schools were as interesting as the videos that you make.
Mongols are one of the best warriors, and they way of living is cool
Wow, that is a substantial piece of work wth an amazing amount of scholarship. Definitely one of my favorite channels!!
This is quite simply the best documentary channel on TH-cam congratulations on your outstanding work and thank you.
See you in 2 hours Josephine, K&G makes me happier in bed.
Dont invade Russia......
You marring Josephine😀
Facts
@@DaVultureTTG but fun facts
@@MucizatTevarih She sure is a great kisser
I am a Mongoloid. In my heart I'm a Mongoloid. That is what I am. We are a horde. That is what we are. Yes we are that. We are 100% that.
Lol, I seen that video
Greetings from Turkey, Genghis Khan's general, we were Turkish officers and soldiers
😂😂😂😂
DAMN WELL DONE for this video! More please, especially on the decline and fall of the Monggol Empire and the Rise of the Russian Empire too!
Withstood a Mongol scige for 15 years . That's amazing
Well this channel has won my heart! You team is amazing. Great content, mastery of history and the animations are great! Thank you ☺️
I see people giving you so much credit for your content. I would just like to reiterate that and thank you for your contribution to life.
This is absolutely amazing! Thank you so much kings and general's 😊
I honestly didnt expect someting so detailed and professional... This was incredibly good!
The best documentary compilation of the Mongol Empire conquest I ever seen. Simply fantastic, Kings and Generals! Let's Make History Great Again! MHGA!
Thanks yo KnG history became an art and not only science! I really think that Netflix should hire you
@@YuuSHiiiN Agreed. Netflix wouldn't be happy unless K&G wastes time on making things more modern and in line with their political ideals. There are too many ways they'd try and scrub up this violent part of history.
@@YuuSHiiiN very good point!
I only recently discovered this channel. I watched the Roman conquoring of Greece, and now watching this video.
You all do amazing work! Your content is FAR better than anything I have seen on NAT GEO, the History Channel, and Discovery!
Idk if I’m the only one but I sometimes just listen to these bc I love the quality even tho I’ve listened to it prolly 6 times already
Almost a historical movie.. 2 hrs of superb content 👍
I fell asleep to, well, not this. I only woke up to it playing. No wonder I was having a great battle in my dream. Crazy.
I legit just sat and watched this for two hours...
you guys are so much better than the History channel in my opinion. If I were a teacher I would definitely use you as viewing material for the kids to watch on Fridays. Very informative videos with great delivery and somehow you make listening and watching about history interesting too! Great visuals!
I'm going through a chronological order playlist of ALL of the Kings and Generals videos right now and I'm currently at the Mongols so to my surprise, this video gets dropped at the right time lol
Awesome, informative, clear and very entertaining! You have made history exciting!
Exceptional! Well laid out, very detailed and informative. Best so far.
Bahadur is a very common either middle or last name amongst Nepalese tribesmen like Gurung, Limbu, Magar, Tamang, Sherpa etc. from northern Himalayan section of Nepal.
It is also popular amongst the turkic speaking nations. It means warrior/hero to my knowledge.
It’s actually spelled Baatar in Mongol language. In writings in Mongolian traditional scripts it’s spelled as bagatur which Russian word bogatir drives from
"Lineages: Both Real and Imagined" could be the title of a composite history of all mankind
Outstanding, thanks for this one KG!! Looking forward to seeing the next installment!!!
They're the exception!
Indeed!
So
Cue the Mongoltage
I see you are a person of culture
Ahhh a man/woman of culture
This is so much better than those over-produced TV documentaries we used to get
This is one of the best armies I’ve ever seen. Should the German wermacht from WW2
Yes one of the best due to leadership.
Thank you for the great presentation of this time in history.
Enjoying your work (have subscribed and rang the bell) - I've always been interested in the mongols,Genghis khan and their empire - an English author - Conn Iggulden - has written an inspired series (Conqueror). Did I hear Genghis cough at 13:51
In days where the History Channel is going the way of MTV, you have their job done better than they ever did it, and that both gives me hope and makes me glad.
This production 10/10
Mongol army's fighting tactics 10/10
Mongol army's contribution to civilization 1/10
Mongol army's ability to destroy civilization 10/10
I don't know about their contribution to civilization, they did reduce the carbon emissions in their time. Just saying 😌
Tis a jest
they culled bunch of whiny corrupt polticians from lot of kingdoms too, so i guess 3/10
Diplomacy
Postal service
Religious freedom
Strategies
Just to name few
Fascinating! Really, glad Age of Empires 2 caused or, rather, propelled me to be interested in Mongolian history and to have found this channel, too.
Thanks!
Danke!
This is way i live without commercial tv since 5 years . It's just . Epic . Far more creative and boundless.
4:20 this should be taught to every single general in history, a good retreat is paramount to victory
Like a good fold in poker. Everything should be part of your arsenal.
I wish we learned more about these guys in school. I guess that’s why it’s good we have Kings and Generals
The Mongols were masters of warfare, but unjustily through western education were taught they were savages. I would argue they were on the good side in contrast to the christian crusaders. Mongols rewarded loyalty, and allowed the people their ways, religion and culture.
The Nerge is similar to the encirclement tactic which made the Zulus successful in southern Africa centuries later. Pretty impressive how military tactics can evolve independently.
Well, human mind is identical in all places.
As being a Mongol decent(I’m not from Mongolia) . I am thankful to you guys for making this video🙏🏼🙌. Tbh sometimes I feel guilty for sharing the bloodline just because what my ancestors did to the world but anyways its how the all the world & humans used to be.
I don't think people should pay for the legacy of their ancestors. It should be acknowledged and understood, yes. But children shouldn't pay for the sins of their fathers. Consequently, like you say, I don't think that the societies the Mongols' conquered were free from injustice and cruelty. The Mongols were as self-interested in their national war aims as anybody else -- they were just better organized -- and won. That in itself is worthy of admiration.
No matter what you must respect and honor your ancestors Tactics, Strategy and sear Strength and more importantly there acceptance to new culture and knowledge.
Yes all civilisations were abusers,the modern world is great,im glad the archaic past is behind us,thank, peace,you,and nature
@@SagnikSarkar-mb1oq I mean, if my ancestor was an asshole I’m going to honor them by telling anyone that asks that they were an asshole.
@@Buzzy_Bland Sometimes being an asshole is better than being dead... They chose what was needed. And chose courageously.
very detailed discription....nice work
True story, i wanted to study this for something i was writing and just started yesterday then i saw this ....thank you
This content is so damn good 😆 it amazes me as someone who watched armoured warfare documentaries as a kid and later learned enough from sources to disprove different things in said documentaries.
A lesser known fact, the Tai(tai/shan/thai/lao/dai) people also used the same system of demical system.
The system they followed was 20, 100, 1000, 10000.
In India itself, the tai ahom, an offshoot of the mao kingdom from China. They put 20 units under a head called "ru sau", 100 under a " Saikia", 1000 under a ru ring, and 10000 under a rajkhowa.
Horseless 20 were useless. Arban /10/ with mounted archers were the best.
Excellent video on History of Mongolian tactics and strategies. Outstanding job by Kings and Generals
I love this type of historical videos more than movies great job
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@@LibaaxTopG nader shah afshar
He is easily one of the top 10 military commander in history aka second alexander
The production quality is absolutely insane! Ill even play raid shadow legends if that's what I need to do to support this channel!
Love the soundtracks that acompanies the mongols!!