10 years ago I planted four tea plants I bought from local nursery. I spent $25.00 for each one gallon plant. 1 out of 4 is growing healthy, the other three seems to be a different variety, but they all flower the same time around November (Zone 8b). In spring I make my Green tea and in late October I make the Oolong tea. I'm just a novice and thanks to your YouYube channel I'm inspired to experiment this coming years to come.
That's great! 😃🌱🍵 You could consider trying to clone the healthy plant since it seems well-adapted to your area. Also, a summertime black tea is a natural fit for your Spring Green Tea/Autumn Oolong Tea pattern (not sure if you have enough bud growth for another production batch in Summer). I help a few different growers/producers in the states in my free time, feel free to DM on insta with pictures of your crops or specific questions about growing/producing. Keep on growing! Dylan
I'm also in zone 8b (Oregon) and the Sochi variety does best for me! I'm starting again, having moved last fall, and have seedlings from a friend who has 9 Sochi plants! The weather this year (2023) has been hard on her plants but we're hopeful! I love Dylan's info and willing support!
A few years ago while in Hong Kong on a layover we stumbled upon a tea museum. It was magnificent. They had ancient pottery and displays of tea . They even had samples of different teas. This unexpected delight deepened my love of tea.
Would love to know more about the different tea countries and regions. How do they differ in style and taste, different techniques in growing and preparing, different tea cultures, etc
Hey! I would love to learn more about Middle East tea history and culture! Also since you are knowledgeable about Chinese tea history, I would love to learn more about that too!
Been a green tea drinker for 24 yrs now,, and thought I knew everything about tea,, but this was very informative. I enjoy the videos. Love the info on one of my favorites teas, Pu erh. Love Jiaogulan tea, white tea, , blue pea tea. Love them all. In 24 yrs I have not missed one single day without drinking my teas. And I'm almost 70 now...
Wow that's great!! 24 years and counting... 😃🌱🙏 I'm happy you've been enjoying the videos! There's plenty more interesting topics to cover in the Pu-erh world as well, so stay tuned for that :) Thanks again for watching and commenting 😊🙏🍵 Looking forward to chatting more in the future. - Dylan
I'm yet again blown away by your precise and well-organized presentation of the historical and cultural context of tea in this chapter. As an art historian specialized in EA Art i can only find this highly interesting as it resonates with the things i studied in university and also deepens my understanding too. I had a whole semester class about Tea and Tea Ceramics back then but it was mostly focused on Jthe apanese School so this video I will take as a complementary course to it haha. I also learned many new things like the fact that i never had heard about the Chajing before. So cool!! Thank you for sharing✨👏
Thank you again for the content, I’m loving this series. You asked the question; what content would we like to see in the future? Two thoughts from me are: Growth of and unique tea culture in the United States. I first started drinking tea in the late 80’s & early 90’s. For a decade not much changed here, but recently there’s been a developing tea culture in the U.S. I’d love to hear your thoughts and see statistics about specialty tea consumption in the U.S. demographics, sales, tastes, trends and possible future. Second topic I’d like to hear more about is regional Chinese teas and deep dives into regional specific tea, production and history. Thanks again for your content.
Thanks Stephen! Both of those are really interesting sub-topics - I'll get started on doing some research and putting new content together exploring those aspects of tea. Specifically the second one - regional Chinese teas - is really cool. Theres a ton of little regional tea-producing areas within China with really cool site-specific tea types with unique production and history behind them. I've experienced them a lot personally in my travels there but I would love to capture these places in video and share them with more people. Thanks again for watching and reminding me that these are cool topics that I gotta start creating content about. Cheers, - Dylan
@@wumountaintea Oh totally. Thanks for doing all the research! I'm a huge sucker for all kinds of lore so this was just amazing! Perhaps in the future, maybe some videos on lil local tea-folklore? I love those toooo
Awesome video series! Would be great to see similar format videos that deep dive into different types of teas: ie perhaps Chinese Red, Chinese Green, Chinese Oolong, Taiwanese Oolong, Japanese Green, Indian Black, Pu’er, and Chinese White as the most drunk / most talked about / most worth nerding out over categories
Man, if you want to really experience the beauty of the Tang Dynasty, check out their poetry (with a good cup of tea). Even the translated work is just above and beyond most poets at least for me. It's all about loving life and beauty and joy and I just can't think of a better way to get into poetry than that.
this was a great summary. for me its part of the experience to learn about these cultures and learn what led to these ceremonies. thanks for making these videos
Thank you for that fascinating history lesson. I have a question and a comment. The question: what English-language books or articles on tea's history would you recommend? Especially interested in the social history. (I am an academic, with access to a very good academic library, so academic articles or well-researched popular articles would both be good). The comment: In reply to your final question, I would love to know more about the social history of tea in England (as a tea-drinking Brit) especially in the 18th Century. I would also love to know more about the social history of tea in China, for that matter - Tang, Song and Ming dynasties (and yes I'm aware that's quite a few centuries to cover!)
I'm absolutely loving this whole Masterclass series. Thank you - I've learned so much. This video was so interesting for so many reasons. Amazing history! I *think* the reason so many people drank ale or beer or gin in Europe at that time was that the water was bad for drinking straight. As for more videos: I'd love to know more about tea hardware and how that can contribute to enjoyment. I don't know anything about wine but do know different shaped glasses are used for different wines. What are the best cups or glasses for drinking tea - small, big, wide, narrow? And what about infusing tea? I use a small strainer; is a pot better? Why or why not?
I was in Northern Thailand last year and was super interested to learn about miang, which is basically camellia sinensis which is fermented for a couple months after steaming and then eaten! There are many ways to do it but a traditional way is with ginger, coconut, roasted peanuts, fried onion and palm sugar. Apparently it’s a super old dish which is several thousands of years old, and “eating tea” might be around as old if not older than “drinking tea” (there was a paper published around this). I would also be super interested to know more avout what you think of northern thai tea culture, which being close to yunnan is also the birthplace of tea, and has its own tea history. In any case, thank you so much for this series!! It is super informative and well presented. Keep drinking tea!!
Thank you so much for those videos! You convinced me to abandon coffee for tea 🍵 Would nie great to hear about the regional and national differences in the tea cultures of China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea. Looking forward to your new videos :)
I would like a video that teaches how to grow and process matcha from home. So many questions. Where to find good seeds? Do I need Uji cultivars? How to maintain the plant properly? How to dry the leaves properly? Where to get a stone grinder to grind them properly?
Thanks for you great videos! I am wondering if the subtitles for the few seconds in Chinese at the beginning are correct, I hear him talking about 美國 Měiguó = America?
My perception of tea and experience best way I can describe it - Black tea - a raging bull with the stillness of a praying mantis. Green tea - a sloth yet willing to get things done with a swift pace yet agile. Also almost like tiger hunting it's prey, where you don't know the effect is there until it wants it announce it's presence - simply put, green tea is subtle and sneaks up on you, not so much intense like a cup of coffee unless you drink coffee right after your green tea. White tea (haven't had it a while, so I do my best to describe it's flavor and effects) it's almost like angel tapping on your shoulder, saying things will be alright. Taste is creamy along with the sugar or honey you add to it. Never had oolong or red, not that I can remember.
Don't Miss Chapter 8! (Tea Industry Issues of Today): th-cam.com/video/oCBdlqJQE7A/w-d-xo.html Missed Chapters 1 through 6? They're all linked right here: Chapter 1: The 6 Major Tea Types and a World of Awesome Sub-Types: th-cam.com/video/lAYRZeDJ4Pc/w-d-xo.html Chapter 2 - Exploring the biology and cultivation of tea plants: th-cam.com/video/munJOh-19yk/w-d-xo.html Chapter 3 - Everything about tea processing: th-cam.com/video/LqDk2swTiB8/w-d-xo.html Chapter 4 - How to conduct a formal tea quality assessment th-cam.com/video/kiqsrAzgbZ8/w-d-xo.html Chapter 5 - How to make a good cup of tea and not make a bad cup of tea: th-cam.com/video/L_lhIDXjf4M/w-d-xo.html Chapter 6 - Health effects of tea (EPIC CHAPTER DON’T MISS IT): th-cam.com/video/n4YpGbSmaFE/w-d-xo.html
Wonderful video again! Me personally...I'd like to deep dive into the tea cultures of the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties. But I would also be interested in what China is doing...we don't get to hear the good things China is doing environmentally...unfortunately the media here focuses on the negative aspects of their society. As I have been learning Mandarin, I've come to discover China has many environmental innovations as of late....I would be curious to know how this is playing a part in the tea industry. And finally...as someone new to tea...Pu'er cakes are something I don't feel like I know enough about. What makes a tea/cake worth aging? What am I looking for? Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and all your hard work!
You got it! These are all very interesting topics - I'll start looking into them ASAP. I'm also curious about sustainability innovations in the Chinese tea world. Also, I would be happy to do a Puer cake/Puer aging video, that would be fun :)
I was a bit sad that you didn't mention the tea tradition in East Frisia in Germany, which has today the highest per capita tea consumption in the world, using tea from mainly the Assam region of India. In East Frisia, tea was used as the main beverage after working in the marshlands of Northern Germany to dig for clay. The women would make tea at 3 PM for the workers because the local ground water was bad without cooking it so instead of drinking beer like they would do in the rest of the country, they drank tea instead. Today the 2 main tea brands are Thiele and Bünting which still follow the tradition and both have their own never changing mixture of broken assam teas
I was hoping to hear more about other ways of drinking tea than the "modern chinese" I guess tradition that you talk about. From the way that brits/europeans drink tea with milk and sugar, to other maybe older traditions, like I think there are some central asian cultures where people make a tea drink which involves animal fat?.. Matcha also seems like a drastically different way of doing "green tea" than the full-leaf, no-crushing rules that you talk about. And is "Matcha latte" a complete profanation of the very concept of tea or no?
Small correction. The British Empire was the largest empire ever. But the Mongolian Empire was the largest contiguous empire ever. Sorry for being pedantic.
Why is there no mention of the British bringing opioids to china to weaken the empire so they can get their handa on tea for cheaper... "For the british mind the be sharpend by tea, the Chinese mind had to be dulled/ weakened by opioids. "... paraphrasing from the book "this is your mind on Plants,". Important history i think.
@@wumountaintea Well similar as with Camellia it depends on a huge amount of factors. But globally speaking. Moringa oleifera, Stevia rebaudiana, Taraxacum officinalis, (officinalis means medicinal properties in latin), Chamomilla recutita, Melissa officinalis, Ginkgo biloba, Panax Gingseng.. The list goes on and on. They all have their own unique medicinals effects and also flavoring. I shortly studied botanics and I have been a tea lover for a long time now. I knew about Chinese and Japanese tea culture and I’ve always been interested. Your videos gave me a more in depth look into that world. Very interesting. I would love with this message to show you a look into herbal teas. It’s not as organized. But worth it nevertheless. Peace my friend.
As much as I want to make some innocuous troll comment, I don't want the government in Chyna to give him a hard time in the future. Those slippery slopes, 😅.
Nice legend, but maybe far away from real history. Just wind blow few fresh leaves in a boiling watter...need cunami or huricane to rip off fresh green leaves ect
Well no, 200 BC to 200 AD the Greatest Empire was the Empire of Eurasian Steppes. Didn't you noticed 'chai' culture in modern Central Asia and Caucasus?
Someone give this man a huge budget and I guarantee he makes an all-time great tea documentary lol.
Thanks I was looking for this exact video!
10 years ago I planted four tea plants I bought from local nursery. I spent $25.00 for each one gallon plant. 1 out of 4 is growing healthy, the other three seems to be a different variety, but they all flower the same time around November (Zone 8b). In spring I make my Green tea and in late October I make the Oolong tea. I'm just a novice and thanks to your YouYube channel I'm inspired to experiment this coming years to come.
That's great! 😃🌱🍵 You could consider trying to clone the healthy plant since it seems well-adapted to your area. Also, a summertime black tea is a natural fit for your Spring Green Tea/Autumn Oolong Tea pattern (not sure if you have enough bud growth for another production batch in Summer). I help a few different growers/producers in the states in my free time, feel free to DM on insta with pictures of your crops or specific questions about growing/producing.
Keep on growing!
Dylan
I'm also in zone 8b (Oregon) and the Sochi variety does best for me!
I'm starting again, having moved last fall, and have seedlings from a friend who has 9 Sochi plants! The weather this year (2023) has been hard on her plants but we're hopeful!
I love Dylan's info and willing support!
Did you get the sochi cultivar from camellia forest nursery?@@1Lightdancer
A few years ago while in Hong Kong on a layover we stumbled upon a tea museum. It was magnificent. They had ancient pottery and displays of tea . They even had samples of different teas. This unexpected delight deepened my love of tea.
Would love to know more about the different tea countries and regions. How do they differ in style and taste, different techniques in growing and preparing, different tea cultures, etc
Hey! I would love to learn more about Middle East tea history and culture! Also since you are knowledgeable about Chinese tea history, I would love to learn more about that too!
Been a green tea drinker for 24 yrs now,, and thought I knew everything about tea,, but this was very informative. I enjoy the videos. Love the info on one of my favorites teas, Pu erh. Love Jiaogulan tea, white tea, , blue pea tea. Love them all. In 24 yrs I have not missed one single day without drinking my teas. And I'm almost 70 now...
Wow that's great!! 24 years and counting... 😃🌱🙏
I'm happy you've been enjoying the videos! There's plenty more interesting topics to cover in the Pu-erh world as well, so stay tuned for that :)
Thanks again for watching and commenting 😊🙏🍵 Looking forward to chatting more in the future.
- Dylan
I'm yet again blown away by your precise and well-organized presentation of the historical and cultural context of tea in this chapter. As an art historian specialized in EA Art i can only find this highly interesting as it resonates with the things i studied in university and also deepens my understanding too. I had a whole semester class about Tea and Tea Ceramics back then but it was mostly focused on Jthe apanese School so this video I will take as a complementary course to it haha. I also learned many new things like the fact that i never had heard about the Chajing before. So cool!! Thank you for sharing✨👏
Definitely the most interesting video I've seen in a while. Very grateful I've found your channel.
Thank you again for the content, I’m loving this series. You asked the question; what content would we like to see in the future? Two thoughts from me are: Growth of and unique tea culture in the United States. I first started drinking tea in the late 80’s & early 90’s. For a decade not much changed here, but recently there’s been a developing tea culture in the U.S. I’d love to hear your thoughts and see statistics about specialty tea consumption in the U.S. demographics, sales, tastes, trends and possible future. Second topic I’d like to hear more about is regional Chinese teas and deep dives into regional specific tea, production and history. Thanks again for your content.
Thanks Stephen! Both of those are really interesting sub-topics - I'll get started on doing some research and putting new content together exploring those aspects of tea. Specifically the second one - regional Chinese teas - is really cool. Theres a ton of little regional tea-producing areas within China with really cool site-specific tea types with unique production and history behind them. I've experienced them a lot personally in my travels there but I would love to capture these places in video and share them with more people. Thanks again for watching and reminding me that these are cool topics that I gotta start creating content about.
Cheers,
- Dylan
Yes, probably my personal top favorite topic out of the Masterclass! Great content, as always, my friend!
nice bro! glad you liked it 😃 I was a little nervous because you said you were looking forward to this one so I hope it lived up to expectations 🤙💚
@@wumountaintea Oh totally. Thanks for doing all the research! I'm a huge sucker for all kinds of lore so this was just amazing! Perhaps in the future, maybe some videos on lil local tea-folklore? I love those toooo
This is really fascinating.
Great work. Thank you.
Love the content. A history of Oolong would be great, seems to be a lot of conflicting information out there!
Thanks Tim! That's a great idea 🌱👌
Awesome video series!
Would be great to see similar format videos that deep dive into different types of teas: ie perhaps Chinese Red, Chinese Green, Chinese Oolong, Taiwanese Oolong, Japanese Green, Indian Black, Pu’er, and Chinese White as the most drunk / most talked about / most worth nerding out over categories
Excellent,,, I am addicted to ttea.. love it.
Man, if you want to really experience the beauty of the Tang Dynasty, check out their poetry (with a good cup of tea). Even the translated work is just above and beyond most poets at least for me. It's all about loving life and beauty and joy and I just can't think of a better way to get into poetry than that.
this was a great summary. for me its part of the experience to learn about these cultures and learn what led to these ceremonies. thanks for making these videos
Fabulous history
Thankyou
Thank you for that fascinating history lesson. I have a question and a comment.
The question: what English-language books or articles on tea's history would you recommend? Especially interested in the social history. (I am an academic, with access to a very good academic library, so academic articles or well-researched popular articles would both be good).
The comment: In reply to your final question, I would love to know more about the social history of tea in England (as a tea-drinking Brit) especially in the 18th Century. I would also love to know more about the social history of tea in China, for that matter - Tang, Song and Ming dynasties (and yes I'm aware that's quite a few centuries to cover!)
I just love this series!🥰
good tea is good 🍵
I'm absolutely loving this whole Masterclass series. Thank you - I've learned so much. This video was so interesting for so many reasons. Amazing history! I *think* the reason so many people drank ale or beer or gin in Europe at that time was that the water was bad for drinking straight. As for more videos: I'd love to know more about tea hardware and how that can contribute to enjoyment. I don't know anything about wine but do know different shaped glasses are used for different wines. What are the best cups or glasses for drinking tea - small, big, wide, narrow? And what about infusing tea? I use a small strainer; is a pot better? Why or why not?
I was in Northern Thailand last year and was super interested to learn about miang, which is basically camellia sinensis which is fermented for a couple months after steaming and then eaten! There are many ways to do it but a traditional way is with ginger, coconut, roasted peanuts, fried onion and palm sugar. Apparently it’s a super old dish which is several thousands of years old, and “eating tea” might be around as old if not older than “drinking tea” (there was a paper published around this).
I would also be super interested to know more avout what you think of northern thai tea culture, which being close to yunnan is also the birthplace of tea, and has its own tea history. In any case, thank you so much for this series!! It is super informative and well presented.
Keep drinking tea!!
Great video really enjoyed it!
Great!! Thanks for watching 😊🌱🍵
Fascinating
thanks for watching!
would be cool if you covered a little bit on the spread of bubble tea since it's so popular now
great videos!
And Another One! (DJ Khaled Voice) but really awesome content! Loving the info, getting my tea game right!
Thank you! Glad ya liked it... and I wonder how Khaled's tea game is... 🤔🤙🍵
Thank you so much for those videos! You convinced me to abandon coffee for tea 🍵 Would nie great to hear about the regional and national differences in the tea cultures of China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea. Looking forward to your new videos :)
Could you please enlighten us through your video about the history of Darjeeling Tea!
Middle Eastern tea history please!!
I would like a video that teaches how to grow and process matcha from home. So many questions. Where to find good seeds? Do I need Uji cultivars? How to maintain the plant properly? How to dry the leaves properly? Where to get a stone grinder to grind them properly?
Thanks for you great videos!
I am wondering if the subtitles for the few seconds in Chinese at the beginning are correct, I hear him talking about 美國 Měiguó = America?
My perception of tea and experience best way I can describe it -
Black tea - a raging bull with the stillness of a praying mantis.
Green tea - a sloth yet willing to get things done with a swift pace yet agile. Also almost like tiger hunting it's prey, where you don't know the effect is there until it wants it announce it's presence - simply put, green tea is subtle and sneaks up on you, not so much intense like a cup of coffee unless you drink coffee right after your green tea.
White tea (haven't had it a while, so I do my best to describe it's flavor and effects) it's almost like angel tapping on your shoulder, saying things will be alright. Taste is creamy along with the sugar or honey you add to it.
Never had oolong or red, not that I can remember.
Don't Miss Chapter 8! (Tea Industry Issues of Today): th-cam.com/video/oCBdlqJQE7A/w-d-xo.html
Missed Chapters 1 through 6? They're all linked right here:
Chapter 1: The 6 Major Tea Types and a World of Awesome Sub-Types:
th-cam.com/video/lAYRZeDJ4Pc/w-d-xo.html
Chapter 2 - Exploring the biology and cultivation of tea plants:
th-cam.com/video/munJOh-19yk/w-d-xo.html
Chapter 3 - Everything about tea processing:
th-cam.com/video/LqDk2swTiB8/w-d-xo.html
Chapter 4 - How to conduct a formal tea quality assessment
th-cam.com/video/kiqsrAzgbZ8/w-d-xo.html
Chapter 5 - How to make a good cup of tea and not make a bad cup of tea:
th-cam.com/video/L_lhIDXjf4M/w-d-xo.html
Chapter 6 - Health effects of tea (EPIC CHAPTER DON’T MISS IT):
th-cam.com/video/n4YpGbSmaFE/w-d-xo.html
Wonderful video again! Me personally...I'd like to deep dive into the tea cultures of the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties. But I would also be interested in what China is doing...we don't get to hear the good things China is doing environmentally...unfortunately the media here focuses on the negative aspects of their society. As I have been learning Mandarin, I've come to discover China has many environmental innovations as of late....I would be curious to know how this is playing a part in the tea industry. And finally...as someone new to tea...Pu'er cakes are something I don't feel like I know enough about. What makes a tea/cake worth aging? What am I looking for? Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and all your hard work!
You got it! These are all very interesting topics - I'll start looking into them ASAP. I'm also curious about sustainability innovations in the Chinese tea world. Also, I would be happy to do a Puer cake/Puer aging video, that would be fun :)
@@wumountaintea That would be so awesome!!!
I was a bit sad that you didn't mention the tea tradition in East Frisia in Germany, which has today the highest per capita tea consumption in the world, using tea from mainly the Assam region of India. In East Frisia, tea was used as the main beverage after working in the marshlands of Northern Germany to dig for clay. The women would make tea at 3 PM for the workers because the local ground water was bad without cooking it so instead of drinking beer like they would do in the rest of the country, they drank tea instead. Today the 2 main tea brands are Thiele and Bünting which still follow the tradition and both have their own never changing mixture of broken assam teas
Would loooooove a whole video dedicated to matcha
Sri Lanka we have. High quality tea
I was hoping to hear more about other ways of drinking tea than the "modern chinese" I guess tradition that you talk about. From the way that brits/europeans drink tea with milk and sugar, to other maybe older traditions, like I think there are some central asian cultures where people make a tea drink which involves animal fat?.. Matcha also seems like a drastically different way of doing "green tea" than the full-leaf, no-crushing rules that you talk about. And is "Matcha latte" a complete profanation of the very concept of tea or no?
Africa was introduced to tea by the ming dynasty trading with the Ajuran empire (Somalia)
Talk about Zen, tea ceremonies. Anything in that context. Btw don’t ask me how but tea helped me to stop the booze. Interesting
Such an odd thought to me at seeing someone “famous” drinking something unfamiliar and being like “oh I gotta get on that must be cool” lmao
Small correction. The British Empire was the largest empire ever. But the Mongolian Empire was the largest contiguous empire ever.
Sorry for being pedantic.
Great correction, thank you!! 🙌🍵
That’s a nice shirt
shirt
Frisians drink most tea in Europe I think. Small group at the NorthSea from Denmark to Netherlands
Why Camellia sinensis as opposed to any other tisane?
Why is there no mention of the British bringing opioids to china to weaken the empire so they can get their handa on tea for cheaper... "For the british mind the be sharpend by tea, the Chinese mind had to be dulled/ weakened by opioids. "... paraphrasing from the book "this is your mind on Plants,". Important history i think.
10:48 . very big claim...animal fat doesn't cause a heart attack.
He makes a couple of such grande claims.
“Chuck 2”
Are you also into drinking other plants than Camelia?
Not really! If I’m sick I’ll do a little ginger lemon honey tea. Any suggestions?
@@wumountaintea Well similar as with Camellia it depends on a huge amount of factors. But globally speaking. Moringa oleifera, Stevia rebaudiana, Taraxacum officinalis, (officinalis means medicinal properties in latin), Chamomilla recutita, Melissa officinalis, Ginkgo biloba, Panax Gingseng.. The list goes on and on. They all have their own unique medicinals effects and also flavoring. I shortly studied botanics and I have been a tea lover for a long time now. I knew about Chinese and Japanese tea culture and I’ve always been interested. Your videos gave me a more in depth look into that world. Very interesting. I would love with this message to show you a look into herbal teas. It’s not as organized. But worth it nevertheless. Peace my friend.
3:15
bruh
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@@wumountaintea 我們來創個虛擬幣，叫綠茶幣。
You forgot the exploding popularity of bubble tea. Not high grade tea but a tea product nevertheless.
As much as I want to make some innocuous troll comment, I don't want the government in Chyna to give him a hard time in the future. Those slippery slopes, 😅.
The Mongolian empire is *not* the largest human empire, the British empire was far larger, the Mongolian empire is the largest contiguous empire
Nice legend, but maybe far away from real history. Just wind blow few fresh leaves in a boiling watter...need cunami or huricane to rip off fresh green leaves ect
Well no, 200 BC to 200 AD the Greatest Empire was the Empire of Eurasian Steppes. Didn't you noticed 'chai' culture in modern Central Asia and Caucasus?
There was no such empire