In the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing...

In this episode we travel along the vast grassland corridor of the steppe, to hear one of the most remarkable and unlikely stories from medieval history – the story of the Mongol Empire. Find out how this group of nomadic horse riders united the peoples of the Mongolian steppe, and forged them into a truly unique kind of state. Discover how they conquered much of the lands of Eurasia, and brought the distant cultures of China, Persia, the Middle East and Europe into contact. And hear the story of how the world’s largest land empire finally came apart, and left the world as we know it in its wake.

On this episode we are joined by the virtuoso of Mongolian throat singing, Batzorig Vaanchig. You can find more of his music on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BatzorigVaanchig

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Chapter 1: Introduction

9:38 - Chapter 2: The Steppe

14:01 - Horses and the Proto-Indo-Europeans

22:32 - Scythians, Huns and the Xiongnu

30:00 - Life on the Mongolian Steppe

43:39 - Mongol Origin Myths

50:59 - Chapter 3: Temujin

1:21:13 - Temujin vs Jamuka: Battle of Dalan Baljut

1:32:58 - Who Were the Jurchen Jin?

1:42:05 - Tatars and Jamuka Defeated

1:54:05 - Chapter 4: Chinggis Khan

2:10:31 - Invasion of the Western Xia, 1209

2:18:20 - Chapter 5: China

2:24:04 - Invasion of Jin China, 1211

2:35:00 - Siege and Sack of Beijing

2:48:19 - Khwarazm and the Otrar Massacre

3:02:53 - Chapter 6: Persia

3:08:48 - Siege of Bukhara, 1220

3:19:54 - Samarqand and Nishapur

3:33:41 - Chapter 7: Succession

3:38:27 - Chinggis Khan's Sons

3:53:23 - Death and Burial of Chinggis Khan

4:02:39 - Chapter 8: Ogedei

4:19:54 - Chapter 9: Europe

4:29:23 - Sack of Kiev and the Battle of Mohi

4:41:48 - Death of Ogedei

5:01:43 - Chapter 10: Assassins

5:08:22 - Siege and Sack of Baghdad, 1258

5:19:20 - Chapter 11: Kublai

5:40:18 - Marco Polo and the Fall of the Song

5:53:37 - Why Did Kublai Fail in Vietnam and Japan?

6:03:20 - Chapter 12: The Fall

6:16:36 - End of the Khanates and the Mongol Legacy

6:27:15 - Why Did Europe Gain Most from the Mongols?

6:34:36 - Chapter 13: Ghosts of the Steppe

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SOURCES USED: https://www.patreon.com/posts/117294948

Title Theme: Home at Last by John Bartmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3_fjdUiamc

Voice Actors:

Michael Hajiantonis

Henry Stenhouse

Lachlan Lucas

Alexandra Boulton

Simon Jackson

Tom Marshall-Lee

Chris Harvey

Nick Denton

Amrit Sandhu

Matt Bidulph

Paul Casselle

Peter Walters

Garrett Caver

Sebastian Balzarolo

Readings in Arabic were performed by Oussama Taher

Readings in Chinese were by Richard Teng

Readings from the secret history of the Mongols in Mongolian were performed by Uiles

Sound design by Alexey Sibikin

Mongolian throat singing by Batzorig Vaanchig

Music by Kevin Macleod

CGI animation of the silver tree of Karakorum by Keith's Arowai: arowaikeiths@gmail.com

Genghis Khan family tree by Jeramy Smith of Arkane Labs

Map animations by Hussein Sheikh

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