once Genghis Khan was made ruler of all
Mongols in 1206 the Mongolian Empire
quickly grew to become one of the
largest empires in the history of the
world hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring the rise dominance and fall of
this one time world empire using a
combination of manipulation and might
ganga Khan began as domination by
successfully uniting the one-time rival
tribes of Northeast Asia under his
leadership the Mongol Empire expanded
out of Mongolia and across Europe and
Asia by the time of Khan’s death in 1227
the Mongol Empire already ruled from the
Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea the
decades that followed saw the Mongol
Empire continue its growth through
invasions of neighboring lands with
Genghis Khan’s bloodline leading the way
at its peak this Empire ruled roughly
22% of Earth’s total land area the
spread of the Mongol Empire is said to
have been very organized and extremely
violent some claim that purges
population dropped from 2.5 million to
250,000 due to the destruction of major
cities by the Mongols a major tactic by
the Empire was to simply wipe out urban
populations that refused to surrender
because warfare was crucial to the
Mongol Empire boys began their military
life at age 15 each soldier was given
between four and seven horses and the
Mongols tailored their weapons to be
used with ease while riding however
beginning in 1271 the strong Empire
showed its first signs of trouble Kubla
Khan claimed control of the Mongol
Empire following the death of Monki Khan
despite protests from his own brother
the two engaged in civil war ultimately
leading to the end of unity within the
Mongol Empire
Kubla Khan turned his focus to China he
named himself the Emperor of China and
began the Yuan Dynasty by the time he
died the Mongol Empire had split into
four in the years that followed his
successors eventually lost all influence
over Mongol lands the Mongol Empire is
credited with the creation of a writing
system that is still used today in
Mongolia other long-term impacts of the
Empire include the unit
occasion of large parts of Russia and
China today these areas remain unified
under different rulership the Mongols
mail system referred to as the yam by
scholars was particularly ingenious to
ensure the speediest delivery a
messenger would travel 25 miles where he
would either receive a rested horse or
pass the mail to a new messenger the
same system would be replicated as the
Pony Express centuries later in the
United States within one century the
Mongol Empire grew from a small
territory to become one of history’s
greatest empires because of this the man
who started at all Genghis Khan is
considered by most as the founding
father of Mongolia
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Mongols in 1206 the Mongolian Empire
quickly grew to become one of the
largest empires in the history of the
world hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring the rise dominance and fall of
this one time world empire using a
combination of manipulation and might
ganga Khan began as domination by
successfully uniting the one-time rival
tribes of Northeast Asia under his
leadership the Mongol Empire expanded
out of Mongolia and across Europe and
Asia by the time of Khan’s death in 1227
the Mongol Empire already ruled from the
Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea the
decades that followed saw the Mongol
Empire continue its growth through
invasions of neighboring lands with
Genghis Khan’s bloodline leading the way
at its peak this Empire ruled roughly
22% of Earth’s total land area the
spread of the Mongol Empire is said to
have been very organized and extremely
violent some claim that purges
population dropped from 2.5 million to
250,000 due to the destruction of major
cities by the Mongols a major tactic by
the Empire was to simply wipe out urban
populations that refused to surrender
because warfare was crucial to the
Mongol Empire boys began their military
life at age 15 each soldier was given
between four and seven horses and the
Mongols tailored their weapons to be
used with ease while riding however
beginning in 1271 the strong Empire
showed its first signs of trouble Kubla
Khan claimed control of the Mongol
Empire following the death of Monki Khan
despite protests from his own brother
the two engaged in civil war ultimately
leading to the end of unity within the
Mongol Empire
Kubla Khan turned his focus to China he
named himself the Emperor of China and
began the Yuan Dynasty by the time he
died the Mongol Empire had split into
four in the years that followed his
successors eventually lost all influence
over Mongol lands the Mongol Empire is
credited with the creation of a writing
system that is still used today in
Mongolia other long-term impacts of the
Empire include the unit
occasion of large parts of Russia and
China today these areas remain unified
under different rulership the Mongols
mail system referred to as the yam by
scholars was particularly ingenious to
ensure the speediest delivery a
messenger would travel 25 miles where he
would either receive a rested horse or
pass the mail to a new messenger the
same system would be replicated as the
Pony Express centuries later in the
United States within one century the
Mongol Empire grew from a small
territory to become one of history’s
greatest empires because of this the man
who started at all Genghis Khan is
considered by most as the founding
father of Mongolia
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