You've Been Lied To About Genghis Khan
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Publicado 2023-12-02
Episode 2 of 'Blood — The Period(s) Of Conquerors: Genghis Khan'
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Notes:
If you follow my channel, you know I currently cover both history and mythology. With mythology, these videos are often a puzzle to piece together, because sources are scattered, and often unreliable. With history, this changes drastically: A lot of sources are ironclad. But... Genghis Khan is kind of the exception to the rule, because the man was notoriously private. That means we don't know much about his personal life, and we don't even really know what the man looks like. Due to that, many people default to Genghis Khan having dark hair and a dark beard, but most accounts of his depiction are very biased or flat out propaganda. The only non-biased piece of description of Genghis Khan's appearance that is unbiased and purely written for the sake of describing what he looks like to a messenger... that account actually states that Genghis Khan had red hair and green eyes. Thus, this is the look I went with for this video. Of course, this can not be confirmed, so you are free to draw your own conclusions. Also keep in mind that history is written by the winners, and rewritten by sore losers, so with a conqueror such as Genghis Khan was... a lot of the facts are forever lost to the time. And if you want to know more about Genghis Khan's mysterious grave, then let me know. Maybe we'll do a special. Maybe I'll even try to find it and take you on the journey with me... who knows.
Music:
- Zachariah Hickman - Argonne
- Wahneta Meixsell - Gymnopedie No. 3
- Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (by Beethoven)
- Cooper Cannell - Bach Cello Suite No. 1, G Major, Prelude
- Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Earnest by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Asher Fulero - Nocturne
- Asher Fulero - Ceremonial Library
- Asher Fulero - Surrender
- Doug Maxwell_Media Right Productions - Solo Cello Passion
- Esther Abrami - No.4 Piano Journey
- Esther Abrami - No.7 Alone With My Thoughts
- Esther Abrami - No.1 A Minor Waltz
- Josh Kirsch_Media Right Productions - It's Coming
- Esther Abrami - No.8 Requiem
- Wahneta Meixsell - Allemande
Todos los comentarios (21)
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Genghis Khan is an example, that anyone can become a demon in war, and this despite that fact, his one of the most progressive and benevolent ruler towards his people. Then again, the difference good is never clearcut black and white, good and evil depends on ones upbringing and beliefs.
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How is it possible that this video has 30m and I still consider it short? I could hear this man talk for hours. Another awesome video my brother. Keep it up.
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A maiden could walk from one end of his empire to the other, with a bowl of jewels in her hands, and go unmolested. An enemy could spit on his name, and their entire civilization would be gone by the next season.
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One of my favorite retelling of his invasion of Persia was a comparison to a boxing match between two new prodigies. Two growing empires, led by what was perceived as the two most prolific leaders and generals of their era, going head to head for the first time. And before the match, both sides are seen as having a chance of getting away with the W. Until the fight starts, and one fighter proves himself to be in a completely different category.
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genghis khan was only called red hair n green eyed in ONE account 200-300 years AFTER his death by some Persian historian yet was never mentioned in any of the offical mongol sources,chinese sources or india sources etc. most historian consider it unreliable.
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Evertime somebody says you've been lied to about some historical figure you know you are going to be lied to again...
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13th century Central Asia was a ethnically mixed place by this time period. So yeah. Mixed features gets the best of all worlds. The toughest place on Earth, requires the toughest people on Earth. What Temujin was saying it was the culture and life experience is what made his life, not his blood. And his people didn't bury their dead. They'll never find a grave.
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Great video! I’m a foreigner that’s been living in the Inner Mongolian grasslands for years doing Mongolian wrestling. All you said is spot on and a great job preserving it. Keep killing it ✊🏾🙏🏾
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Fun fact, there’s a good chance ghenghis khan is buried in this mountain in Mongolia but the people from Mongolia still respect him so much, that they made the maintain sacred and forbid people from visiting it
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Like the quality, attention to nuance and context as well as the smooth as glass delivery. You earned the sub. Keep up the great work!
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This was super super interesting. I love the take on world history as compared to mythology history and I would LOVE to see more videos like this. Keep up the great work!
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This channel is slowly becoming the highlight of my week
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Thanks, man! I've been eagerly awaiting this video.
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Another amazing video 💪🏽 always teaching us new things and giving great perspective
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I just found you last week on the Napoleon video! literally one of my fav creators right now!! Keep Killing it Briefed!! Much love from Australia!!
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I have introduced this channel to the people at home and it's a hit. we do story time differently now coz the movies be mis-representing a lot of these historical figures keep up the good work !! Much love from Malawi 😀
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The amount of care put into this is truly amazing. I appreciate your effort immensely
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- Oriental Thor! Ok on that one I did spit my drink on my keyboard. We are only 4 minutes into the video and I can't stop laughing.
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Mongol Empire be like: where the hell are we ? I don't know there's a village there
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I really do enjoy your work… I’m just starting to go thru the videos. You got the knowledge and you got the style… the panache. Thanks and keep on spreading the Grey Matter Power Juice👍🏻
