How Genghis Khan Built the Largest Empire in History

A fatherless boy, left to starve on the frozen steppe, would one day hold more of the world in his hand than any man before or since. Genghis Khan — The Making of a Conqueror Mongolia · 1162–1227 AD ⏳ CHAPTERS 0:00 Prologue — The Boy on the Cold Steppe 0:40 A Hard Country 1:45 The Poisoned Cup 2:48 Cast Out 3:53 Blood Between Brothers 5:04 The Wooden Collar 6:10 Börte 6:58 The Bride Stolen 7:46 Two Brothers, One Sky 8:59 A New Kind of Leader 9:45 One Banner Over the Steppe 10:32 The Storm Goes Out Into the World 11:44 What the Steppe Remembers 📚 SOURCES Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (2004); The Secret History of the Mongols (13th century) 🔔 Subscribe for slow, atmospheric journeys through the history of East Asia — Vietnam, China, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia. 📜 Sources & further reading listed above. This channel aims for historical accuracy; where records are uncertain, that is noted in the narration. 🎧 Best enjoyed with headphones, in the dark, as you drift to sleep. #history #asianhistory #sleephistory #mongoliahistory history, sleep history, history documentary, asian history, east asian history, ancient history, history bedtime story, relaxing history, history to fall asleep to, narrated history, genghis khan, mongol empire, temujin, mongolia history, steppe nomads, secret history of the mongols, medieval history