Genghis Khan — His Father Was Poisoned When He Was 9 And He Conquered Half The World By 40

He was born clutching a blood clot in his fist. His father was poisoned when he was nine. His family was abandoned by their tribe and left to survive alone on the Mongolian steppe. He was captured and enslaved as a teenager. By the time he died, Genghis Khan had conquered more territory than any person in the history of the world. The Mongol Empire he built covered 24 million square kilometres — nearly a quarter of the entire land surface of the earth. The campaigns that built it killed an estimated 40 million people —approximately 10 percent of the world's entire population at the time. In this episode of Atlas Dark we tell the full story of Genghis Khan — where he came from, how he rose from nothing, how he built the most devastating military machine the world had ever seen, and what the empire he created actually meant for the history of civilization. What this episode covers: - The childhood that forged Genghis Khan — abandonment, slavery, survival - How a boy with nothing built an army from the scattered tribes of the steppe - The military innovations that made the Mongol army unstoppable - The cities that fell and what happened to them - The 40 million — what that number actually means - The Pax Mongolica — the peace and trade that followed the destruction - The death of Genghis Khan — the mystery that endures - What the Mongol Empire left behind Subscribe to Atlas Dark for a new episode every day. Atlas Dark — The Stories The World Forgot To Tell You. #genghiskhan #mongolempire #darkhistory #atlasdark #documentary #historydocumentary #animateddocumentary #mongols #history #historyfacts #empireshistory #worldhistory #ancienthistory #conqueror #historychannel