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why you title title is so shitty? It sais: "Mongolskie inwazje na Węgrzech i w Polsce DOKUMENTALNY" It should say: "Mongolskie inwazje na Węgry i w Polskę DOKUMENTALNY" or actually "Mongolskie najazdy na Węgry i w Polskę DOKUMENTALNY"
Who is Bogd khaan? The tibetian monk who was the leader in Mongolia till 1924? Hahaha... Guys, you should all read a little bit history books... This phrase belongs to Khubilai Khaan during his talks with Marco Polo. So because he ordered to reorganized the whole Imperial administrative system to collect taxes and control the empire. I think is not different today... Hehehe... With love from Mongolia... :))))
@AnOriginalName Han dynasty? HAHAHA... Chinese on the horse is like Americans on the elephant. Do not do jokes, my friend. Haha. History is exact, but the problem is everyone interprets it as they want...
@MoritzRill I will agree that it probably wouldn't have been worth it, with all the fortification of the western side and a mostly useless landscape for the Mongols. Lucky for Europeans, Khans dynasty was wrapping up right around the same time China introduced Europeans (and the world) to gunpowder. 😅
Gah, your videos are just so freaking good. Words fail me but your excellence seems to somehow get better and better and I have trouble telling everyone just how good your content is. You guys absoutely rule. Best history channel on KZclip. Hands down!
A pleasure to watch as usual, lovely animations and explanations, and a pleasure to play, we have fought in miniatures a few Bela IV's battles, Mongol and Hungarian armies are truly superb, even in 15mm!
When I visit my family in Poland I always go hiking in the carpathian mountains, it's cool knowing there where a bunch of mongols wandering around in the same area
Many would always group the Mongols as a single entity where they have a single political structure. But every time we learn how complex and fascinating Mongol history is thanks to you.
Fun but little known fact, that city that Batu founded and named Sarai would eventually be renamed Volgograd which played an integral part in one of the biggest wars we've known.
Dan Carlin's Wrath of the Khans is a great overview of the Mongols rise to power. It's what brought me here for a more visual overview. Although anything and everything from Hardcore History is worth checking out. Commuting anywhere has never been so enjoyable thanks to that podcast.
It’s fascinating that the Mongols nearly conquered the entire known world, but the medieval Europeans may not have known the extent or know where and what Asia is without maps (until Polo came about...)
The Hungarians learned from their mistakes in the first invasions. 1. The recuritment of more knights, as their heavy armor can shurg off attacks from Mongolian horse archer. 2. Hiring and training crossbowmen, since it is easier for peasants to learn and yet it has the capability to kill the Mongol light cavarly. 3. Constructing more stone fortifications to delay and to force the Mongols to suffer losses in sieges. Contrary to popular belief, the Mongols rarely encountered well fortified cities. When they did, the Mongols suffered greatly at the hands of the defenders. For example, the Mongols repeatedly failed to push through the Song defense of Southern China due to a pair of stone fortesses. It is only when the Mongols recurited Muslim engineers to construct counter-weight trebuchets did they breached the Song defense. 4. Creating new baronies, so that local nobles have the resources and rights to establish local militias. This is a key strategy, as unlike the "civilized militaries," the Mongols sole source of supplies are from raiding outlaying villages in small parties. Destroyed enough of these parties, the Mongols would lose too many men and would lack the supplies to maintain the invasion.
@RandySavage but Serbian knights won against tamerlane's mongol cavalry at the battle of Ankara, so obviously knights could beat Mongols, the problem was that they fell for feigned retreats
@Stephen Jenkins oh i see...coz u arent European its become out of point, i know everything about eastern European,, and Its save to said most of eastern European ppl are very proud to have mongol seed in their vein, even some of them still praise and pray for Gengis Khan nowdays. Some Elders even hope they were reborn fully have mongol DNA. So if u arent eastern European please don't talk rude of Mongol or Gengis Khan 🙏
The Mongols: Gotta go back home because our Khan died after destroying half of Europe with less than 50k troops Europeans centuries later: hAHa tHEy gOT dEaFeAteD wE WOn
@phillip williams Meanwhile European knights couldnt pass India. Also, they're just lucky. Imagine bragging about beating an army that was 6,000 km away from their homeland lol
@phillip williams Your people were already throughly conquered by the similar Huns centuries back and even through those post Roman conquered people via migrations to even UK
While there were several factors leading to the Mongol campaigns becoming less successful, the fact that Europeans had learned to fight the Mongols should not be underestimated.
Ladislav lV (Hungarian: lV Kun László) was the most interesting member of the Árpád dynasty. He was half Cuman ( Hungarian: Kun) therefore he was much more lax and easy going than his predecessors, he loved (Cuman) women and wine, but apparently never touched his wife Isabella from the Kingdom of Naples. Once he was imprisoned by the nobility to have sex with Isabella, but he still refused, saying she's too frigid and lacks passion. 😅 He was excommunicated several times by the pope because of his lifestyle and friendship with the Cumans. He prompted Simon Kézai to write the history of the Hungarian people (Gesta Hungarorum) where the Huns are being shown as the ancestors of the Hungarians. Both Kézai and the king believed that the Hungarians, Huns and Cumans are basically the same people (Cumans, contrary to other minorities, quickly adopted the Hungarian language and are speaking Hungarian to this day). Ladislav saw his Cuman brethren as 'true Hungarians' their lifestyle as, pure as that of the old Hungarians in Árpád's days. According to Kézai, Árpád, And therefore Ladislav himself is the direct descendent of Attila, the capital Buda is named after Attila's brother Bleda (still Buda in Hungarian literature), Attila's wife Ildikó was Hungarian according to Kézai (while in reality she was a Gepid, but the name Ildikó as well as Attila are still very popular among Hungarians). Although seen as an intelligent, but good-for-nothing drunkard, Ladislav won most of his battles. He defeat Premysl Otakar who was considered to be a military genius at the time and seperated Austria from Bohemia and granting it to a minor swiss nobleman called Rudolf von Habsburg. 😏 He drove back the Mongols and was pitted against the Cumans by the church, defeated them in the battle of Hód lake, but was quick to velcome them back once things have settled. At the end of his reign he had his royal guard composed of only Mongols and Cumans. (he banished the Hungarian nobility and clergy from his court...long story) In the end it was his beloved Cumans who murdered him while he was having sex with his Cuman concubine Édua. (Édua's brother later took revange on the assassins ).
Very nice episode, about a very interesting and complex period of time in Eastern Europe. One thing you did not mention however, which I personally consider very important and worth mentioning is that the bulgarian ruler Constantin Tikh, did not just suddenly die, he fell victim to the first and only succesfull peasent uprising in european feudal history. It was led by a man called Ivaylo, has was a very fascinating character said to have inspired many other later peasent uprisings and many other later historical figures such as Yan Hus and Joan of Arc. The conditions for this to happen were because Constantine Tikh did not always pay his tribute to Nogai, so the mongols would pillage the northern countryside of Bulgaria for years, without Constantine actually bothering to do anything about this. The bulgarian peasentry was expectedly furious, they were led by Ivaylo, in many battles against the mongols in which they succesfully defeated the armies of Nogai in three separate battles, making the mongols flee north of the danube. After this he rebels led by Ivaylo were able to confront the royal forces, still loyal to Constantine Tikh in a battle infront of the gates of Tarnovo (the bulgarian capital) in which it is said Ivaylo personally killed Constantine and became ruler of Bulgaria for three years. Ivaylo married Constantine's widow, niece of Michael VIII (she betrayed him because he was planning to remove her from power in Bulgaria) lvaylo defeated the byzantine armies led by Michael VIII, by ambushing two of his armies in the balkans passes and destroying them (de-javu) after that he succesfully waged more war against the Golden Horde for 3 years. Unfortunatelly he was betrayed by his own vasals who could never accept a peasent commoner as their tsar, so he fled to Nogai, where he weas eventually killed on the orders of Michael the 8th. (Michael's daugther is said to have instigated this since she was wife of Chaka). Thank you for reading. Keep making such wonderful material, you guys are the only youtube channel that I so gladly donate to, I wish I could give more. You deserve it. Respect from Bulgaria.
Boris One question, please. According to the facts, there were no Romanian, neither one person. Please tell me who they are? How can it be, you have lost your territories under the centuries? I know we stood face to face for "Erdőn túl" Erdély (Transylvania), but after this period what happened with you there?
There was a bit more on Ivaylo in the original script I sent them- but sadly it had to be cut for time. To discuss it properly would have been another 5 minutes at least onto this video, already very long as it was, and alot more animating it. Such cuts, sadly, always have to be made for videos on any topic.
I subscribed to the podcast a while back and I LOVE every episode released.. I listened to the latest 2 episode on the Mongols this morning... Can't wait for the next.
The original plan of Batu Khan and Subutai was exactly "keep conquering until see the Ocean", so if Ogedai Khan didn't die at that time, Batu and Subutai wouldn't stop invasion. In fact, when the Ogedai' death arrived the western expedition army, Batu had already prepared for battle of the siege of Vienna(to catch Bela IV).
Long A polish peasant farmer is digging in his field one day when he hits something with his shovel. Picking it up and dusting it off, he recognizes it as an old lamp. A genie pops out and offers him three wishes. The Pole thinks about his wishes for the entire day and finaly decides. "Genie", he says, "I want the Mongol hordes to sweep through Poland." The Genie snaps his fingers and a low rumbling sound of hoofbeats is heard. Over the horizon come the Mongol hordes which ride down and kill everything in their path. They wheel around and ride back out. The farmer picks himself up and asks for the same thing for his second wish. Again the Mongols ride in and destroy everything in their path. Whatever they didn't kill last time, they kill this time. Whatever they killed last time, they set on fire. They wheel around and ride back out. The Pole picks himself up and asks for the same thing for his third wish. This time the Mongols don't even bother to stop since there isn't anything left to destroy. The genie just can't stand it any more. "You could have had anything. ANYTHING!", the genie says. "Why did you waste your wishes on this?" The farmer replies, "In order for the Mongols to ride over Poland three times, they would have had to go through Russia six times."
Would be interesting to cover the wars between the US Gov and Native Americans. I know you covered individual natives but the wars in general would be fantastic.
Always love your videos about the mongols. I was hoping this video series would go further in-depth about the golden horse and it seems I’ll get my wish soon enough. Who needs game of thrones when you have history?
There are several mistakes. Nogai was killed by a Rus auxiliary, and the Seljuk sultan lived among the Mongols in Crimea for a while he didn’t immediately flee to Anatolia. TodeMongke was not killed as shown in this video. Bulgaria became a vassal state of the Mongol Empire in 1241-42 and remained so in the fourteenth century.
Hungary was somewhat lucky in this period. Throughout massive crises Hungary usually had very weak kings; Vladislaus II being an example, fucked up the Hungarian army and nobility pathing the way for Mohacs. Béla IV was a strong ruler, and if he wasn’t king at the time, and another weak ruler was in charge, I don’t think Hungary would’ve made it out of the 13th century. He’s got to be one of the greatest Hungarian rulers imo. Not many can take on the might of the mongols, lose and still maintain your prior territorial borders.
I have to thank you for the quality of videos that you produce. They answer a lot of my questions. Will you have any episodes to cover the following mongol campaigns? Mongol Conquest of the Korean Penisula Mongol invasion of Burma Thank you for your time.
My Lord, I am thoroughly exhausted following to the very end this professionally done and visually excellent video, not to mention its lucidly presented narration. Well done! The complexity of the many, continuous wars and generalships was truly fascinating.
He is known to have lost atleast 2 battles:one against the Volga bulgars after the great raid and another against a skilled Jin dynasty general who ambushed subutei and his army and is said to have eliminated most of subutei's army,Subutei was nearly dismissed by ogedei Khan because of this.
They need to make a series of the mongols especially subotai. I don’t think a movie only works unless it totally lays out who and what he did. I do like Genghis khan telling subotai he is wrong when asked “what’s best in life?” And then asks Conan. Underrated movie. Hopefully John Milnus gets a great movie made of screen play for Genghis Khan.
I am glad finally this series of video came out to literally document the history of Mongol invasion. "Scratch a Russian and you'll find a Tatar", but not in 95% of China population(the biggest ethnic group, Han). Long time Chinese were wronged to be Mongolian. However, same as what happened in Europe in 13th century, China(the Song Dynasty) was invaded by Mongol and was conquered, and people in Song Dynasty were officially treated to be the lowest class of the Mongol Empire. Main body of Chinese people were the exact victims of Mongol invasion. In Chinese Han ethnic group's tale, evil daemon comes from the north. In Korean tale, evil daemon comes from the west. In Europe tale, evil daemon might come from the east. All are telling the same thing.That was a miserable, horrible time. My family book told me that my ancestor and his brother were killed by Mongolian with four limbs cut. People can tell Chinese Han people are quite different from those north people who liked to invade other countries. Chinese people were lived on agriculture, raising plants, and lacking of horses and oxen. Chinese people used cities to defend themselves, because of lacking of horses, they did not have capability to move the army to Europe. By face appearance, Chinese Han people are more similar to Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese.
Interesting fact is that Mongols had two invasions on Serbia, and both were unsuccessful. It all started with smaller raids on frontiers, but soon after that Mongols sent stronger army which entered deeply into Serbian territory, but it was defeated. In that time Serbia was divided on two parts, ruled by brothers, kings Dragutin and Milutin from Nemanjić dynasty. Few years later Mongols raised army and sent it again on Serbia. Serbian army allowed them to enter into Serbia, and waited for the Mongols near town of Peć. Milutin and Dragutin made a decisive victory, repelling Mongols for the second time, and at the same time conquering some areas on north-northeast. King Milutin, in order to prevent potential new attacks, sent his son Stefan Uroš III as hostage to guarantee the peace.
Maybe You could make a docummentary about Feudal Partition of Poland (1138-1320, pol. Rozbicie Dzielnicowe). As this would explain why Poland had so much difficulty fighting against Mongols, and it set foundation for future conflicts in the region. And, ironically enough, it was made with good intentions that backfired terribly...
Please do more last stand battles like the croatian one. They are way more epic than these battles. Thermolylae although common must be the crown jewel of this channel.
Danzig wasn't in the HRE until the second partition of Poland in 1793. Was controlled by Polish nobility until 1308 the Teutonic order took it and lost it in 1466.
If anyone goes against him due to the Royal decrees 10 families of everyone related to the deserter/etc get executed North Korean Style. It's the Golden Mongol Tradition.
Great video ! Let me show something: Mongolian invasions of Hungary: 1241: victory (battle of mohi) 1285: not victory (draw) 1345: defeat --->TOTAL HUNGARIAN VICTORY ! In 1345 King Louis the Great sent baron Andrew Lackfi to invade the lands of the Golden Horde in retaliation for the Tatars' earlier plundering raids against Transylvania. On the days 2-5 february 1345 the hungarian army crushed the huge tatar army. TOTALLY ! It was the three days long battle,one of the biggest battle of middle ages. Thereafter the Golden Horde's control of the lands between the Eastern Carpathians and the Black Sea weakened. So the Hungarian Kingdom became great power. Please make a video about these events ! THX from Hungary !! Amazing work again !
Hi, i just finished watching Knightfall, i would be interested to find some nice documentaries on the templar history and the papal state :) Pretty much all of the big holy orders except for the hospitallers lack good documentaries on youtube :)
Chaka was the son of the Mongol leader Nogai Khan by a wife named Alaka. Sometime after 1285 Chaka married a daughter of George Terter I of Bulgaria, named Elena. In the late 1290s, Chaka supported his father Nogai in a war against the legitimate khan of the Golden Horde Toqta, but Toqta was victorious and defeated and killed Nogai in 1299. At about the same time Chaka had led his supporters into Bulgaria, intimidated the regency for Ivan II into fleeing the capital, and imposed himself as ruler in Tărnovo in 1299. It is not completely certain whether he reigned as Emperor of Bulgaria or simply acted as the overlord of his brother-in-law Theodore Svetoslav. He is accepted as a ruler of Bulgaria by Bulgarian historiography. Chaka did not long enjoy his new position of power, as the armies of Toqta followed him into Bulgaria and besieged Tărnovo. Theodore Svetoslav, who had been instrumental in assisting Chaka's seizure of power, organized a plot in which Chaka was deposed and strangled in prison in 1300. His head was sent to Toqta, which in turn secured Theodore Svetoslav's position as the new emperor of Bulgaria. It seems that Theodore Svetoslav's cooperation contributed to the withdrawal of Mongol interference in Bulgaria. copied from wikipedia
Very good! Pity you missed out the Battle of Torockó where the Mongols lost some 26,000 warriors. Oh, and let's not forget John of Carpini, who wrote of a place where the Mongols buried "those who died in Hungary, as many had died there." They never came back in any big way, either.
15:12 There's a mistake in the video. Sáros and Szepés should be flipped, for Sáros is in the east and Szepés (the largest castle in Central Europe) is in the west.
Graet video, as allways. And thanks for mentioning serbian king and his son. Aforementioned king was most capable medieval serbian ruler, creating vast state, that could last after his death.
@The Jackmeister: Mongol History I understand. I even believe that this community has strenght too post 100s of comments on subject that includes medieval relations of Croatia, Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria and Serbia, without globally notorious war in comment section.
If we had unlimited time and resources for these videos (and could them all 1 hour long) I would have loved to discuss more on Milutin the the Serbian expansion, as that does tie into Nogai's role in the region. But we always have to draw a line on how much information gets into one video.
Is there a similar channel that would basically add to this? I mean battles and generals are fine, but would love to learn in additon how the people lived in the Golden Horde during that time for example. Is there a channel like that? Thanks :)
My ancestors come from Prußia and are registered and known since 1268. Some still have the so called Prußian eye lid, which is an Asian inheritance. In my family we came to the conclusion that 800 years ago some family members had relations with a Mongol person. I should consider a DNA test to see if this is true.
When the video reached Byzantium, did anyone else sit at the edge of their seats going "please survive byzantium, please, please!", despite knowing how it all ended?
I feel a litteral satisfaction once I see notification from Kings n Generals.. Especially if it is Ottoman or Mongol series.. jesus keep up good work guys :D
the days I'm watching this Hungary and Poland jointly blocked the EU budget. It is astonishing how 800 years can pass and history can repeat itself in a way
Bizantine manual for invasions: 1.If you have chances: fight. 2.If you don't: pay tribute. 3.If they still invade you: "here, marry this princes. I have some to spare". 4.If even that doesn't work: get destroyed early, but then change dinasty, get reformed and regain your loses.
Mongols: Nothing can bear horse! Eastern Europe: And I counter with stone wall. Mongols: Bring ladders! Eastern Europe: "Builds bigger stone walls". Mongols :/
Hi from Mongolia My family clan serve Golden horde and Mongol empire and fighted Poland and hungray if they didnt support russians we can make good alliance. Long live old rivals and respected Poland u guys fight like wolfs today we talk ur fight how protect city and ur people ❤🇵🇱one day i will travel Warsaw city
Very nice video, THX!!! I have noticed small mistake, at 15m10s there is a map of Hungary and Saros and Szepes are mentioned but are market the other way around. Saros is east of Szepes.
Please make some videos on indian historical wars Like panipat 3rd Great mauryans Maratha empire Vijanagar empire Please it will be a honour for us Thank u
The Mongols had a great army and combat experience. They got everything they encountered on their way. Why, after several years of war with the Slavs, they stopped marching to Western Europe? Slavs were too demanding opponent? They had too much losses during the fights? There were internal conflicts in the Mongolian army because the gains were too small compared to the losses? How is it possible that the Slavs and Hungarians, despite having lost many battles, stopped the largest army in the world? This story should be told to the whole world! Bravo Slavs and Hungarians. A true stronghold of Europe until today!
whenever the mongols prepped to invade western europe their Khan would die, a pretty amazing stroke of luck tbh. the slavs and hungarians were defeated many times over & russia was conquered , it would've been easy for the mongols to pass through them into the west. It would've been an amazing fight if they had though, the holy roman empire vs mongol empire
Inertia and entropy. The Mongol war machine lost its steam long ago and was past its prime by then. Heavily relying on mercenary and locally recruited forces instead of Mongolians themselves. In the first raid Eastern Europe fought with the true Mongol army, composed by Mongolian horse archers and heavy lancers. Also, led by a very capable, genius commander Subutai. Second time around we fought a small chunk of the much weaker Golden Horde that had since declined in power and was no longer aiming for the same as the Mongolia of its forefathers. The command of the troops also rested in the hands of people of questionable skill. So, rather than saying we fought off the Mongols, it should be said we fought with an army of other people hired by the Mongols. And I'm glad it is so, for if they continued their conquests at the same rate as initially, I might not be here today to write this message.
I feel it's little inaccurate to call nogai, chagatai or ilkhanate mongols. While there were all descendents of Genghis, they all very quickly converted to Islam due to the fact that their peoples were mostly turkic. My reasoning is that Mongols were notorious for not taking part in religion, they were very tolerant and allowed their subjects to worship anything as long as they also prayed for the Khan's soul.
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@Tyrannosaurus Rex magyar
why you title title is so shitty?
It sais: "Mongolskie inwazje na Węgrzech i w Polsce DOKUMENTALNY"
It should say: "Mongolskie inwazje na Węgry i w Polskę DOKUMENTALNY" or actually "Mongolskie najazdy na Węgry i w Polskę DOKUMENTALNY"
Please enable Persian subtitles for all your work.
Thumb down for disrespectfull declination in titl's translation to Polish.
There shall be "na Węgry", not "na Węgrzech".
If you ever want to go down a rabbit hole of amazing history, look up the Benin Kingdom of Nigeria (not the benin country) Edo state to be specific.
Fun Fact: My hometown was burned by the mongols, and to this day it has never had the same population. It only became a city again in 1920.
tbf That doesn't really narrow it down.
😂😂😂
@alex lau If I were him, I would maybe. I heard Russians still despise Batu Khan, and Iraqis to Hulagu
Do you hate Mongol people?
@kweejibo dali yah it's awesome Europe can't take what it dishes out
“Its easy to take over the world on horse back,but it is hard to get off the horse and rule it”
-Bogd Khaan
@AnOriginalName Chinese ruled the world on horse back????
@Exalted Not only in Romania but especially in Ukraine - Bohdan and Poland- Bogdan
Who is Bogd khaan? The tibetian monk who was the leader in Mongolia till 1924? Hahaha... Guys, you should all read a little bit history books... This phrase belongs to Khubilai Khaan during his talks with Marco Polo. So because he ordered to reorganized the whole Imperial administrative system to collect taxes and control the empire. I think is not different today... Hehehe... With love from Mongolia... :))))
@AnOriginalName Han dynasty? HAHAHA... Chinese on the horse is like Americans on the elephant. Do not do jokes, my friend. Haha. History is exact, but the problem is everyone interprets it as they want...
The Mongols had a century of complete dominance before they were nerfed into the ground for breaking the game meta.
@Geordie Jones qing
The nomad class was just crazy op once they got the unified tribes update. And horse archers have been broken since early alpha
They peaked in high school
Just like any monarch type structure, just because you have brilliance don't mean your successors will
@MoritzRill I will agree that it probably wouldn't have been worth it, with all the fortification of the western side and a mostly useless landscape for the Mongols. Lucky for Europeans, Khans dynasty was wrapping up right around the same time China introduced Europeans (and the world) to gunpowder. 😅
Gah, your videos are just so freaking good. Words fail me but your excellence seems to somehow get better and better and I have trouble telling everyone just how good your content is. You guys absoutely rule. Best history channel on KZclip. Hands down!
Thanks!
A pleasure to watch as usual, lovely animations and explanations, and a pleasure to play, we have fought in miniatures a few Bela IV's battles, Mongol and Hungarian armies are truly superb, even in 15mm!
When I visit my family in Poland I always go hiking in the carpathian mountains, it's cool knowing there where a bunch of mongols wandering around in the same area
@ChillDude they didnt rule it because they ended up depopulating it.
@James Manuel you are a fan of subhumans?
@ChillDude with german help.
@Name the poles bytthurt
@James Manuel I guess someone personal ego is hurt.
Many would always group the Mongols as a single entity where they have a single political structure. But every time we learn how complex and fascinating Mongol history is thanks to you.
Fun but little known fact, that city that Batu founded and named Sarai would eventually be renamed Volgograd which played an integral part in one of the biggest wars we've known.
I would rather watch content like this 100 times over, rather than the crap YT tries to recommend to me on a daily basis! Well done!
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Min Tin I shall never care about Turkic history. Ever.
Less yelling about Rey certainly
Same here dude
Historical accurate town names of that time, finally, thank you and well done! Quality video as always.
Dude you guys can not imagine how happy I am to hear you guys have podcast. I have been looking for a decent one for ages!!
I cant describe how much i love this channel. You guys are simply amazing.
Fantastic stuff! So important to understand the politics and economics, not just the battles. Thanks for your amazing content
Dan Carlin's Wrath of the Khans is a great overview of the Mongols rise to power. It's what brought me here for a more visual overview.
Although anything and everything from Hardcore History is worth checking out. Commuting anywhere has never been so enjoyable thanks to that podcast.
It’s fascinating that the Mongols nearly conquered the entire known world, but the medieval Europeans may not have known the extent or know where and what Asia is without maps (until Polo came about...)
Marco Polo ? no way . He was 2nd in Far East . First maps has been done by Benedict Polak .
The Hungarians learned from their mistakes in the first invasions.
1. The recuritment of more knights, as their heavy armor can shurg off attacks from Mongolian horse archer.
2. Hiring and training crossbowmen, since it is easier for peasants to learn and yet it has the capability to kill the Mongol light cavarly.
3. Constructing more stone fortifications to delay and to force the Mongols to suffer losses in sieges. Contrary to popular belief, the Mongols rarely encountered well fortified cities. When they did, the Mongols suffered greatly at the hands of the defenders. For example, the Mongols repeatedly failed to push through the Song defense of Southern China due to a pair of stone fortesses. It is only when the Mongols recurited Muslim engineers to construct counter-weight trebuchets did they breached the Song defense.
4. Creating new baronies, so that local nobles have the resources and rights to establish local militias. This is a key strategy, as unlike the "civilized militaries," the Mongols sole source of supplies are from raiding outlaying villages in small parties. Destroyed enough of these parties, the Mongols would lose too many men and would lack the supplies to maintain the invasion.
@RandySavage but Serbian knights won against tamerlane's mongol cavalry at the battle of Ankara, so obviously knights could beat Mongols, the problem was that they fell for feigned retreats
@Stephen Jenkins i just said about eastern European not whole european 🙏
@Stephen Jenkins oh i see...coz u arent European its become out of point, i know everything about eastern European,, and Its save to said most of eastern European ppl are very proud to have mongol seed in their vein, even some of them still praise and pray for Gengis Khan nowdays. Some Elders even hope they were reborn fully have mongol DNA. So if u arent eastern European please don't talk rude of Mongol or Gengis Khan 🙏
@Baphomet 666 Uh, I ain't European, so I don't have it. Also, that's just a weird question. It feels insecure as hell.
@Stephen Jenkins so u don't proud to have mongolian seed in your blood?
The Mongols were so busy inner fighting, but when they got some leisure time, they invaded Europe
@JNI IGHI’m pretty sure Arabs and East Europe were much stronger than Germany and French at that time lol
The Mongols: Gotta go back home because our Khan died after destroying half of Europe with less than 50k troops
Europeans centuries later: hAHa tHEy gOT dEaFeAteD wE WOn
@phillip williams Meanwhile European knights couldnt pass India. Also, they're just lucky. Imagine bragging about beating an army that was 6,000 km away from their homeland lol
@JNI IGH Yes but their part descendants modern China could
@phillip williams Your people were already throughly conquered by the similar Huns centuries back and even through those post Roman conquered people via migrations to even UK
Nice job as always guys! Really interesting. Also works well together with the pod Wrath of the Khans by Dan Carlin, complement eachother well.
While there were several factors leading to the Mongol campaigns becoming less successful, the fact that Europeans had learned to fight the Mongols should not be underestimated.
@Purevjav Terbish that's not true, there have been many states more militarily powerful before and after the mongols
@Righteous1 I don't believe the Mongols could have conquered all of Europe, even at full power
@Baphomet 666 i wouldnt have been proud to have mongolian blood better neatherdal blood than mongolian blood
Ladislav lV (Hungarian: lV Kun László) was the most interesting member of the Árpád dynasty. He was half Cuman ( Hungarian: Kun) therefore he was much more lax and easy going than his predecessors, he loved (Cuman) women and wine, but apparently never touched his wife Isabella from the Kingdom of Naples. Once he was imprisoned by the nobility to have sex with Isabella, but he still refused, saying she's too frigid and lacks passion. 😅 He was excommunicated several times by the pope because of his lifestyle and friendship with the Cumans. He prompted Simon Kézai to write the history of the Hungarian people (Gesta Hungarorum) where the Huns are being shown as the ancestors of the Hungarians. Both Kézai and the king believed that the Hungarians, Huns and Cumans are basically the same people (Cumans, contrary to other minorities, quickly adopted the Hungarian language and are speaking Hungarian to this day). Ladislav saw his Cuman brethren as 'true Hungarians' their lifestyle as, pure as that of the old Hungarians in Árpád's days. According to Kézai, Árpád, And therefore Ladislav himself is the direct descendent of Attila, the capital Buda is named after Attila's brother Bleda (still Buda in Hungarian literature), Attila's wife Ildikó was Hungarian according to Kézai (while in reality she was a Gepid, but the name Ildikó as well as Attila are still very popular among Hungarians). Although seen as an intelligent, but good-for-nothing drunkard, Ladislav won most of his battles. He defeat Premysl Otakar who was considered to be a military genius at the time and seperated Austria from Bohemia and granting it to a minor swiss nobleman called Rudolf von Habsburg. 😏 He drove back the Mongols and was pitted against the Cumans by the church, defeated them in the battle of Hód lake, but was quick to velcome them back once things have settled. At the end of his reign he had his royal guard composed of only Mongols and Cumans. (he banished the Hungarian nobility and clergy from his court...long story) In the end it was his beloved Cumans who murdered him while he was having sex with his Cuman concubine Édua. (Édua's brother later took revange on the assassins ).
LMFAO the Nobels imprisoned him 🤡😭
Berk Are you still here expecting the world to believe everyone is secretly Turkic? Grow up, kid.
Min Tin I am a Cuman, a Sari Cuman
armalite I can confirm it. Be it Luka Modrich or not Luka Modrich, the meaning is the same.
@Richi R What?
Very nice episode, about a very interesting and complex period of time in Eastern Europe. One thing you did not mention however, which I personally consider very important and worth mentioning is that the bulgarian ruler Constantin Tikh, did not just suddenly die, he fell victim to the first and only succesfull peasent uprising in european feudal history. It was led by a man called Ivaylo, has was a very fascinating character said to have inspired many other later peasent uprisings and many other later historical figures such as Yan Hus and Joan of Arc. The conditions for this to happen were because Constantine Tikh did not always pay his tribute to Nogai, so the mongols would pillage the northern countryside of Bulgaria for years, without Constantine actually bothering to do anything about this. The bulgarian peasentry was expectedly furious, they were led by Ivaylo, in many battles against the mongols in which they succesfully defeated the armies of Nogai in three separate battles, making the mongols flee north of the danube. After this he rebels led by Ivaylo were able to confront the royal forces, still loyal to Constantine Tikh in a battle infront of the gates of Tarnovo (the bulgarian capital) in which it is said Ivaylo personally killed Constantine and became ruler of Bulgaria for three years. Ivaylo married Constantine's widow, niece of Michael VIII (she betrayed him because he was planning to remove her from power in Bulgaria) lvaylo defeated the byzantine armies led by Michael VIII, by ambushing two of his armies in the balkans passes and destroying them (de-javu) after that he succesfully waged more war against the Golden Horde for 3 years. Unfortunatelly he was betrayed by his own vasals who could never accept a peasent commoner as their tsar, so he fled to Nogai, where he weas eventually killed on the orders of Michael the 8th. (Michael's daugther is said to have instigated this since she was wife of Chaka). Thank you for reading. Keep making such wonderful material, you guys are the only youtube channel that I so gladly donate to, I wish I could give more. You deserve it. Respect from Bulgaria.
Boris One question, please. According to the facts, there were no Romanian, neither one person. Please tell me who they are? How can it be, you have lost your territories under the centuries? I know we stood face to face for "Erdőn túl" Erdély (Transylvania), but after this period what happened with you there?
There was a bit more on Ivaylo in the original script I sent them- but sadly it had to be cut for time. To discuss it properly would have been another 5 minutes at least onto this video, already very long as it was, and alot more animating it. Such cuts, sadly, always have to be made for videos on any topic.
If anyone is interested in reading more about this:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivaylo_of_Bulgaria
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uprising_of_Ivaylo
I subscribed to the podcast a while back and I LOVE every episode released.. I listened to the latest 2 episode on the Mongols this morning... Can't wait for the next.
The original plan of Batu Khan and Subutai was exactly "keep conquering until see the Ocean", so if Ogedai Khan didn't die at that time, Batu and Subutai wouldn't stop invasion. In fact, when the Ogedai' death arrived the western expedition army, Batu had already prepared for battle of the siege of Vienna(to catch Bela IV).
Long
A polish peasant farmer is digging in his field one day when he hits something with his shovel. Picking it up and dusting it off, he recognizes it as an old lamp. A genie pops out and offers him three wishes. The Pole thinks about his wishes for the entire day and finaly decides. "Genie", he says, "I want the Mongol hordes to sweep through Poland." The Genie snaps his fingers and a low rumbling sound of hoofbeats is heard. Over the horizon come the Mongol hordes which ride down and kill everything in their path. They wheel around and ride back out. The farmer picks himself up and asks for the same thing for his second wish. Again the Mongols ride in and destroy everything in their path. Whatever they didn't kill last time, they kill this time. Whatever they killed last time, they set on fire. They wheel around and ride back out. The Pole picks himself up and asks for the same thing for his third wish. This time the Mongols don't even bother to stop since there isn't anything left to destroy. The genie just can't stand it any more. "You could have had anything. ANYTHING!", the genie says. "Why did you waste your wishes on this?" The farmer replies, "In order for the Mongols to ride over Poland three times, they would have had to go through Russia six times."
@MixsyMouth
Nah, In 13th century Russia did not exist. Kievan Rus was something completely different and it was the vassal state to Mongolians
@M. Dud
Hahagaa
Lol
I am Polish, but damn, that is a good, but harsh joke ;) those Russians definitely did something bad to that Polish farmer.
@Tilen Stupar LOL me too.
Would be interesting to cover the wars between the US Gov and Native Americans. I know you covered individual natives but the wars in general would be fantastic.
Would love some videos on Polish battles and kings!
Always love your videos about the mongols. I was hoping this video series would go further in-depth about the golden horse and it seems I’ll get my wish soon enough.
Who needs game of thrones when you have history?
Podcast is awesome!! More on the Mongols, Tartars, and anything more on vercingetorix, post roman england, and Norman's from Rollo to Henry to Italy.
There are several mistakes. Nogai was killed by a Rus auxiliary, and the Seljuk sultan lived among the Mongols in Crimea for a while he didn’t immediately flee to Anatolia. TodeMongke was not killed as shown in this video. Bulgaria became a vassal state of the Mongol Empire in 1241-42 and remained so in the fourteenth century.
Hungary was somewhat lucky in this period.
Throughout massive crises Hungary usually had very weak kings; Vladislaus II being an example, fucked up the Hungarian army and nobility pathing the way for Mohacs.
Béla IV was a strong ruler, and if he wasn’t king at the time, and another weak ruler was in charge, I don’t think Hungary would’ve made it out of the 13th century. He’s got to be one of the greatest Hungarian rulers imo. Not many can take on the might of the mongols, lose and still maintain your prior territorial borders.
true, mongols did not succeed because horse archers are better than kngihts, it's that they're used with generals who know how to use them.
I have to thank you for the quality of videos that you produce. They answer a lot of my questions. Will you have any episodes to cover the following mongol campaigns?
Mongol Conquest of the Korean Penisula
Mongol invasion of Burma
Thank you for your time.
Love you Hungarians from Poland! Fighting together forever!
My Lord, I am thoroughly exhausted following to the very end this professionally done and visually excellent video, not to mention its lucidly presented narration. Well done! The complexity of the many, continuous wars and generalships was truly fascinating.
Nothing makes my day more than a kings and generals video
Great job K&G 👍 Thank you!
"Ladders helped the mongols to enter the city"
(they still are represented with their horses on the map)
@Horse Archer perhaps that same Veteran came to regret those words at the battle of Parwan
"the man who dismount is the dead one" some mongol veteran
@Kaiser Moneybags "Once mounted, always mounted" Does that same statement also count for woman or only Horses
@Santiago Acevedo Hernandez Gutierrez Sotto huns on foot? Nah
You take the gatehouse?
Subotai the greatest general ever. 200+ victories in different countries , some on the same day and Zero losses!
Subutai didn’t have 200 victories at all he had 65
He is known to have lost atleast 2 battles:one against the Volga bulgars after the great raid and another against a skilled Jin dynasty general who ambushed subutei and his army and is said to have eliminated most of subutei's army,Subutei was nearly dismissed by ogedei Khan because of this.
They need to make a series of the mongols especially subotai. I don’t think a movie only works unless it totally lays out who and what he did.
I do like Genghis khan telling subotai he is wrong when asked “what’s best in life?” And then asks Conan. Underrated movie. Hopefully John Milnus gets a great movie made of screen play for Genghis Khan.
I am glad finally this series of video came out to literally document the history of Mongol invasion.
"Scratch a Russian and you'll find a Tatar", but not in 95% of China population(the biggest ethnic group, Han). Long time Chinese were wronged to be Mongolian. However, same as what happened in Europe in 13th century, China(the Song Dynasty) was invaded by Mongol and was conquered, and people in Song Dynasty were officially treated to be the lowest class of the Mongol Empire. Main body of Chinese people were the exact victims of Mongol invasion. In Chinese Han ethnic group's tale, evil daemon comes from the north. In Korean tale, evil daemon comes from the west. In Europe tale, evil daemon might come from the east. All are telling the same thing.That was a miserable, horrible time. My family book told me that my ancestor and his brother were killed by Mongolian with four limbs cut.
People can tell Chinese Han people are quite different from those north people who liked to invade other countries. Chinese people were lived on agriculture, raising plants, and lacking of horses and oxen. Chinese people used cities to defend themselves, because of lacking of horses, they did not have capability to move the army to Europe. By face appearance, Chinese Han people are more similar to Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese.
Requesting for more Indian history. All stories are really informative and enjoyable.
I just want to say, huge amazing job to the animations and the map just looks so fucking amazing
Interesting fact is that Mongols had two invasions on Serbia, and both were unsuccessful. It all started with smaller raids on frontiers, but soon after that Mongols sent stronger army which entered deeply into Serbian territory, but it was defeated. In that time Serbia was divided on two parts, ruled by brothers, kings Dragutin and Milutin from Nemanjić dynasty. Few years later Mongols raised army and sent it again on Serbia. Serbian army allowed them to enter into Serbia, and waited for the Mongols near town of Peć. Milutin and Dragutin made a decisive victory, repelling Mongols for the second time, and at the same time conquering some areas on north-northeast. King Milutin, in order to prevent potential new attacks, sent his son Stefan Uroš III as hostage to guarantee the peace.
As a Mongolian, I deeply appreciate all your works. God bless yall! (Tngri)
christians ate people because of a hunger which Mongols never did
Can you make a video about the siege of Syracuse and the machines of Archimedes. That would be great!
It's crazy how much defeat Nogai gets in so little time, yet he still gets out on top... Until he overplayed his hand one time too much.
Maybe You could make a docummentary about Feudal Partition of Poland (1138-1320, pol. Rozbicie Dzielnicowe). As this would explain why Poland had so much difficulty fighting against Mongols, and it set foundation for future conflicts in the region.
And, ironically enough, it was made with good intentions that backfired terribly...
Please do more last stand battles like the croatian one. They are way more epic than these battles.
Thermolylae although common must be the crown jewel of this channel.
I’m here taking a break from Ghost of Tsushima and researching history about Mongolian invasions around the world
Danzig wasn't in the HRE until the second partition of Poland in 1793. Was controlled by Polish nobility until 1308 the Teutonic order took it and lost it in 1466.
@WitcherDAD Kossina was proven right in 2015, pole.
@W.W Szar stop spreading Gustav Kossina crap , we know our history very well . Celts and Saxo -Teutons were only visitors on the polish land .
@Cyrus in your fucking dreams , Kossina and Goebbels :D
@Piotr Michałowski Not always. This is a simple historical fact.
@hegoesindependent Yes, just like Saxons who settled on British isles. So your point is?
I love your videos. You are doing an amazing job
It is amazing to see a general lose battle after battle and not suffer descent in his army.
If anyone goes against him due to the Royal decrees 10 families of everyone related to the deserter/etc get executed North Korean Style. It's the Golden Mongol Tradition.
Great video !
Let me show something:
Mongolian invasions of Hungary:
1241: victory (battle of mohi)
1285: not victory (draw)
1345: defeat --->TOTAL HUNGARIAN VICTORY !
In 1345 King Louis the Great sent baron Andrew Lackfi to invade the lands of the Golden Horde in retaliation for the Tatars' earlier plundering raids against Transylvania.
On the days 2-5 february 1345 the hungarian army crushed the huge tatar army. TOTALLY ! It was the three days long battle,one of the biggest battle of middle ages.
Thereafter the Golden Horde's control of the lands between the Eastern Carpathians and the Black Sea weakened.
So the Hungarian Kingdom became great power.
Please make a video about these events !
THX from Hungary !! Amazing work again !
I,m old chap from Poland and just want to say Thank you. Never to old to learn.
This channel is awesome. Thank you for your work.
Thanks for watching!
The series The Golden Horde (2018) relates the story of Mongols and Russians, I recommend !
1 million subscribers, well deserved! Road to 10 million next =)
I`m not sure that crap deserve it
Using the Attila Total War theme is Badass! How they could have conquered the world
A nice video. Always wanted to know more about the Mongol invasions of Europe. My thanks to those who made this video a reality.
hilmi lubis---I like hearing about the Mongol invasions of wherever they invaded.
Hi, i just finished watching Knightfall, i would be interested to find some nice documentaries on the templar history and the papal state :) Pretty much all of the big holy orders except for the hospitallers lack good documentaries on youtube :)
Great video, as always! Though it's mildly unsettling that the trebuchet makes the mangonel sound :-D
Age of Empires 2 nerds unite!
I love the ''glass shattering sound'' on this channel when a military commander vanquishes his foes, it's so satisfying :P
acadianalien
Same lol
Could you cover the topic of the rapid growth of the lithuanian dutchy around the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries?
Great video. Nice to see a return to the Mongols
Chaka was the son of the Mongol leader Nogai Khan by a wife named Alaka. Sometime after 1285 Chaka married a daughter of George Terter I of Bulgaria, named Elena. In the late 1290s, Chaka supported his father Nogai in a war against the legitimate khan of the Golden Horde Toqta, but Toqta was victorious and defeated and killed Nogai in 1299.
At about the same time Chaka had led his supporters into Bulgaria, intimidated the regency for Ivan II into fleeing the capital, and imposed himself as ruler in Tărnovo in 1299. It is not completely certain whether he reigned as Emperor of Bulgaria or simply acted as the overlord of his brother-in-law Theodore Svetoslav. He is accepted as a ruler of Bulgaria by Bulgarian historiography.
Chaka did not long enjoy his new position of power, as the armies of Toqta followed him into Bulgaria and besieged Tărnovo. Theodore Svetoslav, who had been instrumental in assisting Chaka's seizure of power, organized a plot in which Chaka was deposed and strangled in prison in 1300. His head was sent to Toqta, which in turn secured Theodore Svetoslav's position as the new emperor of Bulgaria. It seems that Theodore Svetoslav's cooperation contributed to the withdrawal of Mongol interference in Bulgaria. copied from wikipedia
Very good! Pity you missed out the Battle of Torockó where the Mongols lost some 26,000 warriors. Oh, and let's not forget John of Carpini, who wrote of a place where the Mongols buried "those who died in Hungary, as many had died there." They never came back in any big way, either.
15:12 There's a mistake in the video. Sáros and Szepés should be flipped, for Sáros is in the east and Szepés (the largest castle in Central Europe) is in the west.
Graet video, as allways. And thanks for mentioning serbian king and his son. Aforementioned king was most capable medieval serbian ruler, creating vast state, that could last after his death.
@The Jackmeister: Mongol History I understand. I even believe that this community has strenght too post 100s of comments on subject that includes medieval relations of Croatia, Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria and Serbia, without globally notorious war in comment section.
If we had unlimited time and resources for these videos (and could them all 1 hour long) I would have loved to discuss more on Milutin the the Serbian expansion, as that does tie into Nogai's role in the region. But we always have to draw a line on how much information gets into one video.
Is there a similar channel that would basically add to this? I mean battles and generals are fine, but would love to learn in additon how the people lived in the Golden Horde during that time for example. Is there a channel like that? Thanks :)
My ancestors come from Prußia and are registered and known since 1268. Some still have the so called Prußian eye lid, which is an Asian inheritance. In my family we came to the conclusion that 800 years ago some family members had relations with a Mongol person. I should consider a DNA test to see if this is true.
"The Nogai never pays his debt!" Can someone please make a Game of Throne out of this?
N L Nogais a fookin legend
Had no clue you guys had a podcast! Subscribing & sharing with friends today.
i love your docymentary about alexander and his successors...can you do a story about battle of the hydaspes???
When the video reached Byzantium, did anyone else sit at the edge of their seats going "please survive byzantium, please, please!", despite knowing how it all ended?
cringe
Can Kings and Generals please do a video on the conquests of Nader Shah? Aka the second Alexander the Great.
I feel a litteral satisfaction once I see notification from Kings n Generals.. Especially if it is Ottoman or Mongol series.. jesus keep up good work guys :D
Haroldas Butkus it’s so well made series
Amazing! More Mongols
love how u use total war to help tell your stories
Alfie brings the scenes to life.
You guys are honestly the best. Much love
the days I'm watching this Hungary and Poland jointly blocked the EU budget. It is astonishing how 800 years can pass and history can repeat itself in a way
You guys had a motherfucking podcast this whole time!!! What the hell have I been doing with my life so excited to listen!!!!!! :D
Sáros and Szepés castles are exchanged on the map, Szepés should be west of Sáros (hungarian names to modern day Spiš and Šariš castles)
Hey, i have a video suggestion you should do. The Battle Of Silva Litana, which was the Boii fighting Rome.
Bizantine manual for invasions:
1.If you have chances: fight.
2.If you don't: pay tribute.
3.If they still invade you: "here, marry this princes. I have some to spare".
4.If even that doesn't work: get destroyed early, but then change dinasty, get reformed and regain your loses.
@Nikhil Iyengar *Eastern Roman
*Byzantine
Can you make a animated documentary on The battle that berke Khan's fought during his life?
Mongols: Nothing can bear horse!
Eastern Europe: And I counter with stone wall.
Mongols: Bring ladders!
Eastern Europe: "Builds bigger stone walls".
Mongols :/
The complexity of these wars is maddening... no wonder history is a mystery to most students...
This channel is pure gold SUBBED
Hi from Mongolia
My family clan serve Golden horde and Mongol empire and fighted Poland and hungray if they didnt support russians we can make good alliance. Long live old rivals and respected Poland u guys fight like wolfs today we talk ur fight how protect city and ur people ❤🇵🇱one day i will travel Warsaw city
Very nice video, THX!!! I have noticed small mistake, at 15m10s there is a map of Hungary and Saros and Szepes are mentioned but are market the other way around. Saros is east of Szepes.
Please make some videos on indian historical wars
Like
panipat 3rd
Great mauryans
Maratha empire
Vijanagar empire
Please it will be a honour for us
Thank u
The Mongols had a great army and combat experience. They got everything they encountered on their way. Why, after several years of war with the Slavs, they stopped marching to Western Europe? Slavs were too demanding opponent? They had too much losses during the fights? There were internal conflicts in the Mongolian army because the gains were too small compared to the losses? How is it possible that the Slavs and Hungarians, despite having lost many battles, stopped the largest army in the world? This story should be told to the whole world! Bravo Slavs and Hungarians. A true stronghold of Europe until today!
You managed to make Europeans heroes again. Congrats
Muslims stopped them by saif aldin qtz when they were expanding towards Egypt after mongols captured Levant region and Iraq
whenever the mongols prepped to invade western europe their Khan would die, a pretty amazing stroke of luck tbh. the slavs and hungarians were defeated many times over & russia was conquered , it would've been easy for the mongols to pass through them into the west. It would've been an amazing fight if they had though, the holy roman empire vs mongol empire
I'm sure the Slavs aren't to found of this Western Europe.
Inertia and entropy.
The Mongol war machine lost its steam long ago and was past its prime by then. Heavily relying on mercenary and locally recruited forces instead of Mongolians themselves.
In the first raid Eastern Europe fought with the true Mongol army, composed by Mongolian horse archers and heavy lancers. Also, led by a very capable, genius commander Subutai.
Second time around we fought a small chunk of the much weaker Golden Horde that had since declined in power and was no longer aiming for the same as the Mongolia of its forefathers.
The command of the troops also rested in the hands of people of questionable skill.
So, rather than saying we fought off the Mongols, it should be said we fought with an army of other people hired by the Mongols.
And I'm glad it is so, for if they continued their conquests at the same rate as initially, I might not be here today to write this message.
I feel it's little inaccurate to call nogai, chagatai or ilkhanate mongols. While there were all descendents of Genghis, they all very quickly converted to Islam due to the fact that their peoples were mostly turkic. My reasoning is that Mongols were notorious for not taking part in religion, they were very tolerant and allowed their subjects to worship anything as long as they also prayed for the Khan's soul.
Just saying for future videos could you also use a family tree because it’s kinda hard remembering the 100 other family members 😂
Excellent presentation. Thank you.
Respect to Nogai rival Ivaylo who ruled between 1277-1282 at Bulgaria and was executed by Nogai
(Golden Horde Attacking Hungary)
Hungary: Call an ambulance, call an ambulance!!! B U T N O T F O R M E !
finally something about Poland
I am so impressed over this content.
Fantastic as Always,thanks mate!
top class movie and story-telling. Kudos.