#chinggis khan

[secondwheel]

Chinggis Khan / Siege of Caffa in 1346–1347

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 61: Middle Ages and Much Earlier

If you could travel through time, but only to see something for research or fun, not to change anything, what would you pick? (Yes you may have a babel fish in your ear to translate).

Mastodon Migration

Triceratops Mating

A year with Dimetrodons

Saber-toothed Cat evolution and behavior

The fate of the Grunwald Swords

The last month of Chinggis Khan/Genghis Khan/Temüjin and funeral rites.

Athena Parthenos when it was new.

Canaanite Religious Traditions

Denisovan Folklore

The Ghana Empire (Ghana, Ghanata, or Wagadu) circa 800 CE

Sosso Kingdom circa 1200 CE

The Mali Empire circa 1300 CE

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[medievalistsnet]

The Secret History of the Mongols: The First Mongolian Chronicle

Explore The Secret History of the Mongols, the unique medieval chronicle that reveals how Chinggis Khan and his empire were remembered in their own words, blending poetry, genealogy, and history.

Read here

[fausticoautistico]

[crocus-offical]

Was at apwh review

“Something something—Genghis Khan.”

all the boys:

“CHINGGIS KHAN THE GOAT”

“CHINGGIS CHINGGIS”

“HE’S MY PRINCE”

[shu-of-the-wind]

help i can't stop laughing at this imagine being part of a 100,000 strong group of steppes warriors and you look at this european city you just conquered and go

poor vibes. we're out

[thejackmeister-mongolhistory]

For the next few weeks, I will post depictions, in chronological order, of all the rulers of the Mongol Empire from 1206-1388. Each will have their names in English, modern and traditional Mongolian scripts, as well as the temple names given to them during the Yuan Dynasty

First up is a man who needs no introduction— Chinggis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire. Born Temüjin son of Yisügei around 1162, after a youth of hardship, he solidified his rule over the people of the Mongolian plateau and established the Mongol Empire in 1206. From there he began a series of conquests that took him to North China, across Central Asia to the borders of India. His state had an immense transformative impact on the regions it conquered, and descent from him remained one of the premiere forms of legitimacy for rulers as late as the 18th-19th centuries in some areas.

While he had a number of wives, the most important was his yeke khatun Börte. His four sons with her —Jochi, Chagatai, Ögedei, and Tolui— each became important dynastic progenitors in their own right. The uncertain paternity of Jochi ultimately culminated in his third son, Ögedei, becoming his designated heir. Chinggis died while campaigning against the Tangut Kingdom in 1227, possibly from internal injuries after a fall from horseback, but due to his orders for secrecy, the precise reasons will never be known. He was buried in a secret grave on Mount Burkhan Khaldun in Mongolia, a practice most of his successors followed. His grandson Khubilai posthumously entitled him as Yuan Taizu, “Great Founder of the Yuan Dynasty.”

[studiotriggerfan397]

Fun Fact:

It turns out Genghis Khan, former Khagan of the Mongol Empire, may have done some good for the planet...

He did more to combat global warming than any of us ever will. Between 1162 and 1227, Genghis Khan and his Mongolian armies conquered around 22% of the Earth's surface, killing as many as 40 million people. But he also cut 700 million tons of carbon emissions while doing so. By lowering the population of the world by as much as 10%, he allowed huge portions of cultivated farmland to return to their natural forested state and absorb carbon from the atmosphere.