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“After he had plundered the Tang’ut people and, making Iluqu Burqan [the Tangut King] change his name to Sidurqu, had done away with him, and after having exterminated the Tang’ut people’s mothers and fathers down to the offspring of their offspring, maiming and taming, Chinggis Khan gave the following order: ‘While I take my meals you must talk about the killing and destruction of the Tang’ut and say, ‘Maimed and tamed, they are no more.’"

-The Secret History of the Mongols, de Rachewiltz translation, page 188, on the destruction of the Tangut Kingdom.

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Mongol Vanguard repulsed by Tangut at the battle at Kei Min, 1209.

A lot of fun to make this, but I spent an entire morning making it to use it for not even 10 second in my last video.

Speaking of which: my video on the Mongol Invasion of the Tangut Kingdom in 1209: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScgDJUf6GVA

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The Mongol Invasion of the Tangut Kingdom, April 1209-January 1210

Chinggis Khan’s first proper invasion of China. They grow up so fast! 

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Asia in 1206, on the Eve of the Mongol Conquests. My First attempt at making a map. Not elegant, but functional. Some states left out (Assam for example, but the Most significant of the period are present) and borders and scale are a bit wonky, and I don't know how easy it actually ist to read, but it's a useful guide none the less. The two Blue lines running through the map represent the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, while modern City and provincial names are present.