The year is 1202, the dawn of a new century. Temujin Khan now rivals Jamukha in power. The future of the Mongols could fall to either of them... Support us on Patreon and get your name in the credits of an episode! patreon.com/extracredits

Aw man, you guys could have detailed the ending a bit more with Jamukha: How Temujin had Jamukha's betrayers executed for their lack of loyalty to their own leader. How Temujin wanted Jamukha back as a brother and offered amnesty. How Jamukha denied the olive branch and stated that "just like there is only one sun in the sky, there can be only one true Mongol lord." And then asked to be executed nobly; without blood, via breaking of his back. And how Temujin would bury his anda with honors and with the golden belt he gave to Jamukha as a symbol of brotherhood. That would have been an awesome and poignant way to end this episode.

This is certainly a different view of Genghis Khan, because this doesn't sound like the brutal barbarian conqueror Hollywood makes him out to be, but rather one of the greatest leaders in history

Redistributing wealth? No classes? People's Khanate of Mongolia

Temujin: "It's over Jamukha! I have the high ground!" Jamukha: "You underestimate my tribe and my aristocrats!"

you forgot one part, when Jamukah was being handed over by his followers, Temujin had them executed for disobedience to their master.

The most impressive thing for me in today's episode was how Temujin's reforms were very similar to how the Romans would organise their armies in the period of the Republic. Sharing loot, switching lines so that one line would not get too tired, integrating conquered peoples, allowing for commoners to rise through ranks. It is by no surprise that both systems functioned so well that they expanded into forming very large empires.

Germans: We invented Blitzkrieg Genghis Khan: I'm sueing you

"Patch notes: Mercy nerfed again."\ As a Mercy main, I am both laughing and crying at the same time.

After Temujin captured Jamukha, he killed his betrayers and asked for reviving their friendship. But Jamukha replied there can't be another king in Mongolia, as there can't be 2 suns in sky, and asked for death without blood. After his death, Temujin buried him as noble man with golden belt that they switched before. I think because Temuujin still respected and loved his friend, he offered forgiveness. But Jamukha declined and asked for death, because he felt the same way too. What a story of 2 bros!

You forgot at the end, wen they delivered Jamukha, Temüjin had the man that delivered him executed for betraying their liege. A strong message.

Ghengis Khan was pretty progressive for the time period.

"I am an important person let me through" "I think you're lying" *stab*

Ong Khan learned his lesson the hard way: you don't double-cross Temüjin Khan.

You were my brother Jamukha! I loved you!

Everybody know how it will end. Either Great Khan fleeing from new vegas or immortalized by suicidal attack on Hover Dam.

I'm an ancap now :)

Though Temujin has gained a historic reputation for brutality, it's nice to see somebody showcasing all the good things he did as a leader.

So... Which episode will you call "The Wrath of Khan"?

"Looting would then be done in an organized fashion." That's a sentence I never thought I'd hear.

Me, knowing full damn well all this stuff happened like 800 years ago and I fully now how its all going to end: oh boy I hope Timujin wins this time.

I'm a bit surprised that they didn't included more specifically what Temujin initially offered to Jamukha when he was captured, he offered him a place by his side. And Jamukha answered with, "What use is there in my becoming a companion to you? On the contrary, sworn brother, in the black night I would haunt your dreams, in the bright day I would trouble your heart. I would be the louse in your collar, I would become the splinter in your door-panel... as there was room for only one sun in the sky, there was room only for one Mongol lord." Thus the broken back. (Although I'm not so sure whether or not the source is accurate or not).

This was a Red Wedding attempt by the Khan, but it was not Robb Stark he was inviting.....

I'm convinced that Temüjin's life is actually an isekai reincarnation story, where Temüjin used the future/otherworldly knowledge from his past life to take advantage of the relatively primitive world he found himself reborn to.

When Jamukha was delivered to Temuujin, they drank until dawn talking and laughing not as enemies, but as good friends. And when the morning light came, Temuujin bestowed the most honorable death for nomads, which is killing without spilling blood.

Nicely covered! But some details left out in the telling: Temujin and Ong Khan had actually campaigned against the Naiman around 1199: the Naiman Khan had died and split his realm between his two sons, Tayang and Buiruk who began scheming against each other. Temujin and Ong Khan attacked Tayang, but an army from Buiruk then approached them. According to the Secret History of the Mongols, Jamuhka was present alongside Temujin and Ong Khan (the Secret History of the Mongols sometimes does whatever it wants with the chronology, so we don't know if Jamuhka was actually there or not) and convinced Ong Khan to abandon Temujin in the night. The Naiman army then followed Ong Khan, defeated him and began raiding Kereit territory, and it was up to Temujin to defeat the Naiams and reinstate Ong Khan's control over his own territory. After Ong Khan had betrayed Temujin, he allied with Jamuhka and they attacked Temujin. At the battle known as Qalqaljit Sands Temujin was defeated and someways, his followers dispersing and with a small band arrived at a Lake Baljuna. Here he made a vow with his followers to lead them to eventual victory, and they all drank from the waters of Baljuna. This became known as the Baljuna Covenant, which was quite famous to the Mongols but interestingly does not appear in the Secret History of the Mongols. It appears than Temujin's brother Khasar had betrayed him to join Ong Khan and Jamuhka (he wasn't so keen on the upending of steppe traditions possibly), but had had doubts about it and returned to Temujjin, leaving his family behind. To ensure his brother's loyalty, he forced Khasar to kill an envoy of Ong Khan, preventing him from rejoining the Kereit Khan. It should be noted that there were many other figures involved in the anti-Temujin coalition alongside Jamuhka and Ong Khan, which became problematic as they had different goals in mind, and lacked unity. Temujin used this to his advantage, as he knew this new alliance could not last long. He sent messages to a number of the leaders, reminding some like Ong Khan of past loyalties and issuing threats to others. This helped to disrupt an already shaky coalition, and by the end of the summer there were assassination attempts and betrayals, others deciding that they wanted to take the Kereit throne from the aging Ong Khan for themselves. Thus, by the time Temujin had regained his strength and forces and was ready to counterattack, Ong Khan had been isolated and was vulnerable. After Ong Khan's defeat the conspirators coalesced around Tayang Khan of the Naiman as noted in the video. However they suffered from disunity. Tayang Khan wanted to draw the Mongol further into Naiman territory in a sort of extended feigned retreat. He was unable to get his brother Buiruk to supply forces for this defence though, and his own wife/step-mother Gurbesu, his son Kuchlug and his leading generals all accused him of cowardice and wanted to attack Temujin head on, which Tayang agreed to reluctantly. According to the Secret History of the Mongols, Jamuhka then spends the early part of the battle frightening Tayang Khan with stories of the invincibility of Temujin's forces (I think he describes Khasar as being able to eat a man whole at one point) and then retreats with his men and leaves Tayang to die. Temujin of course wins and the remaining steppe resistance is slowly destroyed over the following years. While the Secret History of the Mongols says Temujin gave Jamuhka an bloodless death and says his spirit will look over Temujin's children and descendants, in the history of Rashid al-Din Temujin has Jamuhka slowly cut into pieces and screaming obscenities at him. Take your pick!

"a radical set of changes to a society that has hardly changed at all in a thousand years" sounds like it could be a Final Fantasy plot or something :3 afterthought: it probably has already, I haven't played them all, don't shoot me.

straight out of an anime: blood brothers now sworn enemies

A ruthless killer with a surprising amount of empathy...this series is truly fascinating.

This is how history class should be

Temüjin: "I want to eliminate lineages and kin loyalties." Also Temüjin: "I want my son to marry Ong Khan's daughter to secure my place as his heir based on marriage family ties."

ahh.. temujin and jamika.. i still remember when they both was a good friend who shared food and camp 2 episode ago

I've been watching these and then going into the living room to tell my family the story of Genghis Khan after each episode. I could just look up his whole biography now, but I think the cliff hangers make it more interesting. Thank you for such an educational and entertaining series!

The word of the day is "Radical".

“This raid would be different” I love that line

"Looting would be done in an organized fashion" I'm dead 😂

Okay, just to get this clear because I'm not sure I fully do... The Mongols were composed of different tribes, but they were all considered Mongols, the Tatars were another steppe people but weren't considered Mongol. Did they have their own tribe? Did they just get absorbed into the general Mongol population after this event?

Now I really REALLY wish that my AP World History class had actually taught me this. I could have learned about so many awesome people while I was in high school. The modern American school system really sucks :(

Genghis Khan a great leader a horrible enemy.

So Temujin Khan committed genocide against the Tatars and then against his own people to solidify his position as their leader and then he successfully defeated his last rivals for the rulership of the Mongols. This was foreshadowing what was to come with his reign as the Khan of all the Mongols.

so they basically did the equivalent of a 13th century drive by?

Temüjin will remember this

I think Ong Khan suffered the most pathetic death in history Guard: you’re an old man!” *stabs Ong Khan*

Literal goosebumps thinking about the scattered people converging into an unstoppable army at Temujin's call. How that must have felt to know they all believed.

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Nice going, Genghis.

A really interesting personality trait about Temujin that I wish was included was his unrelenting loyalty to Jamuka, even towards the end of Jamuka's life. He took the small group of Jamuka's men who turned him in and had them all executed. Temujin was definitely a dude that valued loyalty above all else, even to his enemies. He is truly a fascinating figure

The decimal system itself wasn't radical, it had been used by other groups before. What was, was that they mixed people in together not allowing folded in groups to stay together but mixing them in so that they couldn't break off and would slowly become loyal to him.

Temujin nearly got himself a red wedding.

*Nobody* loves the Tatars... *NOBODY* ! :'(

When you said: "He was to become the Khan of all mongols." I got goosebumps.

A note for people talking about "Communism" in the comments - Communist movements by definition originate from the working class, something that didn't actually exist prior to the Industrial Revolution. There have been a huge number of "social peasantry movements" in history, aiming for elimination of the ruling class and redistribution of wealth, land, etc, especially in Asia, but none of them were Communism until after Karl Marx. Now that we're hopefully on the same page, do continue.

Coming up: 40 million corpses

Damn temujin was quite a revolutionary man.........

It's wild that after everything he'd been through, Ong Khan died because some random guard didn't believe he was who he said he was and killed him on the spot.

3:44 just makes a FANTASTIC screen shot

xD goddammit Jeff stop nerfing mercy

Mercy got nerfed again. Ana is now the best healer

1:37 I tear up a bit

Thank you for putting this together. I appreciate the fresh, entertaining presentation of history.

did he just make the modern army organization?

This art style is probably my favorite art style on youtube

4 episodes in and I'm loving it. You've really done this great leader justice so far.

Awesome series! Never heard this full story before. Thanks for putting this together!

So he was a great leader for his people and he did what everyone else did in that time conquer others making a bettt society for his followers giving shelter to them who surrender

3:30 Khan you are a rockstar

The writing for this one was phenomenal! Well done.

Whoever works in in this channel are AMAZING at what they do. The writers make this history lesson sound like a story and the artists make lively pictures that look to have motion. These videos you make are awesome! Well done to everyone who helped make this. 😀

Temujin: "Burn the traditions, BURN THEM ALL!" and so all ancient Mongolian traditions were burnt.

I would love to see a series on the USSR! Seeing how you present the history would be amazing.

this series is getting more and more interesting!! please continue!!

Extra History has to be my favorite channel/sub channel on youtube, The videos are just so engaging, I really wish they'd shown you in High School alongside Crashcourse. Keep up the great work guys!

Temujin: Making a system where everyone helps each other and shares the wealth. Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin: *taking notes

“There was no SOCIAL CLASSES!” hmmmff commumist intensifiesss

so glad Genghis Khan was chosen for this series. You have no idea how helpful this is for my book :D

I love that this channel can have 3 very different groups of subscribers that can peacefully coexist.

KHAN Lunch is ready

I feel you left out a small bit that shows a big part of who he was at the end though. Jamukha's men delivered him to Temujin yes. But when they asked for a reward he had them brutally executed for betraying their master. Despite their master being his enemy, he valued loyalty so high as to kill even his enemies traitors.

Love it - delivery of the story

I can’t believe I’ve never heard this story before, the way you tell it has me hooked!

I don't understand something: how Ong-Khan became such an enemy to Temujin? from adoptive father to a trap layer? shouldn't Temujin accept his "father's" wishes, even if they were swayed by another? and why Jamuka didn't stand for Ong-Khan? if that other tribe didn't believe Ong, but did believe Jamuka, all he had to do is say "he's with me"...

Laughed so hard when the subtitles show “Timmikins” instead of “Temujin” 😂

Loved it

GOD DAMN THIS IS BETTER THAN ANY SERIES I EVER WATCHED!!!

But what about the Great Khans in Boulder City? They've got Private Ackerman and Private Gilbert held hostage.

Legend says you are never too early for an extra credit video

It's so amazing to see what fairness can achieve, what loyalty it can inspire.

This is an educational series, but I feel like in an epos. Holy cow, this is gripping as heck, same with the Sengoku videos. Keep it up!!!!!!

"Squads of ten, who were to live and fight together" Wait! so your saying Genghis Khan revived the old Roman contubernium!!???

Guys there is a slight difference between having a support system for your army and there family. and Completely disturbing wealth and having the government control business.

This is awesome! I learned sooooooo much from this video, I'm going to share this with my friends.

A beautiful piece of history. Once sworn brothers turned bitter enemies.

Temujin: *Yeeting traditional methods for more efficient ones since idk when*

Extra History do a series’s on the fall of the Roman Empire plz I like learning about that :P

This series rocks!!! Well done.

what a great story and the most interesting part isn't even the battle but the way he reorganized and restructured his tribe in such an genius way not many leaders have the brains to pull of such a feat

6:04 Ong Khan was preparing for a red wedding

*WE MUST SEIZE THE MEANS OF PILLAGING*

Those radical hat and sun glass look EPIC!

I love this one,it explores the less warlike part of Temujin and describes him as less of a bloodthirsty warlord but more as a wise leader,but still a warrior.