Who is Guyuk Khan?
You could be forgiven for not knowing the name of Guyuk Khan. Guyuk, as Great Khan of the Mongol Empire since 1246, makes a poor figure compared to the likes of his grandfather, Chinggis Khan, his father Ogedai, or cousins ...
Who led the army in the final war?
While Ogedai Khaan led his armies in the final war against the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, covered in our previous episode, this was far from the only theatre his forces operated in. As the conquest of northern China was completed, Chormaqun ...
Who led the Mongols to conquer Iran?
On the orders of his brother, Möngke Khaan, Hulegu leads another Mongol campaign into Western Asia, first completing the Mongol conquest of Iran by reducing the Nizari Ismaili State, better known as the Assassins
Education Podcasts
Mongol Invasions, Napoleonic Wars, Diadochi Wars, Rome and the Cold War. Every part of your life -the words you speak, the ideas you share- can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories? We’ll take you to the events, the times and the people that shaped our world. Hosted by David Schroder for Kings and Generals.
History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Chinggis Genetic Legacy
At the start of the twenty-first century, a study was released which brought the thirteenth century starkly into the present.
2.59. History of the Mongols: Franco-Mongol Alliance
The Mongols were famous for their ultimatums of destruction and submission. No shortage of thirteenth century states received demands for their unconditional surrender to the Great Khan granted divine mandate to rule by Eternal Blue Heaven.
2.58. History of the Mongols: Fall of the Ilkhanate
November, 1335. The Khan of the Ilkhanate, Abu Sa’id Bahadur, is dead. Allegedly poisoned by a spurned wife, Baghdad Khatun, his death was the unravelling of the Ilkhanate.
History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Religious Tolerance
One of the most enduring images of the Mongolian Empire is that it was a model of religious tolerance, one where each of the Khan’s subjects were free to worship as they pleased.
History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Islamization
The Mongols were known for unleashing a series of unrelenting horrors upon the Islamic world, from the catastrophic destruction of the Khwarezmian Empire under Chinggis Khan, to the sack of Baghdad under his grandson Hulegu, where the Caliph himself was killed on Mongol order.
