The Big History of Civilizations
Season 1
Ep 26. Legacy of the Mongols
- TV-PG
- December 9, 2016
- 29 min
In the early 13th century, Mongol horsemen swept out of their homeland in the steppes to conquer the known world, and they would go on to create the largest contiguous empire the world has ever seen. Enter Mongol culture and look at the violent conquests that led to a little-known Pax Mongolia before the Mongols returned to obscurity.