1. Nomads to Conquerors
History Accounts
English - March 26, 2021 06:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHistory history war politics asia china Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Seemingly out of nowhere the small landlocked nation on the Eastern Asian Steppes, inhabited mostly by animal shepherds and nomads, challenged established Asian kingdoms and empires. Due primarily to the vision of one person, Genghis Khan. He would unite his people and create an empire over much of Asia. The Mongols sudden epic rise is only matched by their sudden epic decline. Beginning with this episode, the story is told of these nomads' rise to power and conquest over China.