The Mongols at their height under Genghis Khan, had a maximum of 100,000 to 130,000 Mongolian men, and you can add a few more thousand for captured enemy slaves such as engineers, workers and labourers and soldiers from other nomadic peoples. Every male member of the Mongol society was meant to be a warrior. He was also meant to have at least 4 horses. Genghis Khan organised the Mongols according to the decimal system. Out of every 10 men in the Mongol army, 6 were horse archers and 4 were heavy lancers. At their height, The Mongols dominated China, the Middle East, large portions of Russia, and most of Eastern Europe and almost all of Asia with the exception of India, and Indo-China. If the Mongols had however, decided to extend beyond Eastern Europe, there wasn't a single power in Europe strong enough to repulse them.
@@acikbufe Nope. mNo idea where you people get this idea from. I'm a Fucking Mongolian and I know that's a whole lots of bull crap. There were several Turkic tribes in Mongolian steppes around that time, but they were never the main forces of Mongolian army. Thats far from the truth. But likes of you wouldn't know the difference between Mongolian and Turk. So double check your fact before you pretend to know someone else's history
Saksham Pandey plus the people they did kill was because they wouldn’t surrender and be loyal to Genghis Khan. If they’ve would surrendered and join them they would’ve lived. But he did do some fucked up shit can’t deny that.
Thanks for the reaction guys. As usual, quality content. They used some footage of “Genghis Khan” movie from years back and the music video was not as good, though the music still in the good shape. I think they were too busy with their Europe tour and they gonna be touring in the US pretty soon. Let our dude listen to the Wolf Totem in 4K, +volumes high up cuz thats “the shit”. Would be cool as a video too 🔥
First time coming across this channel and the way u described the mongols and stuff was cool and very respectful. I’m Mongolian and this was a great reaction! 👍🤘
They will be in Florida this month and i bought tickets i cannot wait. folk metal throat singing is pretty awesome! And i am a black American woman. they have really crossed over!!very proud of them. Wolf totem and yuve yuve are still my favorites.
Contrary to common belief, Temujin was a pretty benevolent and merciful ruler. Much like all of eastern Asians they do not take disrespect very well, especially by rejecting hospitality. Temujin was very forward thinking in terms of economy and political systems. He tried to establish trade partnerships with borderings kingdoms many and often. It was only when his emissaries were killed or treated poorly did he exterminate an entire population. He practiced freedom of religion, one of the first leaders to base his military system off of meritocracy instead of familial lineage, meaning you can be born from slaves from a completely foreign nation but rise to the rank of general through tactical aptitude or pure fighting ability. Much like our military here in the US. Except Temujin had this idea over a thousand years ago. Way ahead of his time in that respect, and many others. He held values such as valor and loyalty above all else though. Granting amnesty to many opposing commanders and soldiers who exhibited martial prowess. Subjugating kingdoms that didn’t resist without any bloodshed. When he took offense, that was the equivalent to summoning the devil and his armies. He brutalized entire cities in Russia, during the Siberian winters mind you. A feat that has never been replicated to this day. Not even the Nazis couldn’t accomplish that. He paraded around the decimated cities with their decapitated nobles heads. He would lay nobles on a wooden platform, lay another wooden platform on top of the said nobles and dine on top of them with his generals as company, crushing and suffocating the prisoners to death. He also boiled people alive for fear tactics during sieges. Was one of the first to use biochemical warfare, by launching corpses into fortified cities which also doubled as psychological warfare. To name his military accomplishments would be exhausting but to be fair, a lot of them include achievements by his generals. Another testament to his great military doctrine. Without his meritocracy system, I wouldn’t have such a long comment to write. He conquered five times the area that Alexander the Great conquered. And a vast majority of his battles, his enemy had the superior numbers. He won through sheer military tactics and the overpowered cavalry archers. A steppe nomad was born on a saddle. They slept, ate, and pooped on horseback. It was said they could accurately shoot a target at 300 meters on horseback. So not only did his horse archers have superior accuracy, they were all better riders. Another advantage the mongol horse archers had was their weaponry. The composite bow was superior in range and accuracy, compared to the rest of the world. And compact enough to use on horseback. If the opposing army had limited cavalry, the casualty rates were extremely lopsided. Though the majority of the Mongol contingency in their army’s were horse archers, a third of it was heavy cavalry, meaning the Eastern European knights stood very little chance. The Mongolian retinue we’re sort of the “special forces” but the majority of their conquering forces were foreign militia of their subjugated kingdoms. Especially during sieges.
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Great reaction!!! Loved it! Lol and you were very knowledgeable on the Huns. They were the best in horsemanship and archery as well. And the Romans were concerned about them. Loved the reaction and The Hu!
Huns and Mongolians are two totally different things, Romans never encountered the Golden Hords ;) Gengis Khan born 600 years after the Huns invasions of Attila , and he conquered the biggest empire that have ever existed. Also nothing sure about the fact that Huns came from Mongolia actually
@@jojkoon That's my point, actual no proof that Huns were ancestors of Mongols, they can also have been kind of early turkish nomads. Plus it doesn't change the fact that mongolians hords as they are depicted by The Hu are about the late 12th century ones.
The Hu is amazing, somebody posted few days ago 900 years ago "Mongols are coming.... NOOOOO" 2019 "Mongols are coming... HELL YEAH" :D I d recommend Iced Earth - Dantes Inferno (live with Matt Barlow) Manowar - Achilles Agony And Exctasy In Eight Parts
Who would win a battle between the Vikings and the Mongols? Interesting question, but in my opinion, it's an easy question. Both fought fearlessly, both like to cheat, both learn from their enemies. The Vinings was larger, but the Mongols had better range weapons, better discipline, better cavalry, and better organization. IMHO the Vikings would lose, even if they were not outnumbered, and they would have been. There has been no army more superior to anything else in their time than the Mongols and it was Djigis Khan who united the many local tribes and created this unstoppable force. Oh, and I come from the land of the Vikings!
It's not so simple. The location of the battle is key. Place the Vikings in the middle of the steppe... the Mongols will win. But... put Mongols in the middle of a rocky, steep fjord... a different perspective ;) You have to remember that each nation developed a fighting style appropriate to the terrain in which they had to fight. That is why "Vikings" moved mainly by boats. It was faster than on foot ;) It gave them a significant advantage, because they could hit quickly and by surprise, at a selected point. The Mongols were actually doing the same... only on horseback ;)
@@wilkfenris That's true, but also keep in mind that the mongol army had experience in almost every type of terrain since they conquered a fifth of the world. The mongols would be much more adaptable than the vikings. Not to mention the fact that they were hundreds of years apart, so mongols obviously had access to more technology, better equipment, etc.
@@wilkfenris Mongols and Huns (ancestors of Mongols) were land warriors. I accept Mongols would lose in maritime war, but Mongols invaded Tibetans and further marched over Himalaya and conquered and ruled India for centuries. I never heard any other warriors made war in Hymalaya, except some small border mishups these days between India and Pakistan. Another advantage of Mongols was fatality of their archery was 200-300 meters which was never beaten in the Medieval age and also allowed them greater maneuver to fight in many fronts from different directions.
This is semantics but we don’t pronounce it differently- it’s always been Chinggis. For some reason western history books have it as genghis. I remember reading it in my elementary history book and kept arguing with my teacher 😆
Mongolai is very beautiful landscape country. Mongolai is located in the central asia and between Russai and China and very peaceful country. Chinggis is ocean in English. Chinggis khaan Chinggis has established the beggest and beggest empire on the earth and he could established this great empire within 25 years and the territories in Euroasia are 2.5 times bigger than Roman empire and Great Britain empire and this great empire has paved the mordern world and Mongolain empire was existed from the beginning of 13th centure to the end of 14th centure and this time of Mongolain empires have been described as the "PAX MONGOLICA" or Peace of Mongolia by the internatoinal historians, because Mongolain great khaans have vanished the bride kidnapping, teen age girls trafficking as of bride and teen age girls are forced to marriage and silk road was being more safe no robbers and stopped wars between religions and distroyed completely the Islamic assassins (Old man of the Maintain) . Why is the Mongolain woman's social rank was very high during that time and it is still exist now. Of course, at the beginning of Mongolain conquering, a lot of brutality was done because other nations made him angry so that he started his conquering but mean thing is: Mongolain never did conquest for slavary and wealths and for exmple, Mongolain army has defeated the European united army in 1241 on the Legnica steppes of Poland and there were no forces to fight against the Mongolia in the earth and whole europe was no protection but Batu Khaan did not want go more into the Europe because he needed to go for prosecuting from Hungarians. They has killed ambassador of Mongol empire
He let a lot of them rule themselves which is why it worked. Their videos are all cool. They are the coolest band on the planet and they are great live too. You should check out their other videos they are great too.
The mongols were the first to use bows on horseback. They would let the enemy chase them then they would shoot arrows backwards as the ride away. Nobody fought like that back then. They are basically what the dothraki were based on in game of thrones.
They are the best thing to happen to music especially metal in decades and this is just their first album. FYI Genghis conquered more area than any other person ever, an area one and a half times the size of the United States.
Fun fact:the thing that sounds like wind in the background starting at 8:26 is actually part of the throat singing. It is a sound produced simultaneously with the deep tone
It’s SAD that historically you’re wrong. He had exceptional warfare strategic intelligence. He killed 40 million during his historical conquest. His name was Temujin and Chengiss Khan was a title. His sons later continued the dynasty... they also took the Khan title. If you get an opportunity look up Khan Academy and This awesome but ruthless conquerer. This comment probably is annoying but as an Indigenous Native American Indian, I do significant research on correct history.
Think about it, The Chinese Built one of the greatest wonders of the world "The Great wall" to keep these guys out. The WU rock! I am from Scandinavian heritage and a Military Man and in most instances Cavalry will always triumph over infantry, it is proven in history.
The great also comes from him unifying the Mongols and implementing legal and political reforms. The legal system he established may have been quite brutal but it funktioned well iirc
Well was going to be good for my yoga...and then my inner chakra got all wound up fabulous song! great review. Avi kaplan 'change on the rise' is a kinda rousing song! Genghis had a lot of energy did you know he had over 500 wives!
Wives, concubines...he took at least one woman from each of the conquered tribes/vilages/settlements, his DNA is in aprox 16 million living men to day (so google says on the updated info) Thats 0.5 percent of the worlds population not bad going seen as he was riding that horse harsh can not have been good for his bits.
The horse fiddle instrument is called Morin khuur...guitar instrument is called a tovshuur a Mongolian traditional guitar...singing style is called karkyraa and khoomei (mongolian throat singing) the Hu are new created genre called Hunnu rock in mongolia... HU (person) HUmun (child) HUuhen (woman) HUu (boy).....the HU MEANS HUMAN.....
I maybe do not know anything much about history in detail, in my opinion he is one true man forced whole world to below his feet with just his will power and that is Chinggis Khaan. And he is true epitome of meaning the word Khaan, he is my ideology. Still if he says die for him, In a instance I would do it. Cause he is Chinggis Khan because of his dedication to his own self.
You nailed it about their use of horse and archery. If you want a really fun binge check out "Marco Polo". it's the story of Marco while he lived Mongolia under the house of Chinggis' grandson. It's all tittys and swords, worth the watch
Mongolians need Khaan now....the chinese want to ban their language and culture (recently in the news) on a more pleasant note two of my fav collaborations Lizzy Hale singing" Song of Women" with The HU (official video) and Jacoby Shaddix with he HU
I think a fight between the Mongols and the Viking would depend, in part, on the environment. Yes, the Mongols greatest strength was their cavalry, and so they absolutely dominated battlefields with wide open plains/steppes and lots of grass (which Mongol horses evolved as their primary diet). It would be a severe disadvantage for the Mongols to fight outside of that kind of environment. Though it's not a deal breaker, both Vikings and Mongols had proven to be very adaptable in a wide array of different settings. Though I think the Mongols would still come out the victor. Not just because of numbers, but because they were led by brilliant generals (including, of course, Genghis himself) who were masters at army organizations, tactics, coordination, and logistics in battle. Also, depending on the time, they also had a much bigger economy and some of the most advanced weaponry/engineers from China and the Middle East.
England wasn't well known for its Cavalry, England was well known for its pesky LongBow Men ! Actually in medieval times England (Knights and Men at Arms alike) was known for fighting more on foot. The French on the other hand were well known for their Cavalry ! Hello from France btw !
Kevin vikings would lose hands down. What countries did they ever conquered? At best, small towns near the shore. Mongols destroyed almost 17% of the worlds population. They defeated eastern european armies in 2 days. Decimated the iranian population down to 10%. Vikings are overrated
Two or three different melodies come out of a person's voice at the same time. The flow of this music is the art of the Mongolian people who can not do their favorite singer. this is Khoomii
Tengri is the god of the sky, Tangriism is the oldest recorded religion. Its where the Native Americans came from. They crossed the land bridge into North America.
Good reaction video and Chinggis khan's pronouce is like this Chingis Haan. khan is just a little bit misunderstood of translation in Mongolia Molgolians call him Chingis Haan
There is no "genghis" Khan, you Americans sadly pronounce it wrong, he's called Dschingis Khan and yes he conquered a massive area, he brought the silk road under one jurisdiction, conquered most of eurasia, caucasus, China, Korea, central Asia, southwest Asia and Christian Europe, 40 million people where slain during these wars
The incorrect pronunciation is thought to be originated from the Persians. And I've never seen anyone call him "Dschingis Khan." I have seen Genghis, Chingis, Chinggis, Jenghiz, Jinghis. Temujin and Temuchin Khaan. So perhaps learn it correctly before trying to "correct" others. Dschingis Khan is a German band and misspelling of Genghis Khan, which is then a misspelling of those I listed.
Mongols vs. Vikings would be the bloodiest greatest battle ever and when the battle ends in possible stalemate. They would party like brothers. Then fight again till the last man died all while drinking and partying
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