The Mongol Empire

<p>Learn how the Mongols both terrorized and advanced the world, in this fascinating course taught by a spellbinding teacher and historian.</p>

• By This Professor
• 01: The Mongols’ Place in World History
• 02: The Origins of Eurasian Steppe Nomadism
• 03: Nomadic Predecessors of the Mongols
• 04: The Rise of Chinggis Khan
• 05: Chinggis Khan’s Early Conquests
• 06: Mongol Institutions under Chinggis Khan
• 07: Chinggis Khan’s Khwarazmian Campaign
• 08: The Death of Chinggis Khan
• 09: Ogedai Khan’s Western Campaigns
• 10: Mongol Queens and the Contest for the Empire
• 11: Dividing the Empire: A Tale of Four Brothers
• 12: The Strengths of Mongol Military Organization
• 13: The Mongols in China
• 14: The Mongols in East and Southeast Asia
• 15: The Mongols in Central Asia
• 16: The Mongols in Persia and the Middle East
• 17: The Mongols in Russia: The Golden Horde
• 18: The Pax Mongolica: Eurasia Reconnected
• 19: The Collapse of the Mongol Empires
• 20: Timur the Lame, a.k.a. Tamerlane
• 21: Timur’s Major Campaigns
• 22: Samarkand: Timur’s Cultural Capital
• 23: From Mughals to Soviets: Eurasia after Timur
• 24: The Mongols and the Making of the Modern World