"The following is a conversation with Jack Weatherford, anthropologist and historian specializing in Djangghaskhan and the Mongol Empire. He has written a legendary book on this topic titled Jenis Khan..."

"Jenghis Khan, born in approximately 1162, became the conqueror of the largest contiguous empire in history. But before that he was a boy named Teigjin who at 9 years old lost everything his father his..."

"So here is this breaking point of the una. How did that relationship evolve? The two of them never claimed to break it. They had just separated. And now we have the Banghan, this the most powerful rul..."

"one of the powerful things about the Jenghis Khan story is he came from nothing. From absolute nothing and he didn't from what I see and understand become sort of corrupted by the riches or change. He..."

"Just incredible. But let's uh let's go to the document that you referenced several times, the secret history. The secret history is a very unusual document and and I happen to love it very much. But I..."

"What's the open Mongolian step like? As we return to the feeling of Timin and Jenghis Khan, what's it like looking at this place that has not changed since his time? The first thing I think about this..."

"But then if we go to the time of Timigjin of Jenghis Khan another component is the horses. Can we talk about their relationship with the horse thinking about this open step uh from a young age they've..."

"Well, then uh getting back to the horses, the value they had for the horses and the horse riding skill they developed throughout their life created one of the most unstoppable military forces in histo..."

"If we can go back to the horses, you mentioned every soldier had five horses. The reason for that is the horses get tired. Yes. And so you can cover a lot of ground in a single day. Yes. Usually the w..."

"There are estimates that Jenis Khan and his Mongol Empire were responsible for an estimated 40 million deaths, approximately 10% of the world's population. So to put this number in the perspective of ..."

"this is a good place to also talk about somebody I respect a lot, Dan Carlin of uh Hardcore History Podcast. He did an amazing series on Jenis Khan and the Mongols called Wrath of the Cons. I recommen..."

"linger on some of these world defining ideas, religious freedom is it's just surprising and incredible that Jangghaskhan was able to enforce uh inspire the value of religious freedom throughout all of..."

"really fascinating and maybe an immeasurable impact uh that Jenaskhan had is on trade and uh you know you could say a lot of stuff but basically establishing a unified trade network that spanned I don..."

"So if we jump around a little bit sort of on on the topic of a cannon, what are some technological developments that uh Jenis Khan and his son and Kubakai were using? So how much gunpowder were they u..."

"Kublan who was he and what was the state of China at that time that kind of sets up this idea of uh ships and siege warfare. In 1215 Chinghan conquered the city we now know as Beijing. It was the capi..."

"How did the Mongol Empire come to an end? How did it fall? Despite the fact that Timuro Jetuhan had united the empire at least symbolically all of it and they had the trade going on the Mongols never ..."

"But that reminds me of a a very popular idea about Jangghaskhan um articulated in a 2003 paper titled the genetic legacy of the Mongols. So that paper has a finding that estimates that 0.5% of the wor..."

"lessons can you can we learn from Jenghask Khan that apply to the modern world? You've already said religious freedom some of these ideas. Well I think those his policy ideas I think are important. We..."

"have you learned about human nature and just the trajectory of humanity throughout the past several millennia? I tend to have a certain love for individuals and persons, but not a love for people in g..."

"If I wanted to visit Mongolia, what what would you recommend? What's what's the right way? Well, start with my home. Let's start there. You come over there. It's a nice valley. I'm in a I have a nice ..."

"And now, allow me to make a few comments on the ever evolving moral landscape of human civilization throughout our 10,000year history. I was listening to Dan Carlin's excellent eye-opening 5 and a hal..."

"And now, please allow me to say a few words about Gaza, Israel, and Palestine. I'm not sure I'm eloquent enough or know quite the right words to express what I'm feeling, but let me try. I think what ..."