How the Mongols Changed the World

Dan Snow's History Hit

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🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

After the death of Chinggis Khan, the founder and first Emperor of the Mongol Empire, the land became the largest contiguous empire in history.

The Horde, the western portion of the Mongol empire, was the central node in the Eurasian commercial boom of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and was a conduit for exchanges across thousands of miles. A force in global development as important as Rome, the Horde left behind a profound legacy in Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and the Middle East, palpable to this day.

Marie Favereau, Associate Professor of History at Paris Nanterre University, joins Dan on the podcast. They discuss the Mongols as thinkers who constructed one of the most influential empires in history and how that empire continued to shape, incubate and grow the political cultures it conquered.

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0:00.0	Hello,
0:00.6	folks, Dan Snow here.
0:01.6	I am throwing a party to celebrate 10 years of Dan Snow's history hit.
0:06.1	I'd love for you to be there.
0:07.5	Join me for a very special live recording of the podcast in London,
0:10.4	in England on the 12th of September to celebrate the 10 years.
0:14.1	You can find out more about it and get tickets with the link in the show notes.
0:17.6	Look forward to seeing you there.
0:26.7	Hi everyone, welcome to Danson's history.
0:30.6	Greatest contiguous land empire ever carved out, the Mongols.
0:35.5	The Mongols built an empire that stretched from Korea to Poland down into China and South Asia. It's one of the most extraordinary imperial
0:38.1	stories in our history. And Marie Favreau has just written a beautiful, a wonderful book about
0:43.6	it. She's Associate Professor of History at Paris and Ontario University. She was a 2021
0:48.2	Cundle History Prize finalist. This is where I met her. And this is our conversation in the
0:52.7	run-up to that price when she was a finalist. She didn't win, sadly, but she was a worthy met her. And this is our conversation in the run-up to that price when she was a
0:54.4	finalist. She didn't win, sadly, but she was a worthy finalist. The Mongols are known for
0:59.5	their conquest. But Marie Favro was able to do, which talked to me all about how they ran a huge
1:03.8	empire in the aftermath, that initial wave of conquest. She talks about this cross-border integration,
1:10.5	trade, messengers, the landscape. It is absolutely extraordinary. I'm massively excited about this podcast. Thank you to Mary for coming on. If you wish to listen to other podcasts, the other Kundle Prize history winners, for example, you can do all that without the ads at History Hit TV. We've got a digital history channel here, folks. It's the world's best history channel. You simply go to History Hit TV. In fact, what you do is you follow the link in the description of this podcast. You click on that. You get two weeks free if you sign up today. And then for a very small subscription, you get access to the world's best history channel. Netflix history. Video, audio, everything on there. You'll love it. But in the meantime, folks, here is Marie Favreau
1:45.8	talking about the Mongol Horde. Marie, thank you very much for coming on.
1:55.3	Hello. Thank you so much for your invitation. I'm delighted to be here.
1:59.2	Well, congratulations on being nominated for this extraordinary prize. I'm reading your be here. Well, congratulations on being nominated for this
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