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The Mongol Empire

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English
Duration & workload

11 hours 35 minutes
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On-Demand
Level

Intermediate

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

Syllabus

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
By This Professor

Taught by

Craig G. Benjamin

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