Ep 99: Nicholas Morton on the Mongol Invasions
Nicholas Morton, associate professor of history at Nottingham Trent University and author of The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East, joins the show to talk about the Mongol invasions.
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Show Notes
Nicholas Morton, associate professor of history at Nottingham Trent University and author of The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East, joins the show to talk about the Mongol invasions.
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Times
• 01:40 Introduction
• 02:15 Central Asia before the Mongols
• 04:15 Mongol methods
• 09:15 Sailing the Eurasian Steppe
• 13:54 Temujin
• 18:38 A dearth of sources
• 21:50 Khwarazmian Empire
• 26:40 The Mongol secret
• 32:03 Selective savagery
• 36:30 The Near East
• 40:15 Mamluks
• 42:03 Mongol rule
• 45:17 Lasting effects