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19. The Mongols - Terror of the Steppe (Part 2)

2024/11/30
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我，作为窝阔台，在父亲成吉思汗去世后继承了大汗之位。我继位后举行盛大的庆祝活动，慷慨地将父亲留下的财富分发给蒙古草原上的贵族，赢得了他们的支持。虽然我父亲希望帝国保持游牧状态，但我看到了定居文明的优势，并决定建造喀喇昆仑作为帝国的首都。我鼓励贸易，改善邮政系统，试图将蒙古帝国转变为一个定居的商业中心。然而，我的政策也导致了财富的流失，迫使我不得不考虑发动新的战争来获取资源。 我，Atamalek Chuvaini，作为波斯学者，目睹了窝阔台汗继位后的奢靡生活。他沉迷于享乐，对财富挥霍无度，慷慨地将帝国内的财富分发出去，这种行为让我感到担忧。 我，William of Rubruck，作为一名法兰德斯修士，亲身游历了蒙古帝国的首都喀喇昆仑。然而，我对这座城市的印象并不深刻，甚至觉得它不如巴黎北部的圣丹尼小镇。尽管如此，我还是看到了这座城市多元文化的融合，以及不同宗教信仰的并存。 我，Marco Polo，作为威尼斯探险家，描述了蒙古帝国邮政系统的运作方式，每个驿站都备有充足的马匹，信使可以通过敲鼓来快速更换马匹，这套系统规模庞大，耗资巨大，令人难以置信。

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Following Genghis Khan's death, his youngest son Tolui acted as regent for two years. Ogedei then took the throne, celebrating with lavish feasts and distributing wealth to influential families. While generous, Ogedei's extravagant behavior was criticized by some.
  • Tolui's regency
  • Ogedei's ascension in 1229
  • Ogedei's lavish celebrations and generosity
  • Criticism of Ogedei's profligate spending

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In the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing...

In this episode we travel along the vast grassland corridor of the steppe, to hear one of the most remarkable and unlikely stories from medieval history – the story of the Mongol Empire. Find out how this group of nomadic horse riders united the peoples of the Mongolian steppe, and forged them into a truly unique kind of state. Discover how they conquered much of the lands of Eurasia, and brought the distant cultures of China, Persia, the Middle East and Europe into contact. And hear the story of how the world’s largest land empire finally came apart, and left the world as we know it in its wake.

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Michael Hajiantonis Lachlan Lucas Alexandra Boulton Simon Jackson Tom Marshall-Lee Chris Harvey, Nick Denton Amrit Sandhu Matt Bidulph Paul Casselle

Readings in Arabic were performed by Oussama Taher. Readings in Chinese were by Richard Teng. Readings from the secret history of the Mongols in Mongolian were performed by Uiles