Flo's History

    This post is following the last 4 ones. Make sure to read Genghis-Khan full history in part 1-4 of his adventures.   Now this is where the fun part begins. Rem em ber when I said he smashed the Jurchen and Song Dynasty?  That was an avant bouche compared to the apocalyptical level of devastation Genghis - Khan would  unleash  on this region.  I f the Middle East was earth, the  Mongol  hor d e s   were  a KT extinction e vent.  There is  a reason why  a lot of people put the end of the Islamic Golden  A ge on Genghis - Khan . A lthough it  would have ended anyway ,  he  definitely expedited  the process. No ,  seriously !   T he Islamic heartland really got the short end of the stick when it comes to Mongol interactions.   And starting off with the big daddy of the region, the  K h war a z main   E mpire.  A major powerhouse of the  area , they cemented t...

This post is following the last 3 ones. Make sure to read Genghis Khan’s full history in part 1–3 of his adventures. Japan would also be significantly affected. No Yuan dynasty means no invasion of the island country, which would fail due to typhoons—this is a very big deal. The reason why Japan during most of the Middle Ages and Renaissance era was an isolationist martial society defined by the samurai bushido code was due to the Yuan trying to invade them on two separate occasions. This means that without the Yuan, the Japanese people would be far more open to trade with other nations, mainly China and Korea. The Sengoku Jidai may not happen, or at least nowhere near the extent it did, as with a far less militaristic society the clan leaders would be less inclined to solve the succession disputes that caused the conflict on the battlefield. As such, the Tokugawa Shogunate would never be formed, alongside the era of hyper-isolation they enforced until the US stepped in and led to the ...

This is the third post of the Ghenghis-Khan saga. Make sure to read Genghis-Khan's full history in part 1 and 2 of his adventures.   This means, as I mentioned earlier, that without him, the Yuan dynasty would have never existed. I don’t think that I need to explain how much of Chinese history would change if one of their major dynasties was Thanos-ed out of history. Not only would this disrupt future ones from emerging, meaning no Ming and no Qing, but potentially preventing the Century of Shame from taking place.   All of the direct influence that the Yuans had on their neighbors would also be erased. Without them, Majapahit (meaning “bitter fruit” in Indonesian), probably the greatest Indonesian kingdom, would have never formed as the Yuan were a crucial force in their origins. We are talking about a nation that encompassed the entire archipelago, producing some of the most famous Hindu-Buddhist religious sites, which would have never been constructed! Figures like R...

This is the second post of the Genghis-Khan saga. Make sure to read about his origins in the first post.   Starting with the great Khan home turf, let’s get the elephant out of the room: the great, well know dynasty of the Yuan simply wouldn’t exist without him. This dynasty was established by Kublai-Khan, one of Genghis-Khan many, MANY, grandchildren. The region of China used to be dominated by two great powers constantly at war with each other. The North was dominated by the Jurchen, a confederacy of nomadic tribes. The South, on the other hand, was ruled by the Song Dynasty, whose legacy could have rivaled the legendary Tang and Han if it hadn’t been for their horrendous military capabilities. Then, Genghis Khan came in, smashed both clans into pieces and left, allowing formation of the Yuan dynasty. This means that had Genghis-Khan died young, something that was highly probable, the area would have remained under the control of the Jurchen and the Song.  Although the fut...

This post is the first of a twelve-month series about Gengis-Khan. Be ready for a year of adventures! Genghis-Khan was one of, if not the greatest, leader and an absolute legend in history. He shook the world under the hooves of his hordes during his invasions. When I started researching for this post, I was far from imagining the sheer scale of the impact that one random nomadic guy ended up having on the world. You thought Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Mehmet or Louis XIV were influential? They are wannabes compared to Genghis-Khan and his accomplishments. Not counting the leaders of the global age, the only other people that came close to his stature were Napoleon and Queen Victoria.   Okay let’s start with the beginning. For a man of his renown Genghis-Khan, or Temujin before he was named the Great Khan, had surprisingly humble origins. Although he was the son of the chieftain of a Mongol clan, he had to start from scratch. Indeed, his father, Yesugei Bagatur, was as...