G6: Silk Road: Genghis Khan

biography

As a result of the Mongol Empire, valuable spices, tea, Asian artworks and silk headed west to waiting merchants in the Middle East and Europe.

Overview of GK and the the Mongolian Empire

it turns out Genghis Khan was anything but barbaric when it came to ruling

he was a ruthless killer, but the Mongol leader was also one of the most gifted military innovators of any age

In an age when opposing armies were little more than feuds around relatively immobile and inflexible knights, the Mongol armies were the dominant force on the battlefields of Asia and Europe

How GK cooled the planet, and other interesting facts