Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

---

Here we have three chilling first-hand accounts of Mongol attacks, and the tactics they used when they had a civilization in their grasp.

Huge thanks to Jackmeister: Mongol History for their help in producing this video:
youtube.com/channel/UCQEYhWVV3V-ItwJE-kgRd9w

Taken from:
Genghis Khan: the history of the world conqueror.
Juvaini, Ata Malik, Boyle, J.A. [translator]
A Literary History of Persia, Edward G Browne
Robert Bedrosian - Armenian Historical Sources (attalus.org)

If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up!

patreon.com/voicesofthepast

— Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:-
youtube.com/historytime

— Music courtesy of:-
- Epidemic Sound

— Voice actor & editor:-
David Kelly

We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.

Thanks to:

derivative work Bkkbrad / *File:Gengis Khan empire-fr.svg: historicair 17:01, 8 October 2007 (UTC) / CC BY-SA (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)
By Stomac - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11911497
KoizumiBS / CC BY-SA (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)This map has been uploaded by Electionworld from en.wikipedia.org to enable the Wikimedia Atlas of the World . Original uploader to en.wikipedia.org was Briangotts, known as Briangotts at en.wikipedia.org. Electionworld is not the creator of this map. Licensing information is below
AutorKoizumiBS
By Taisir Mahdi - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62564761