Notice: This is the official website of the All Empires History Community (Reg. 10 Feb 2002)

  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

Storm from the East
 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
  Share Topic Share Topic  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
Toltec View Drop Down
Arch Duke
Arch Duke
Avatar
Shape Shifter

Joined: 12-May-2011
Location: Hyperborea
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1748 		  Quote Toltec Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: Storm from the East
    Posted: 09-Aug-2012 at 21:21
Waited ages for this to be put up on youtube. The classic BBC 4 part history of the Mongols from donkeys years ago. Unlike most revisionist documentaries this doesn't heroise the Mongols but shows them for the butchers they were.
 
Stupidity got us into this mess, why can't it get us out?

History Planet Website
<br /
Back to Top
Snafu View Drop Down
Knight
Knight


Joined: 14-Aug-2004
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 72 		  Quote Snafu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-Aug-2012 at 12:13
This mini-series is what got me interested in steppe history when I first saw it back in the 90's.
Back to Top
Centrix Vigilis View Drop Down
Emperor
Emperor
Avatar

Joined: 18-Aug-2006
Location: The Llano
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 7392 		  Quote Centrix Vigilis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-Aug-2012 at 13:18
Originally posted by Toltec

Waited ages for this to be put up on youtube. The classic BBC 4 part history of the Mongols from donkeys years ago. Unlike most revisionist documentaries this doesn't heroise the Mongols but shows them for the butchers they were.
 
 
 
I concur that they were brutal and merciless in the main. Anybody who cant realize that needs only to refer to the contextual contemporary sources. And attempt to avoid the nationalistic frenzy which is usually associated with revisionism centuries later. Otoh.... They were also adept and damn near brilliant in their innovative use of military tactics...as mounted light infantry.
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"

S. T. Friedman


Pilger's law: 'If it's been officially denied, then it's probably true'

Back to Top
Nick1986 View Drop Down
Emperor
Emperor
Avatar
Mighty Slayer of Trolls

Joined: 22-Mar-2011
Location: England
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 7940 		  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-Aug-2012 at 20:30
I've seen this documentaryThumbs Up


Edited by Nick1986 - 10-Aug-2012 at 20:31
Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains!
Back to Top
Snafu View Drop Down
Knight
Knight


Joined: 14-Aug-2004
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 72 		  Quote Snafu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-Aug-2012 at 23:49
The only thing that separates "barbarians" from "civilized nations" is that the civilized nations have writers, poets and historians to make their own brutality sound romantic.

Edited by Snafu - 10-Aug-2012 at 23:49
Back to Top
boroka View Drop Down
Immortal Guard
Immortal Guard


Joined: 28-Feb-2013
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1 		  Quote boroka Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28-Feb-2013 at 14:36
Originally posted by Snafu

The only thing that separates "barbarians" from "civilized nations" is that the civilized nations have writers, poets and historians to make their own brutality sound romantic.


Channeling Denis Sinor?
boroka
Back to Top
Shamshir View Drop Down
Knight
Knight


Joined: 05-Feb-2013
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 56 		  Quote Shamshir Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01-Mar-2013 at 02:51
Very disturbing. Unhappy
Back to Top
KongMing View Drop Down
Knight
Knight
Avatar

Joined: 09-May-2012
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 58 		  Quote KongMing Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01-Mar-2013 at 09:45
Originally posted by Snafu

The only thing that separates "barbarians" from "civilized nations" is that the civilized nations have writers, poets and historians to make their own brutality sound romantic.
 
You know the worst lie is not a bald faced lie but rather a half-truth.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.56a [Free Express Edition]
Copyright ©2001-2009 Web Wiz

This page was generated in 0.080 seconds.