Jack Weatherford

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Lex Fridman Podcast · #476 – Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire · 1 Aug 2025 podcast

And I think it's very important how...

to people begin their written language.

And they begin it with the words, , from highest heaven came the destiny of the blue wolf who was married to the tawny deer and their descendants who came from the great sea to live at the base of Mount Burkhan-Haldun.

Mongolia is a world that, for the most part, is the same as when Chinggis Khan was there.

We cannot say that for hardly any other place in the world.

I mean, certainly not for America, but just a few hundred years ago, it was entirely different.

people, languages, everything.

But you can't say it for London or Moscow or Istanbul, Constantinople.

All of these things have changed so much.

But Mongolia is still Mongolia.

It's one of the largest countries in the world in space with the fewest number of people, about today 3.3 million.

And they're spread out and they live in their environment in such an intimate way.

This was important for learning about Genghis Khan, how he thought, how he hunted, how he strategized for war.

You learn that from the people today because they are still there.

They're still living.

The first thing I think about this step is that you can see forever in every direction.

There's no building, nothing to stop your line of view.

And

It's like being in the ocean in many ways.

So you have this extremely open space, and the wind is usually blowing through it.

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