1 in 200 Men Are Related to History's Most Prolific Rap1st (Genghis Khan)

Описание: Wind down tonight with an adult history story about Genghis Khan — the man behind the statistic you've seen on the internet.

One in 200 men alive today carry his Y-chromosome. Sixteen million descendants. Scientists had to invent a new term for it: "social selection."

But here's what that statistic doesn't tell you: how.

You'll witness the sorting system his army used after every conquest — how women were divided into three categories and distributed like equipment. You'll learn what happened to the governor who stole from Mongol merchants. And you'll hear the quote where Genghis Khan told his generals exactly what he believed the greatest joy in life was.

This is the machine that rewrote the human genome.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - The Statistic They Don't Explain
2:30 - The Boy Who Killed His Brother
5:45 - What They Did to His Wife
8:30 - The Fall of Merv
12:00 - The Sorting System
15:30 - The Paradox
18:00 - The Tomb They Never Found
20:30 - The Women's Silence

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SOURCES:

Zerjal et al. (2003) "The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols" — The landmark Oxford study that identified the Y-chromosome lineage present in 0.5% of the world's male population, approximately 16 million men.
👉 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

Genetic Descent from Genghis Khan — Wikipedia overview of the 2003 study findings, subsequent research, and scholarly debate about the "star cluster" lineage.
👉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic...

The Secret History of the Mongols (c. 1240) — The oldest surviving Mongolian literary work, written within 13 years of Genghis Khan's death. Our only native Mongolian primary source on his life, including the killing of his half-brother Behter.
👉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_...

Rashid al-Din's Jami' al-tawarikh (1307-1316) — "Compendium of Chronicles." The most comprehensive Persian source on the Mongol period, written by a vizier who served the Mongol Ilkhanate. Contains the famous quote about "the greatest happiness."
👉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jami%27...

Siege of Merv (1221) — One of the bloodiest captures of a city in world history. Chronicler Juvayni recorded that each Mongol soldier was allotted 300-400 people to execute. Death toll estimates range from 700,000 to 1.3 million.
👉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_o...)

Mongol Invasion of Khorasan — Overview of Tolui's systematic destruction of Silk Road cities including Merv, Nishapur, and Herat.
👉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_...

Burial Place of Genghis Khan — The 800-year mystery. The "Great Taboo" (Ikh Khorig) declared around Burkhan Khaldun mountain. Slaves who dug the grave executed, guards who killed them also killed.
👉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial_...

Genghis Khan — Britannica overview of the founder of the Mongol Empire, including the Yassa legal code, religious tolerance policies, and death in 1227.
👉 https://www.britannica.com/biography/...