[12:13] <Neko_Geisha> Once, there was a man who, united all the Mongol tribes and became their leader





[12:13] <Neko_Geisha> He was named Temujin. But when he became Khan we know him as Genghis





[12:14] <Neko_Geisha> The steppes were becoming barren, so he led his new army to go to war with the Song





[12:14] <Neko_Geisha> Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmmm mmmm mmm mmm





[12:14] <Neko_Geisha> It was a three way, with the Mongols siding with the Song against the Jin





[12:14] <Neko_Geisha> But when they finally beat Jin, the Mongols turn around and started fighing Song





[12:15] <Neko_Geisha> And so, after many battles, the Mongolians conquered China and became its ruler





[12:15] <Neko_Geisha> *Chorus*





[12:16] <Neko_Geisha> Then, Genghis finally died. So his descendants pack their horse and bows and they went westwards to war





[12:16] <Neko_Geisha> They, were unstoppable. All of Central Asia and North India could not stand against them





[12:17] <Neko_Geisha> And when, they finalyl reach Baghdad, they destroyed the libraries and all of the knowledge was lost





[12:17] <Neko_Geisha> But history forgot about the Moors





[12:17] <Neko_Geisha> Who brought all this science to Europe from Sicily





[12:18] <Neko_Geisha> And when, the Mongols moved on. They turned their sights to East Europe





[12:18] <Neko_Geisha> *Chorus*





[12:18] <Neko_Geisha> They were quite successful, but the Khan got a heart attack and everyone had to go home





[12:18] <Neko_Geisha> Because, it was the custom, then the new khan msut be crowned in Mongolia





[12:19] <Neko_Geisha> This, gave Europe a new advantage





[12:19] <Neko_Geisha> Specifically in West Europe where they were hoarding all the knowledge





[12:19] <Neko_Geisha> And this is how the Reniassance came about and why it wouldn't be necessary if the Mongols haven't burned the Baghdad libraries





[12:25] <Boilerplate> So basically the Middle East and China were still in their own Reniassance but it was averted by invaders?





[12:25] <Neko_Geisha> No





[12:26] <Neko_Geisha> They weren't





[12:26] <Neko_Geisha> Part of the reason why Song fell is because in their later years, the emperor was a corrupt bastard





[12:26] <Neko_Geisha> Like





[12:26] <Neko_Geisha> He was said to have built a lake and filled it with wine





[12:26] <Neko_Geisha> And ignoring the matters of the country





[12:27] <Neko_Geisha> And when your emperor cares only about fun, ministers can do anything they want so long as they pacify him





[12:27] <Neko_Geisha> So no, Song definitely wasn't a golden age for China





[12:27] <Neko_Geisha> The Islamic World was in a golden age though





[12:28] <Neko_Geisha> They preserved Greek science and mathematics and advanced it





[12:28] <Neko_Geisha> But I wouldn't say its' a renaissance either





[12:28] <Neko_Geisha> Since the Renaissance is an European thing





[12:28] <Neko_Geisha> And if the Islamic World hadn't fell, it wouldn't have been necessary





[12:29] <Neko_Geisha> Because much of the Renaissance was rediscovering what the muslims advanced





[12:29] <Neko_Geisha> Which is not to say there are genuine genius in the movement





[12:29] <Neko_Geisha> Da Vinci is most definitely a genius





[12:29] <Neko_Geisha> there aren't*





[12:29] <Neko_Geisha> But you get things like Itallian mathematicians putting their names on discoveries made thousands of years before their time by Indians





[12:32] <Boilerplate> Of course racists would that spin that around and say "But we whites/Greeks ivented/came up with it! because our brain structure was bigger than other races" cry the racists





[12:33] <Neko_Geisha> Which is again nonsense because there is no differenc ein brain structure





[12:34] <Neko_Geisha> And also, a lot of what the Greeks had were compiled from Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Indian discoveries. They did make their own, of course, but it would be naive to think they discovered everything





[12:35] <Neko_Geisha> If I remember right, Pythagoras's theorem was originally Indian. Could be wrong though





[12:36] <Maverynthia> Either Indian or the middle east





[12:37] <Neko_Geisha> If it were Middle East,that would be one of the Mesopotamian empires





[12:39] <Maverynthia> I'm going to go lay down.. I has a headache from allergies :c