Is Genghis Khan Harder Than Jocko Willink? - Dan Jones | Modern Wisdom Podcast 380

Dan Jones is a historian, TV presenter and an author.

Dan took a break from walking about great British castles to write a book about the 1000 years of the Middle Ages. Knights and Templars and Monks and Mongols and Barbarians.

Expect to learn why Genghis Khan was harder than Jocko Willink, Dan's best ever finish in Peloton, why I won't be allowed to go as a wizard to his imaginary medieval fancy dress party, just how bad a pandemic in the Middle Ages was, why Rome got rekt by climate change and much more...

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00:00 Intro
04:38 Dan’s Powers & Thrones Book
11:25 Why Rome Was Destroyed
19:26 Hard People Throughout Time
32:57 Medieval Archetypes
40:15 Pandemics in the Middle-Ages
47:45 Innovation in Medieval Times
1:04:25 Making History More Accessible

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