About this episode

This episode explores medieval travel writing and the impact of the Mongol Empire on transcontinental mobility.

Nothing beats a Jet 2 Holiday - except, of course, trekking thousands of miles across Central Asia to deliver spices, preach the gospel, or just see that's going on over there. The Mongol Empire facilitated an unprecedented transcontinental mobility, which a few people (mostly Europeans, go figure) wrote about. Some of that writing was genuinely insightful, and some was unitentionally hsyterical. Oh, and it led to the creation of one of history's most legendary archetypes: white boys who say Inshallah. Join the WMG discord: https://discord.gg/S36vz4jD98

People in this episode

Host: Weird Medieval Guys

Topics covered

• medieval travel writing
• Mongol Empire
• transcontinental mobility
• historical archetypes
• European travelers

Keywords

• medieval
• travel writing
• Mongol Empire
• spices
• European travelers
• historical archetypes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jet 2 Holiday, Mongol Empire

Places: Central Asia

More episodes of Weird Medieval Guys

• Medieval Robots · April 27, 2026 · 1h 50m
• Did medieval people think the world was going to end in 1000 AD? · April 13, 2026 · 1h 39m
• How medieval scribes invented fonts · March 30, 2026 · 2h 9m
• What did the mongol empire ever do for us? · March 2, 2026 · 1h 46m
• The Order of Assassins · February 17, 2026 · 1h 44m
• Medieval drinking culture · February 2, 2026 · 1h 45m

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Weird Medieval Guys podcast page.