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What if the Mongols conquered the whole world?

Mongol Empire survived and ended with 27.4% of the world, up from 21.2%.

What if the Mongols conquered the whole world?: 1579

In 1279 the Mongol Empire is the largest land empire in history. Here it never stops. We started on the real borders of 1279 and let the world run for 300 years.

Its share of the world

  1. 1279: 21.2%
  2. 1289: 21.2%
  3. 1304: 21.6%
  4. 1329: 22.7%
  5. 1379: 23%
  6. 1429: 24.4%
  7. 1479: 21.4%
  8. 1579: 27.4%

Year by year

At its height, in 1579, it held 27.4% of the world.

The world in 1579

In 1579, Mongol Empire ruled 27.4% of the Earth, ahead of Thule and Bantu peoples. 71 nations were left standing.

"Against all odds, and most of the planet." Max, for the record

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Is this what would really happen?

No one can know. This is one run of a game engine that simulates every country on the real map: wars by temperament, armies from land and people, civil wars, golden ages. Same seed, same result, every time.

Can I try it myself?

Yes. Press Play this world: the same seed opens in your browser, free, and unfolds the same way until you change something.

Every page is a real run of the Play God on Earth engine (deterministic: same seed, same result). Historical facts are not implied; this is a game. Historical borders: historical-basemaps by Andre Ourednik.