Seemingly out of nowhere the small landlocked nation on the Eastern Asian Steppes, inhabited mostly by animal shepherds and nomads, challenged established Asian kingdoms and empires.  Due primarily to the vision of one person, Genghis Khan. He would unite his people and create an empire over much of Asia.  The Mongols sudden epic rise  is only matched by their sudden epic decline. Beginning with this episode, the story is told of these nomads' rise to power and conquest over China.