Re:Women Who Ran Genghis Khan’s Empire
by krapp on Monday June 06, 2022 @08:32PM
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>It's interesting that 2/3 are central asian steppe empires/civilizations.
Google tells me the Timurids were Mongol descendents of Genghis Khan, so not really. 100% of that relevant data set is one extended family.
>What is it with that area and producing psychopathic tribes, not to mention being the origin point of several plagues.
The Mongols were little more "psychopathic" than many societies at the time, only distinctive in terms of their relative success, not their cruelty. Alexander the Great tortured and slaughtered people by the thousands, and Westerners don't consider him a barbarian or psychopath so much as a tactical genius and founder of the civilized world.
Google tells me the Timurids were Mongol descendents of Genghis Khan, so not really. 100% of that relevant data set is one extended family.
>What is it with that area and producing psychopathic tribes, not to mention being the origin point of several plagues.
The Mongols were little more "psychopathic" than many societies at the time, only distinctive in terms of their relative success, not their cruelty. Alexander the Great tortured and slaughtered people by the thousands, and Westerners don't consider him a barbarian or psychopath so much as a tactical genius and founder of the civilized world.