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Were the Mongolians in the Middle Ages the biggest a-holes in history?

Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:23 pm
Posted by Dennis Celery
Member since Apr 2021
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:23 pm
Just finished re-listening to Wrath of Khans podcast series from Dan Carlin. I say yes.
Posted by A Smoke Break
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2018
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:24 pm to
Japanese and their treatment of the Chinese in ww2. If we're speaking modern history.

The crusades.

And if we're speaking ancient man, the Persians.
This post was edited on 4/13/21 at 4:26 pm
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:25 pm to
Did they burn down their own settlements and then demand their leaders pay to rebuild?
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:26 pm to
Yankees during Civil War
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:27 pm to
Hey, just end this siege already and let us in, everything is cool.

Let the Mongols in.

Mongols proceed to slaughter everyone.

Repeat.
Posted by V Bainbridge
Member since Jul 2020
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:29 pm to
If leaders surrendered to the Khans (before fighting) they were surprisingly tolerant. You could keep you religion and culture and in most recorded instances they would leave you be as long as you paid tribute.

If you defied them they would murder EVERYONE.
This post was edited on 4/13/21 at 4:30 pm
Posted by JetsetNuggs
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:30 pm to
That honor belongs to Fauci
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:33 pm to
White males in any and every era
Posted by AllDayEveryDay
Nawf Tejas
Member since Jun 2015
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:39 pm to
Julius Caesar killed/sold into slavery hundreds of thousands of not into the millions during his conquests into Gaul. So he's a pretty big a-hole.

The Mongols industrialized genocide though and basically reshaped global powers in about 60 years. Iraq and China could very well be a global power now if not for it.
Posted by Ramblin Wreck
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:43 pm to
Stalin and Mao Zedong killed millions of their own people.
Posted by Duke
Twin Lakes, CO
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:43 pm to
Do you even Tamerlane?
Posted by Aspercel
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:53 pm to
Goddamn Mongolians

They’ll get sweet and sour pork on da head
This post was edited on 4/13/21 at 4:54 pm
Posted by Slagathor
Makin' jokes about your teeny tiny
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:54 pm to
their BBQ has no redeeming value?
Posted by Keys Open Doors
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 4:58 pm to
The Siege of Baghdad has to be one of the greatest atrocities in human history so the Mongolians are a very reasonable pick.
Posted by Michael Stein
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:00 pm to
The Barbary Pirates are overlooked assholes.

They were such assholes tormenting international shipping in the 19th century that even the then fledgling United States sent over some Marines to teach them a lesson and neutralize their capabilities.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:01 pm to
Fun fact: the Mongols practiced religious tolerance. There were Muslim, Animist, and even Christian Mongols.
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
6595 posts
Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:08 pm to
Yep, and I don't think it's even close. No one else ever carried out an order to kill every living thing in their path, including everything from tigers to cattle to bugs.
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:16 pm to

Molech worshippers are high on the list.
Posted by rsbd
banks of the Mississippi
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:17 pm to
Catholics
Posted by junior
baton rouge
Member since Mar 2005
2253 posts
Posted on 4/13/21 at 5:55 pm to
Aztecs need a little love here.

“80,400 men, women and children were sacrificed for the inauguration of the Templo Mayor”
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