The great Genghis Khan was one of the most ferocious people who ever lived on the planet. The time of Temuchin's reign was marked by bloody massacres, torture and the ruthless destruction of entire tribes: Hitler, Napoleon and Stalin look like just amateurs against the background of Genghis Khan. In the XIII century, there was not a single country throughout Europe that could not be afraid of the Mongol invasion - the empire of Genghis Khan had already spread throughout Asia and no one could resist his bloodthirsty army. Who knows, turn the wheel of history a little differently and now the descendants of this cruel emperor could own the entire Earth.
Great destroyer
Genghis Khan's ambitions cost 40 million lives. This means that the bloody conqueror destroyed 11% of the population of the entire planet at that time. Moreover, the death of so many people cooled the planet's climate for the entire 13th century, because about 700 million tons of CO2 did not get into the atmosphere.
Fratricide
Genghis Khan's mother was forced to single-handedly feed and support seven children, as his father died in a raid on a neighboring tribe. At the age of nine, Genghis Khan killed his brother Bekter - he did not share food.
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Torture master
Genghis Khan knew a lot about torture. He often whiled away the evenings pouring molten silver into the ears of the captives. And the khan's "trademark" method of murder was the so-called "human bow": the warriors bent a man so that his spine eventually broke.
Iranian genocide
The Khorezm Empire was very strong in the 13th century, but the Mongol onslaught literally wiped it off the map of the world. 3/4 of all Iranians were killed in bloody battles - a real genocide.
Loving emperor
In each captured tribe, especially for Genghis Khan, the most beautiful girls were selected, whose age should not exceed 15 years. The Mongol Khan's harem consisted of several thousand women, and most had children from him. Imagine how huge the offspring of Genghis Khan are!
Scorched earth tactics
The early campaigns of Genghis Khan ended with the total extermination of the entire enemy tribe. Even women and the smallest children perished: the leader did not spare anyone.
great empire
For all his cruelty, Genghis Khan was a wonderful and very wise ruler. The largest state in the history of mankind was founded under his hand: the territory of the Mongol Empire occupied 16.11% of the entire earth's land.
Tolerant pagan
The Mongol Khan considered religion to be an ideal means of maintaining order throughout the empire. He carefully studied all the major religions of the world. Islam, Taoism and Christianity interested the Khan most of all. On the territory of the empire, it was allowed to practice any religion - an intelligent ruler sought to unite his country.
Faceless warrior
You have probably seen images of Genghis Khan at least in a school textbook, not to mention the fact that the image of the Khan is shown in dozens of films. However, in fact, no one even knows what the Mongol conqueror looked like. Historians can reliably say only one thing: the khan had red hair.
Mysterious death
It is still unknown what exactly Genghis Khan died from. In his 65 years, the ruler of a huge empire remained a strong and active warrior, which practically excludes the version of death from old age. Some historians believe that Genghis Khan was stabbed to death by a young concubine, a captured Tangut princess.