Quote Originally Posted by Ibrahim View Post
leaving behind many heaps of skulls, and a river black with ink
There's no doubt a lot of people died. But the Mongols were pretty unique in the aspect their rage was just that... pure rage. XD People weren't killed for ethnicity or religion by Genghis Khan. Just cause he was in a mood for killing people.... XD

He did employ people who were good at a certain skill in that skill. He knew the horde didn't really have many skilled administrators and such. (I doubt many of them were literate back in Genghis day.) So for your old leaders, the Mongols sacking your town is a bad thing. (And for x number of innocent townspeople.) But in the end, you might get a promotion! If you lived to get one that is.... The Mongols also let people join the horde too. Most of the Mongols who came into Europe and the Middle East were Muslim. As well as a few random Christian Mongol warlords.

They certainly won't the most advanced empire in history. But their spread was fast, their strength intense, and they were obviously one of the most diverse. (As much as Rome or Alexander's empire. Or more so.) I hesitated to vote for them due to these considerations, but their size at it's height was gigantic. And the Empires that followed his, like Yuan Dynasty China, the Mughals in India, and Tamerlame (Timur the Lame) all had considerable Empires made of the left overs from Genghis Khan's empire.