The Thrifty Guide to Medieval Times by Jonathan W. Stokes

Author:Jonathan W. Stokes [Stokes, Jonathan W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2019-08-20T00:00:00+00:00

Just How Bad Was Genghis?

By now you’ve probably figured out that Genghis Khan is not a man you want to ask to borrow a cup of sugar. But just how bad is he?

GENGHIS KHAN

PROS AND CONS

Pros

Outlaws selling Mongolian women into forced marriages

Outlaws theft

Lowers taxes

Mostly allows people to practice whichever religion they want

Cons

Creates an army that kills forty million people. That’s 11 percent of the world population in AD 1200.

Slaughters so many farmers that it changes the world. Thousands of abandoned farms grow back into forests all over Russia and Asia. Scientists believe this reforestation scrubs seven hundred million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.*

Fathers a ridiculous number of children. Today, sixteen million men worldwide are descended from Genghis Khan.*

LARGEST EMPIRES IN HISTORY

(BY PERCENTAGE OF THE EARTH’S LAND AREA)

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