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scbasteve7@lemm.ee 5 weeks agoThe meme format doesn’t really work, but the joke they’re trying to make is that even though they did all these terrible things, it was never because of religion. In fact, they just didn’t give a fuck in what you believed in. Genghis even allowed religious figures to be exempt from taxation.
leisesprecher@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
And let’s be honest: the Mongolians were probably not worse than any other invader. War, destruction, looting and raping is kind of par for the course for most civilizations in history.
scbasteve7@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Honestly from the limited knowledge I have, Mongolians seemed to be the one of the chillest of invaders. They gave you a clear choice, let us rule you or die. And once they ruled you they allowed many freedoms that crusaders and colonizers didn’t. Their tactics were brutal and I think that’s why people see them as so evil.
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Literal mountains of skulls…
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
For every mountain of skulls there were 10 villages that decided Mongolian rule wasn’t so bad.
MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
The Skull Throne ain’t gonna build itself
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I will take the third option
trolololol@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Well sure, but they were really good at it all