Worst Barbarian Warlord

[KEmperor]

Who was worse?  Genghis Khan, the man who almost conquered the world? Or Attila the Hun, the "Scourge of God?"

[MasterJedi]

I myself would have to say Atilla the Hun!

[The Dowager Mod]

KHAN!!!!!!!!!

[JohnFKennedy]

hmmm, I dunno whether I can vote in this, both were great leaders heh.... By worst, what do you mean? Do you mean most violent, or worst leader or what?

[KEmperor]

hmmm, I dunno whether I can vote in this, both were great leaders heh.... By worst, what do you mean? Do you mean most violent, or worst leader or what?

Most barbaric and vicious.  Most evil.  Most dangerous.

[The Dowager Mod]

most barbaric and evil is khan.
atilla dealt with europeans diplomatically at some points at least.

[angus]

I had intended to say Ghengis Kahn in the worlds best leader thread, but never got around to it.  I can't say he's the most evil, since I don't believe in evil, but I'll say he had the most profoud effect on world history of any leader I can think of.  National Geographic magazine has called him the "most influential leader ever of Asia."

Check out the December 1996 and February 1997 issues.

[angus]

He can forge a nation, wage war against mighty foes, and crush whole cities beneath his leather boots. But even Genghis Khan is powerless to stem the decay of his own body. About 55 years old, he sends for Changchun, a Taoist sage believed to know the secret of long life. The old monk can only disappoint the eager conqueror: "If neither heaven nor earth can achieve permanence, how much less can man do so?"  Still, Genghis hails the sage as a holy man, and the two become friends and correspondents.

   --NGM, February 1997

[angus]

"Clutching a clot of blood - omen of courage and victory, at least according to legend - a boy is born to a Mongol family living near the Onon River. He is named Temujin, which means blacksmith.  Temujin's father, a minor chieftain named Yisugei, once robbed a group of Tatars, members of a rival tribe. Neither forgiving nor forgetting this affront, the Tatars poison Yisugei years later. Temujin is nine when his father dies. Dejected, Yisugei's followers defect to other chiefs, leaving Temujin and his family as outcasts. The widow and her children endure by fishing, foraging for berries and wild onions, and snaring rodents.  Bekhter, an older half brother, torments Temujin and a younger brother by stealing the prize each time the younger boys fish or hunt. Enraged, Temujin and his brother stalk Bekhter and slay him with an arrow, the Mongol weapon of choice. Temujin's own mother decries the killing, and court historians, years later, will delicately omit this chapter from biographies of Genghis Khan."

Ruthless bastard, wasn't he?


"Eternity claims Genghis Khan in August 1227. He has lived about 60 years. The cause of death is a mystery, perhaps because of Genghis' order to shroud his passing with secrecy. So seriously do the heirs take this command that they kill almost anyone who sees the funeral procession. The great conqueror's grave is not marked - to discourage grave robbers - and no one has found it yet."

Even in death he's a killer.  Was this guy influential or what?

[Aaron]

Attila the Hun

[ShapeShifter]

Genghis Khan           

[JohnFKennedy]

I had intended to say Ghengis Kahn in the worlds best leader thread, but never got around to it.  I can't say he's the most evil, since I don't believe in evil, but I'll say he had the most profoud effect on world history of any leader I can think of.  National Geographic magazine has called him the "most influential leader ever of Asia."

Check out the December 1996 and February 1997 issues.

couldn't agree more, I don't regard either as evil, although they were amazing leaders.

[ShapeShifter]

I had intended to say Ghengis Kahn in the worlds best leader thread, but never got around to it.  I can't say he's the most evil, since I don't believe in evil, but I'll say he had the most profoud effect on world history of any leader I can think of.  National Geographic magazine has called him the "most influential leader ever of Asia."

Check out the December 1996 and February 1997 issues.

You don't believe in evil?

[Gustaf]

I voted the Hun, since I think he really enjoyed causing havoc more. Genghis Khan rather used terror as a strategy.

But where is Timur Lenk? He's my write-in, even though he isn't active any more...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Write in: Timur

[© tweed]

What?

[Gustaf]

What?

What do you mean what?

[dunn]

Timur lang