I saw this top 10 list from the Coming Anarchy blog site. Which of these muppets is the greatest conqueror of all time?
I'm defining conqueror in a purely militaristic way, and in terms of ENEMY lands conquered, which excludes religious conversion such as with Jesus of Nazareth, the Prophet Mohammed, Buddha, etc. as well as subjugation of internal lands, such as what Stalin or Lenin did. I'm also excluding conquests that happened with multiple leaders over a long period of time, such as what the Poms did.
Here's the list:
1. Genghis Khan (4,860,000) [Mongolia]
2. Alexander the Great (2,180,000) [Macedonia]
3. Tamerlane (2,145,000) [Turkestan]
4. Cyrus the Great (2,090,000) [Persia]
5. Attila the Hun (1,450,000) [Hun Empire]
6. Adolf Hitler (1,370,000) [Germany]
7. Napoleon (720,000) [France]
8. Mahmud of Ghazni (680,000) [Afghanistan]
9. Francisco Pizarro (480,000) [Spain]
10. George W. Bush (423,424) [United States]
Discuss.
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