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Newmanuel t1_j2crq4n wrote

Killing hundreds of thousands of people and conquering lands doesn't make you a good ruler, especially if you can't keep the empire together afterwards.

He's great the way genghis khan is great. A world historic militarty leader. but a great emperor he was not

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TheNightIsLost t1_j2crw2p wrote

Genghis Khan's empire lasted for a long time compared to Alexander's.

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Newmanuel t1_j2ctfju wrote

fair enough, at least genghis had his successsion in order.

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