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Tuesday, 5 August 2025

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From Wikipedia -


Destruction under the Mongol Empire

The Mongol conquests resulted in widespread and well-documented death and destruction throughout Eurasia, as the Mongol army invaded hundreds of cities and killed millions of people.



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Environmental impact

According to a study by the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Global Energy, the annihilation of so many human beings and cities under Genghis Khan may have scrubbed as much as 700 million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere by allowing forests to regrow on previously populated and cultivated land.

2 comments:

  1. Just think what Buffalo Bill and his ilk achieved in eradicating millions of bovine farters and burpers.

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  2. Doonhamer - Green Hero Class 1 - or should be.

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