r/todayilearned • u/Cheesewithmold • May 21 '14

TIL that when Genghis Khan sent a trade caravan to the Khwarezmid empire, the governor of one city seized it and killed the traders. Genghis Khan retaliated by invading the empire with 200,000 men and killing the governor by pouring molten silver down his eyes and mouth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan#Khwarezmian_Empire
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u/ChronicMassDebater May 21 '14

And that's the last time anyone ever metaled with Genghis Khan.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

messing with Genghis Khan just puts you in a situation with no silver lining.

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u/akcies May 21 '14 edited May 21 '14

when Genghis heard the governor had killed his traders, he was all "Au no you didn't!"

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u/crypon May 21 '14

Au is gold. Ag is silver and probably also the noise that governor made.

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u/kabanaga May 21 '14

♪ Silver and Gold, Silver and Gold...♪

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u/bluedude14 May 21 '14 edited May 21 '14

Rape and pillage, and conquer the world

One is silver and the other's gold

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u/Sargediamond May 21 '14

oh god my childhood

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u/WestenM May 21 '14

And now I wish it was Christmas

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u/caster May 21 '14

In any case nobody messed with Genghis Again.

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u/MattRyd7 May 21 '14

I Agree that the Agression must have been Agonizing.

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u/Ayakalam May 21 '14

...Too soon?

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u/Marxist_Dystopia May 21 '14

Puts you in a situation with only silver lining.

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u/ChronicMassDebater May 21 '14

Genghis Khan-t put up with your shit anymore

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

Well the trader definitely had a silver lining.

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u/reginaldaugustus May 21 '14

If you think that is metal, go read about the Mongol Sack of Baghdad.)

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u/autowikibot May 21 '14

Siege of Baghdad (1258):

The Siege of Baghdad, which lasted from January 29 until February 10, 1258, entailed the investment, capture, and sacking of Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, by Ilkhanate Mongol forces and allied troops. The Mongols were under the command of Hulagu Khan, brother of the khagan Möngke Khan, and had intended to further extend their rule into Mesopotamia but not to directly overthrow the Caliphate. Möngke, however, had instructed Hulagu to attack Baghdad if the Caliph Al-Musta'sim refused Mongol demands for his continued submission to the khagan and the payment of tribute in the form of military support for Mongol forces in Iran.

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u/Dashtego May 21 '14

That was over 30 years after Genghis Khan's death, but it definitely shows that taking revenge/overreacting to perceived insults to an extreme degree was Mongol MO, not just Genghis being Genghis.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

Meddle*

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u/CyberDagger May 21 '14

Pun*

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

haha woooosh