Wonder why.

I mean, I know why, but

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    1 year ago

    I would argue there’s still a difference between “callous because medieval life sucks” and Viking “plundering as the core value”. Viking is a profession after all, not an ethnicity.

    Mongols are a bit different case, as I would argue the idea of Mongols that exists in popular culture is pretty far off, and fits better to earlier steppe cultures - Cumans, Pechenegs, etc. By the time Mongols rolled into what is now Russia, the Golden Horde was an empire. With massive production capabilities, logistics, the works.

    That said, I agree that the level of everyday violence and cruelty of those periods is severely underestimated

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      1 year ago

      Honestly, when I read about what the Mongols and other medieval empires did to their enemies, it actually does make me feel like we’ve come a long way. As evil and destructive as people can still be towards one another, we don’t dehumanize each other to such absurd levels as feudal regimes did.