Puppet wars, not Total War. There's a difference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war We haven't experienced Total

Puppet wars, not Total War. There's a difference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war We haven't experienced Total War in our lifetime (thankfully), but when referencing the imperial dynasties in history as being more noticeable, it's usually because the wars they held were total.