> Estimated based on what? Myth? That's the number of casualties Weatherford (whose work is described in the article) argues against in his book. I compared su

> Estimated based on what? Myth? That's the number of casualties Weatherford (whose work is described in the article) argues against in his book. I compared such estimates with the Roman body count described by Matthew White. > The Mongol empire was one of the most inclusive and peaceful empires in human history. It's easy to be called peaceful when you slaughtered all opposition beforehand.