> considered by many to have been a brutal ruler He raided these places in military campaigns; he did not rule them at the time of the raids. So he was not a b

> considered by many to have been a brutal ruler He raided these places in military campaigns; he did not rule them at the time of the raids. So he was not a brutal ruler. In fact, he was a benevolent ruler, distributing loot equally and promoting on merit rather than nepotism. As another commentator has pointed out, the brutality was an intimidation tactic. It was very selectively applied. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708182 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708182 He also did much to bring modern human rights to his subjects. You can read about it in Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford, an anthropologist who lives in Mongolia part-time. https://amzn.com/B000FCK206 https://amzn.com/B000FCK206