"And if they were simply brutal eventually there would have been revolt." They were extremely brutal so that conquered peoples would not revolt. They were very

"And if they were simply brutal eventually there would have been revolt." They were extremely brutal so that conquered peoples would not revolt. They were very pragmatic in some sense. After Herat revolted and killed the Mongol governor Genghis had appointed, he reportedly asked why the slaughters his forces had carried out had not succeeded in terrorizing Herat's population into submission.