Was Genghis Khan a despot

Answer 1

Well not really. He was a conquerer so countries outsie of Mongolia think of him as a monster. but he actually kind toward his citizens. like when he conquered countries if the people agreed to become mongolian citizens they were treated very well.

Answer 2

Yes. The definition of a despot is: "a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way." Genghis Khan was an absolute dictator who was incredibly cruel to his political rivals, the residents of the territories he controlled, and to those people whose lands he sought to conquer. One statistic that shows how many women Genghis Khan raped is that roughly 16 million men today are his direct descendants.

One particularly notable comment from Genghis Khan, showing that he recognized himself as a despot is the following: "The greatest joy for a man is to defeat his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all they possess, to see those they love in tears, to ride their horses, and to hold their wives and daughters in his arms."