Kolya believed that the Mongols’ expansion was pathological. It was a ghastly spiral of positive feedback… — Arthur C. Clarke
Kolya believed that the Mongols’ expansion was pathological. It was a ghastly spiral of positive feedback, born of Genghis Khan’s unquestioned military genius and fueled by easy conquests, a plague of insanity and destruction that had spread across most of the known world.
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