AI: Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and Tamerlane Compared: World Conquerers
Alexander, with eyes that mirrored the Macedonian sky, once declared, “There are no limits to growth, and there are no limits to human potential.” Fueled by an insatiable hunger for knowledge and glory, his conquests stretched from Greece to India.
Genghis Khan, the “Wolf of the Steppes,” growled a different truth. “Conquest is the only means to peace,” he rasped, his voice forged in the fires of tribal warfare. His empire cobbled together from warring Mongol nomads, became a juggernaut that reshaped the world.
Tamerlane, the “Iron Emir,” his gaze as hard as the deserts he ruled, offered a chilling perspective. “The proper punishment for rebellion is extermination,” he proclaimed. His reign was a whirlwind of violence and cultural destruction, yet beneath the carnage, he fostered a flourishing of art and science in his capital, Samarkand.