From: Monte Davis 

"When the Mongol emperor Tamerlane conquered Baghdad in 1401 he
commanded that each of his soldiers bring back two heads from the populace
and stack them in a pyramid. At the end of the day there were 120 such
towers circling the city, each of them swarming with vultures...."

I'd heard the "hill of skulls" bit many times, but never knew the
operational details. Much more efficient than issuing an RFP to the big
decapitation contractors, CBO audits, and all that.

"http://www.bookslut.com/features/2006_04_008417.php

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