From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Monte Davis"  wrote in message
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> "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

Tamerlane was a poor second to Hulagu Khan

When Hulagu Khan  sacked Baghdad in 1258 ( 800,000 slaughtered  ) he was
praised by the Pope ( Clement ? ) at the time for this act aiding
Christianity ( Hulagu's wife was Christian )

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