The Most Ruthless Empires in History Explained
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Empires were built on power, but some rose through fear, conquest, and unimaginable brutality. These are the most ruthless empires in history explained.
Chapters:
0:00 – Assyrian Empire
1:28 – Persian Empire
2:59 – Macedonian Empire
4:31 – Roman Empire
6:05 – Mongol Empire
7:38 – Ottoman Empire
9:18 – Aztec Empire
10:41 – Spanish Empire
12:10 – British Empire
13:44 – Japanese Empire
15:09 – Russian Empire
16:39 – French Empire
18:01 – Qin Dynasty
19:19 – Nazi Empire
20:45 – Zulu Empire








A certain group of people were expelled from Spain in 1492 and Columbus discovered America in 1492, what a coincidence
Valid crashout Xerxes
American empire today.
It is funny when Hellenic historians blamed the Great King XERXES for what he did in Athens but never say it was the revenge from the Greeks because they burned Sardis during the riot.
And you mentioned Alexander who took revenge (of course by burning Perspolis!) You Westerners are silly!
Because in your sights Alaxander, who killed , Burned and Slaved many was a God Hero, but persian kings that Managed a Huge Civilization were brutal! What your little Alexy done for humanity?
he just fought and fought and fought
No more!
Genghis Khan killed so many people he caused a global climate cooling event xd
Thanks for talking about japanese atrocities❤❤
Where's the Belgian Colonial Empire?
King Leopold is the most ruthlessly evil person to existed
Jaydon has a second channel. This is a wise choice. He has a very good voice for churning out videos with a little help from AI.
Nina maZulu, nikhona?
Babylon was one of the capitals in persian empire they didn't destroyed it
And cyrus the great cylinder was the first human right in the world