Throughout the history of civilization, succeeded each other. Some were peaceful and benevolent and after themselves prosperous states left.
Others became famous for their tyranny, coolness and cruelty. Aggressive rulers showed to their people as much compassion as to their enemy. People were deprived of their rights and civil liberties, and when they tried to offer the slightest resistance they perished. What empires led the most bloody policies?
25. Comanche
This tribe of Native Americans was one of the largest. The power of the empire spread to most of Central America. The Comanche became famous for their cruel raids, during which they killed everyone, including women and children. It is because of their fierce reputation that the Spaniards and the French did not rush to specifically explore the American territories. From 1868 to 1881, American settlers exterminated almost 31 million bison. As a result, the Comanche empire began a food crisis, and it fell.
24. Celts
In ancient times, the Celts controlled most of the territories belonging to France, Belgium, England today. Even the brave Romans hardly resisted the representatives of this empire. Why? Because the Celts were famous for their cruelty and insanity. They always fought naked, thus showing their willingness to die. In case of victory, the Celts necessarily cut off all their victims' heads and drove them home as trophies.
23. Vikings
Since 793 AD, Vikings from the Scandinavian Peninsula have begun to rob nearby territories that belonged to England, France, Spain and Russia. The tactics of the Scandinavians were extremely brutal: soldiers suddenly attacked unprotected villages, killed local men, raped women, stole all the goods and left home before the aid arrived to the place of attack. Over the years, the skills of the Vikings only improved. They felt their impunity and began to attack more and more often. The raids lasted quite a long time and at some point ceased to be so unexpected. Neighboring with the Vikings, the villages acquired more or less secure protection, and in 1066 King Harald Hardrad was defeated by the English army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
22. Māori Civilization
Maori is a tribe that inhabited New Zealand. Members of this community were brutal warriors, cannibals, slavers and skillful hunters. Their reputation was so terrible that even British colonists, who were also not famous for their friendliness, did not venture to enter the territory of the tribe. When James Cook landed in New Zealand, at first everything was fine, but then one of his people - James Rowe - angered the local resident. The Maori killed both Rowe himself and several others of Cook. The most terrible thing in this situation was that the aborigines received muskets. Having mastered the weapon, they became even more terrible. Confrontation between Maori and the British continued for decades, but in the end in one and bloody battles, England still won.
21. Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America since 1861 included 11 states that decided to disconnect from the United States. Although none of the countries of the world did not recognize the Confederation, it still had its own president, flag, currency, and its cultural identity even remains so far. The Confederates became famous for their cruelty. In the new "state" the practice of enslavement was welcomed, the beating and rape of blacks was considered an absolutely normal phenomenon. The whole world was shocked to learn about how the Confederates treat prisoners in Andersonville prison. Fortunately, the KSA did not last long. The Confederate empire fell in 1865.
20. The Belgian colonial empire
It consisted of three African colonies in the Congo. The territory of the Belgian colonial empire was 76 times larger than the area of Belgium. The colony was considered the third largest in Africa and was recognized as the possession of King Leopold II, nicknamed "The Butcher of the Congo". The monarch's nickname was given for killing more than a million Congolese, forcing them to work on rubber plantations. If the slaves violated the established rules, they were beaten and deprived of their hands.
19. Mongolian Empire
It existed from 1206 to 1405 and was the largest in the history of mankind. The army under the leadership of Genghis Khan adhered to cruel tactics of warfare. This helped the Mongols to subjugate many cities and countries. If the village was ready to surrender to the mercy of the soldiers without a fight, its inhabitants were left alive. In the case of resistance, the city collapsed, and the entire population was exterminated. According to historical data, during the reign of the Mongol Empire, about 30 million people were killed.
18. The Empire of Ancient Egypt
Slavery flourished here. The workers were treated cruelly. If suddenly the slave went out of order, he was given 100 lashes, and after the execution of the sentence returned to work. A simple population in ancient Egypt suffered from hunger and disease, which in most cases was caused by heavy loads.
17. The Ottoman Empire
The power in her hands was held for centuries. From 1914 to 1922 the Ottoman Empire actively exterminated the Greek Christians. About 3.5 million Greeks, Armenians and Assyrians perished at the hands of Mustafa Kemal and the Young Turks. The Empire collapsed in 1922.
16. Myanmar
In 1962, Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, was captured by a military junta. After the coup, all the discontented authorities were sent to prison. Democracy was suppressed in all possible ways. The prosperity of the military dictatorship made Myanmar a hermit state, with which the rest of the world did not want to have affairs. As a result, only the participants in the regime received benefits from their rule, while the simple population became impoverished.
15. The Neo-Assyrian Empire
Her power extended to the territory of Mesopotamia and Egypt from 883 BC. e. for 627 BC. e. The Neo-Assyrians were distinguished by cruelty. Conquering new lands, they sold the local people into slavery and sent them away from their homes. The remaining Assyrians were put on the stake, dismembered. At the entrance to the cities where the Neo-Assyrian Empire ruled, there were often totemic pillars with insubordinate heads planted on them. The soldiers did not disdain to pinch their eyes to their victims, burned children, and the heads of defeated enemies were hung on trees around the cities.
14. The Portuguese Empire
Her reign began in 1415. The possessions of the Portuguese Empire stretched from Europe, Africa, India to Japan and Brazil. The troops raided African villages, enslaved local residents and made a huge contribution to the slave trade. The decline of the empire began in 1961, when the Angolan workers rebelled. The uprising led to a 14-year-old bloody war. Finally dissolved Portuguese empire was in 1999.
13. The Macedonian Empire
Alexander the Great is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. He began his journey in Macedonia. Having formed a strong army, Alexander the Great was able to conquer Greece, Syria, Egypt, Persia. In order to achieve the goal, the commander and his army sometimes resorted to barbarous practices. The army crucified thousands of people, burned many cities and destroyed many innocent people. Alexander's genius bordered on paranoia. The ruler killed anyone he suspected of treason. After the death of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian empire split into three states.
12. The Italian Empire
In 1861, Italy became a single country. Immediately after this, the rulers of the state began to colonize different parts of the world. The Italians began with Somalia and Libya. In 1922, the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini planned to annex as many territories as possible, including the lands of Greece and Albania. During his reign Mussolini built a police state, dissolved the parliament and suppressed all opposition.
11. The Spanish Empire
After Columbus discovered the New World, the Spanish Empire set out to colonize these lands. Conquistadors plundered, raped and killed local tribes, including the Aztecs and Incas. They turned men into slaves, women were hanged, priests and priests burned. Among other things, the Spaniards brought to the New World smallpox, which killed hundreds of thousands of natives.
10. The French Empire
The rule of the French Empire led to the death of millions of people in Europe. Instead of developing democracy in the country, Napoleon declared himself emperor and restored slavery only seven years after his abolition. And the saddest thing is that Bonaparte once ordered the mass execution of Haitians in gas chambers.
9. The Japanese Empire
During the Second World War, the Japanese Empire conquered a significant part of Asia and the nearby islands in the Pacific Ocean. The seizure of territories was accompanied by the death of millions of civilians and prisoners of war. The Japanese tortured, starved people, turned them into slaves.
8. North Korea
North Korea has been hostile to most Western countries since the very first day of its formation. The power here is concentrated in the hands of one family. The first ruler was Kim Il Sung. North Korea is cut off from the whole world. Here, the worship of the leader is actively promoted. Hundreds of thousands of dissenting Koreans serve their sentences in prisons. In 1990, about 2 million people died of starvation in North Korea. The largest part of the country's income comes from illicit trade in drugs and weapons. Currently, North Koreans are actively testing intercontinental ballistic missiles and completely ignore criticism from the United States and the United Nations.
7. Nazi Germany
From 1933 until 1945, the power in Germany belonged to the totalitarian movement led by Adolf Hitler. The ruler and his minions propagandized the popularization of national pride, anti-Semitism and did not approve of the Versailles Treaty. Hitler destroyed 6 million Jews, driving them into concentration camps and torturing them there. He also invaded the territory of Poland, France, North Africa and the Soviet Union, leaving behind only death and ruin.
6. The Khmer Rouge
In 1975 - 1979, Pol Pot with the Khmer Rouge made a communist takeover of Cambodia. The revolution greatly destabilized the situation in the country. Desiring to create a classless peasant society, Pol Pot destroyed intellectuals, religious leaders and other civilians, whose views, in his opinion, did not coincide with the basic postulates of the new regime. Of the 8 million Cambodians, nearly 1.5 million people were killed by the Khmer Rouge.
5. China under Mao Zedong
The Chinese revolution that followed the Second World War contributed to the creation of the People's Republic of China, ruled by Mao Zedong. The latter propagated the policy of a "big leap forward" and forcibly resettled peasants into communes, denying them any rights and freedoms. From 1958 to 1962, during the famine, workers were beaten and tortured. In four years, 45 million people died, and hunger only increased.
4. The Soviet Union
This is one of the most famous empires in the history of mankind. Ruler Joseph Stalin committed many terrible war crimes during the Second World War, deprived the population of his country of most of the rights and freedoms. In addition, he deliberately made a famine in Ukraine, wishing to suppress the uprising. As a result, 7 million people died.
3. The Roman Empire
In the best of times, the reign of the Roman Empire spread throughout Europe, North Africa, Egypt and Syria. The Romans kept the world in fear. Residents of the conquered villages were crucified. And they did this not only in punishment, but also to demonstrate their own power. The economy of the Roman Empire was built on work and sextorn, as well as robbery and robbery. Many Roman emperors - such as Nero, Caligula, Domitian - were known as tyrants, deliberately destroying their own compatriots.
2. The Empire of the Aztecs
While the Spaniards did not completely exterminate them, the Aztecs destroyed themselves on their own. The authorities were terribly mistreated with their people. The tribe worshiped the god Huitzilopochtli and believed that he eats fresh human hearts. Sacrifices were held regularly. In one day the tribe could kill up to 84 thousand people.
1. The British Empire
The British colonized a quarter of the territory of the entire globe. Although supporters of the regime praise it, many sources find information that the reign of the British Empire was not entirely clean. During the Anglo-Boer War, for example, British troops drove local residents to concentration camps, where more than 27,000 people died of hunger, disease and torture. Some historians believe that it was Britain that divided India and Pakistan, having set against each other almost 10 million people. And at the end of the XIX century from starvation 12 to 29 million people died. This happened because Churchill ordered to take several tons of grain from the colonies to the UK in order to compensate for the crop failure.