> Within three hours they had murdered 3,000 people. October 12th 1519 was a bloodbath on an unprecedented scale...
Not in global terms. Genghis and his Mongol army allegedly despatched up to hundreds of thousands to over a million people each in campaigns such as in Nishapur, Merv and Urgench, in the 13th century.
A follow up, Ghengis's campaign put multiple cities to the sword, executing everyone not of direct use to the campaign. Death tolls are hard to estimate, but you're looking at anywhere from on the order of tens of thousands to a million people executed at the same time—over the course of hours. Famously, the Tigris ran black and red from ink and blood after the sacking of Baghdad (the ink came from the Grand Library of Baghdad), and the destruction of the Khwarezmia dynasty was particularly bloody.
Who knows if we'll ever get accurate numbers, but it's one of the most gruesome period of human history. The institutional hate towards Ghengis only disappeared in the 20th century.
Not in global terms. Genghis and his Mongol army allegedly despatched up to hundreds of thousands to over a million people each in campaigns such as in Nishapur, Merv and Urgench, in the 13th century.