In the history of the ancient world, there are many powerful kings, they commanded soldiers and horses to attack the city, covering thousands of miles, leaving countless glorious records in human history, and because of this, it was praised and admired by posterity, the king did not know that Caesar conquered Gaul and was named a great leader, and the Han Wudi period was praised by successive generations because of the strong Han feudal wolf Juxu, Kangxi conquered Mongolia and Dzungar and was revered as the first emperor of the ages, queen Victoria during the British Empire encompassed countless colonies and was called the golden age, Catherine II whale swallowed half of Eastern Europe and was crowned Emperor.
In history, kings with prosperous martial arts abounded, such as Jian Jian, such as Tuoba Tao, and then Kublai Khan. Even the great ruler of the Ottoman Empire, Suleiman the Great, the Frankish Charlemagne, and the Spanish Charles V, have all been featured in history, showing great achievements.
Therefore, from ancient times to the present, the martial arts of a king are often the most important factors remembered by future generations, after all, the beneficiaries of Wenzhi are only a hundred years, and the influence of martial arts is enough to shock thousands of years. And the best criterion for judging the martial arts of kings is to expand the territory. A king with a long history often has pioneering feats that match it. The kings mentioned above are already the best of the pioneering kings, but when it comes to the most famous conquerors in history, there are even more winners.
Next, we will briefly describe the ten most famous conquerors in the history of the world.
Cyrus the Great
1. Cyrus the Great
Cyrus the Great, known as the "Father of iran" and the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty of the First Persian Empire, in 559 BC, Cyrus unified more than a dozen tribes in Persia, and then fought everywhere, and soon pacified the Persian plateau, but at that time Persia was still under the rule of the Medians.
After defeating the Assyrian Empire, the Medes dominated the eastern Middle East for a long time, when three forces in the Middle East were divided into three worlds, with Assyria in the northeast, Lydia in the peninsula of Asia Minor, and Babylon in the two river valleys. Cyrus the Great launched an armed struggle to break away from the Medes, Cyrus the Great led a large army to fight the Assyrians, and the Persians finally achieved a great reversal in the war after three years of war. In 550 BC, Cyrus finally conquered the Medes capital and officially established the Persian Empire.
Then, Cyrus the Great began a western expedition, and the western neighbor Lydia began a war for Asia Minor, after a great victory at the Battle of Simbera, the Persians defeated the Lydian army and invaded Sardis, the kingdom of Lydia was destroyed, and Persia occupied Asia Minor almost completely.
After the conquest of Asia Minor, only Babylon remained of the three powerful forces that had once divided the world. In 546 BC, Cyrus the Great began to conquer Babylon, and after seven years, in 539, the Persian Empire took the plains of Mesopotamia, attacked Babylon, and took most of the Middle East. At the same time, in 530 BC, he sent an army to conquer the Masaghtai people in the vast steppes of Central Asia on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. Cyrus the Great's Persia grew from a Median vassal state to a vast empire stretching from India to the Mediterranean.
Alexander the Great
2. Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great, one of the greatest conquerors in the history of the world, ruler of the Kingdom of Macedonia, founder of the vast Alexander Empire, great statesman and military man. From the beginning of his conquest of Persia to the establishment of a territory across Europe, Asia and Africa, and the indus River, it took less than 10 years for the great emperor to do so.
When Alexander ascended the throne, Macedonia was little more than a small state in the southern Balkans, and after his accession to the throne, he conquered the Greek states and conquered all of Thrace. In the spring of 334 BC, Alexander crossed the Strait of Helles and conquered the First Persian Empire, a giant empire in the east.
After several major battles, Alexander whale swallowed the whole of Asia Minor, followed by a southward conquest of Syria and Egypt, and at the Battle of The City of Issus, the Persian army of tens of thousands of people was destroyed, and Persia was devastated. In 332 BC, Alexander marched south, invaded Egypt, occupied the lower Nile, and established the famous city of Alexandria at the mouth of the Nile, which is still alive today.
In 331 BC, Alexander's army took Mesopotamia, and then continued the crusade, completely conquering the homeland of the Persian Empire, a year later, Darius died, the Persian Empire collapsed, with Babylon, the largest city in the Middle East, as its capital, establishing the most powerful empire in the world at that time. Subsequently, Alexander's crusade to India, ultimately failed to gain a bargain in front of India's elephant array, and subsequently ended the crusade.
From Macedonia in the west, to the Indus Valley in the east, to the first waterfall of the Nile River in the south, to the great empire of Central Asia and Romania in the north, it has influenced the history of the Middle East for hundreds of years.
Genghis Khan
3. Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan Temujin, the greatest leader in The history of Mongolia, the greatest conqueror in the history of the world, a generation of military experts and politicians. When Temujin was young, Mongolia was under the brutal rule of the Jin Empire, and the Jurchen cavalry would regularly sweep the Mongol tribes and implement a policy of reducing the number of people.
After Temujin succeeded him as the tribal leader, he immediately began the war to unify Mongolia, and the united forces such as Zamuhe quickly pacified the Mongol tribes, met on the banks of the Haonan River, and formally unified Mongolia. Then, the road of external expansion began, first picking the weakest Western Xia to attack, and the Mongol army broke the Western Xia army.
Then take advantage of the situation to attack the Jin Kingdom, at the Wild Fox Ridge, the Mongols and the Jin engaged in a peak duel, the two sides were elite, but in the end because the commander of the Jin Kingdom was incompetent, exhausted the three armies. In the end, due to the division of troops, the huge army was broken by the Mongol general Tetsubetsu and others, and the Jin Empire was seriously injured, and the Mongols were treated on the defensive since then. Mongolia then encroached on large areas of the Golden State.
After the great defeat of the Jin Dynasty, Genghis Khan immediately led an army to the west, destroyed the Western Liao, and then conquered Central Asia, destroying the powerful country huarazimo that had been living in Central Asia for a long time, Zhebei and Subutai continued to march westward, reaching the Crimean Peninsula, and at the same time crossing Afghanistan, pointing directly at the Indus River, completing the first Mongol expedition to the west.
Then turned back to Mongolia, after the death of Muhuali, led the army to insist on personally conquering Western Xia, after two years of onslaught, finally Western Xia surrendered, Mongolia destroyed Western Xia, Genghis Khan also died in this year.
Nest broad platform
4. Wokoutai
Wo Kuotai, the successor of Genghis Khan and the greatest integrator in the history of the Mongol Empire, Wo Kuotai was originally a tiger general, and after the death of Genghis Khan, he took the throne as Han. Wo kuotai inherited the strategy of Genghis Khan and further besieged the Jin Dynasty, and soon occupied the northeast and Youzhou, forcing the Jin State to move south.
After consolidating its position, Wokoutai opened a new policy, reusing Yelü Chucai and others, strengthening Sinicization, gradually forming the imperial court of the Mongol Empire, and strengthening the centralized system. Subsequently, Wokoutai began a four-sided expansion war, starting with the destruction of the Golden State in the spring of 1234 by uniting with the Southern Song Dynasty. Then attacked the Southern Song Dynasty, encroaching on a large amount of Southern Song territory.
After the small victory over the Southern Song Dynasty, Wo Kuotai immediately launched the second Mongol Western Expedition, which was also called the Western Expedition of the Eldest Son, headed by Batu, with Subutai as the main general, and the other ministries sent their eldest son to accompany them, so it was called the Eldest Son's Western Expedition. The Mongol armies were overwhelming, and the armies defeated the Rus' army, the Poles, the Teutonic Knights, and the Germans. Capture the Iranian plateau, Ukraine, Poland, and advance up to the Rhine.
He also besieged Budapest, Hungary, and during his reign expanded its territory to Central Asia, North China, and Eastern Europe.
Attila
5. Attila
The leader of the nomadic Huns between ancient Central Asia and Eastern Europe, known to the Christians as the "Whip of God", in 432 AD, Uncle Attila, the Leader of the Huns, Lu jia, unified the Hun tribes and established the Hun Empire. But in 434, Lu Jia died, and the Hun tribe was in chaos. In 436, Attila replaced his brother to unify the Hun tribe, and a great era of Huns came.
Attila led the Huns through the shackles, seized the Ukrainian steppes, and then began to attack the powerful Eastern Roman Empire, annexing large areas of Eastern Rome. After the failed attack on the Second Persian Empire, Attila turned to attack the Eastern Roman Empire and Western Europe.
In 450 AD, the Huns attacked Western Europe, defeating the Basques and Goths in succession, and then the Dosi Roman Empire several times, establishing a large empire stretching from Central Asia in the east to the vicinity of Gaul. At the end of Attila, the Huns crossed the Alps and invaded the Apennine Peninsula, forcing the Roman emperor to flee from the city of Rome, but Attila stopped on the banks of the Po River. The Hun empire declined from then on, and then encountered the main Visigothic forces on the way to retreat, unable to win, and then retreated to the Danube River, preparing to invade the Eastern Roman Empire, at the peak of his career, Attila died of illness on the way, and the empire collapsed.
Napoleon
6. Napoleon
The greatest monarch in European history, Napoleon, Emperor of the First French Empire, the greatest French statesman and military figure of the nineteenth century. Napoleon joined the army in his early years and showed his sharp edge in the army, reusing cannons and muskets, and was good at using cavalry.
In 1798, Napoleon invaded Egypt and occupied Alexandria, becoming the absolute star of French politics, and in 1799, he launched the Fog Moon Coup and became the ruler of France. The following year, Napoleon led a large army across the Alps, defeated the Austrian forces on the Italian and Genoa sides, and won the famous Battle of Marengo. In 1804, Napoleon became emperor and annexed most of Italy.
Subsequently, Napoleon began the conquest of Europe, took Spain and the Netherlands, seized most of Germany's territory and captured the capital Berlin, forcing Austria to submit, capturing Vienna, and becoming the hegemon of Europe. Before attacking Tsarist Russia, Napoleon had taken almost all of Western Europe.
Tamerlane
7. Timur
The Timurid Empire, perhaps the last great empire in the history of Central Asia, was about the same age as the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, coinciding with the decline of the Mongols. In 1362, Timur led an uprising, and after a long and bloody battle with the Mongols, he finally achieved a strategic victory.
After the establishment of the state of Central Asia, Timur immediately began the road of external expansion, which was divided into two stages, the conquest of Khwarazm in 1388, the conquest of Afghanistan in 1389, the conquest of the Eastern Chagatai Empire in 1390, and the conquest of Persia in 1393.
In the second phase, in 1398, the southern conquest of India seized a large area of land near the Indus River, followed by the conquest of Syria in 1402. Defeating the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Ankara in 1402, he captured its sultan, Bayezid I the Lightning, extending his power to Asia Minor.
Timur used twenty-five years to build a great empire stretching from the Pamir in the east, to Asia Minor in the west, to the Aral Sea in the north, and to the Persian Gulf in the south.
Qin Shi Huang
8. Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang, the greatest emperor in Chinese history, laid the foundation and theoretical basis for China's great unification. After Yingzheng took the throne, the State of Qin was located in the western region, and after more than ten years of Taoguang and obscurity, it finally swept away domestic contradictions after becoming an adult pro-government, and then launched the road of conquest.
In 226 BC, the State of Qin attacked Xinzheng and destroyed Han in one fell swoop; in 225 AD, the Qin army continued to march eastward, Wang Ben attacked Wei, besieged Daliang, diverted the Yellow River water to irrigate the city, and finally destroyed the State of Great Wei; in 222 BC, the Qin army marched south to the north and destroyed the State of Chu, and in the same year, the Qin army also destroyed the State of Zhao, which was destroyed by Handan and survived for six years in Daidi. Wang Ben continued his eastern expedition, and the army pointed directly at Liaodong, and Wang Xi of Yan destroyed the Yan state. He then destroyed the Daiguo, then concentrated his forces to attack the State of Qi, and in 221 BC it was destroyed and unified.
Qin Shi Huang took less than six years to sweep the world and unify the Central Plains. However, Qin Shi Huang's road of conquest did not stop, sending Zhao Tuo to the south to conquer Lingnan, and pacify in one fell swoop, and then the Xiongnu in the north hundreds of miles, in Jiuyuan to establish a big city, control the grassland, so martial arts combat strength, Qin Shi Huang is worthy of the emperor of the ages.
Morton Single Yu
9. Mao Dun Shan Yu
Mao Dundan, the greatest conqueror in the history of the Xiongnu, this great power that straddles the Qin and Han Dynasties, was a great talent and a strategy, and established an extremely large Xiongnu empire. When Mao Dun's father ascended the throne, the Xiongnu were just a loose tribe, far less powerful than Eastern Hu.
After Mao Dun came to power, he first pacified the Xiongnu tribes, and then competed with Donghu for the steppe, breaking the main force of Donghu several times and occupying the Mongolian steppe. After defeating Dong Hu, Mouton began a westward expedition, defeating the Yue clan, capturing northeastern Central Asia, and then moving south to control Lou Fu in the Hetao region. Then, a large army swept through the western region, and dozens of countries in the western region submitted to the Xiongnu.
Subsequently, Mao Dun sent troops north and conquered the northern kingdoms of Hun Geng, Qu Zhi, Ding Zero, Mane Kun, and Salary Plough. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Mao Dun sent troops to help Han Wangxin, bringing Han Gaozu a lifetime of shame "The Siege of Baideng", and since then, for decades, the Xiongnu have taken the initiative in the posture against the Han Dynasty.
The Motons laid the foundation for the xiongnu's strength, a vast empire stretching from Central Asia in the west, northeast in the east, to the Siberian forests in the north, and to the Loop in the south.
Heavenly Khan Li Shimin
10. Li Shimin
Tang Taizong Li Shimin, the prosperity of Wenzhi martial arts, the most accomplished king in Chinese history, is not even one of them. Since Li Yuan's Taiyuan army began, Li Shimin was a sharp blade in the Tang Dynasty's conquest of the world, destroying Xue Ju of Western Qin, attacking Song Jingang, destroying Liu Wuzhou, besieging Luoyang, and destroying Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande.
After taking the throne, Li Shimin immediately launched an attack on the Turks, and Li Jing and Li Ji went north to sweep the desert north, and soon subdued the Eastern Turks. Then the west out of the Hexi Corridor and pacified the western region. At the same time, he defeated Tubo, who wanted to fight for supremacy in Qinghai, and forced Songzan Gampo to marry a Tang princess.
Immediately after, the Tang Dynasty destroyed Xue Yantuo, and the power invaded Central Asia, and an incomparably large empire was established.