Everyone has heard of the world's four major ancient civilizations, but do you know that there are still "four barbarians" in the world? In fact, the barbarians here are not saying how bad their "level of civilization" is, but that they have committed heinous atrocities against certain civilizations. And one of the four barbarians has developed into a developed country.
Huns – sweeping east and west
First, of all the barbarians, the Huns were to rank first. The Xiongnu Empire arose in the 3rd century BC, and the famous Modun Shan Yu unified all nomadic peoples from the northeast to the western region, achieving the first unification of the nomadic state. After the completion of the unification, the Xiongnu began a tidal offensive against the Han Dynasty in the south, slaughtering thousands of Han Dynasty civilians every year, and their crimes were heinous.
After Emperor Wu of han, the Han Dynasty launched a counterattack against the Xiongnu, bringing them under han rule. In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu re-emerged. However, under the policy of differentiation of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were divided into the Southern Xiongnu and the Northern Xiongnu, of which the Southern Xiongnu became a vassal state of the Han Dynasty. Subsequently, the Eastern Han general Dou Xian attacked the Northern Xiongnu and forced them to move west, and there was no Xiongnu regime in the desert north from then on. However, this was only the beginning of the Huns' destruction of civilization.
In the 4th century, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings occurred in the Western Jin Dynasty at that time, and the Southern Xiongnu nobleman Liu Yuan took advantage of the rebellion, thus sweeping through the Central Plains and causing the Land of China to sink. In the war, the Southern Xiongnu killed and plundered in the Central Plains, and the people were killed by the Hu people, resulting in a tragic Wuhu chaos, and the Chinese civilization suffered a catastrophe. However, in the end, the Huns disappeared in the early Period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Helian Dynasty's Xia regime was the last Hun state in China.
In China, the Huns disappeared though. But in Europe, the destruction of the Huns had only just begun. The Northern Huns, a relative of the Southern Huns, traveled a long way to Europe and launched an offensive against germanic, Roman Empire and other countries, and everywhere they passed was a ruin. And these Huns were horrified by the Romans as the "Yellow Peril". Therefore, the Huns, who were in turmoil, became the first of the four barbarians in the world.
Mongols – sweeping the world
The Mongols were the barbarians who had ravaged the world the longest and the longest incursions. After Genghis Khan unified the desert north, he immediately carried out a large-scale invasion in three directions: east, west and south.
Under the iron heel of the Mongol army, the Chinese, Central Asian, Arab and Eastern European civilizations suffered a terrible catastrophe. Wherever the Mongol army passed, the city was slaughtered and all the buildings were burned. In addition, the Mongols were particularly fond of digging dams and destroying local water conservancy facilities.
More than a century after Genghis Khan's death, the Mongols built a super empire of more than 30 million square kilometers, but at the cost of the lives of hundreds of millions of innocent people. Due to the destruction of the Mongols, many of the prosperity of Central Asia, West Asia, and Eastern Europe has not been restored to this day.
After the decline of the Mongol Empire, the Central Asian nobleman Timur, who claimed to be a descendant of Genghis Khan, once again followed the example of his predecessors and challenged the world. Like Genghis Khan, Timur was keen on slaughtering cities, and the newly restored Central and Western Asia was in ruins. Timur also wanted to challenge the Ming Dynasty, but fortunately it was on the way to the west.
Spain – Destroy the Americas
Do not think that civilized countries are not barbaric, and Spain in Europe is the world-famous destroyer of civilization. After the Spanish expelled foreign rule, the Age of Discovery began, and they not only found trade routes to Asia, but also discovered the Americas. Driven by the lust for money, Spain committed numerous heinous atrocities.
In the Americas, the Spaniards destroyed the Aztec and Inca empires. In the eyes of the Spaniards, the splendid cultures created by the Aztecs, incas, and Maya were all the products of paganism and demons. As a result, Spain destroyed many exquisite buildings and burned manuscripts that recorded local civilization, so that American civilization was destroyed. In addition, the Spaniards forced the local Indians to work as coolies, deliberately transmitting diseases to the Indians, causing the loss of at least 40 million people throughout the Americas.
In addition to its wanton behavior in the Americas, Spain did not hesitate to do so in Asia, conquering many island countries in the Indian And Pacific Oceans and carrying out brutal massacres there. From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Spain slaughtered the Chinese three times in the Philippines, resulting in the innocent death of 100,000 Chinese.
Curiously, however, Spain seems to have been spared any punishment, and it quickly became rich by plundering the colonies' gold, silver, rubber, spices, and sugar, and Spain is still a developed country in the world.
Japan – the most modern barbarian
If there are still barbarians in modern times, I am afraid that this "laurel" is none other than the Japanese. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Japan has begun to expand abroad. After absorbing a large amount of Chinese civilization, Japan gradually moved towards civilization. But unlike the respectful and courteous Chinese, the Japanese always carry the genes of tyranny and ferocity.
After the Yuan Dynasty, the Wokou began to run rampant in East and Southeast Asia, and these Wokou killed people when they saw them, without mercy, and hundreds of thousands of people died in China alone. Even Europeans say, "Don't provoke the Japanese, these people are as vicious as beasts." ”
During the Nongchen War, the Japanese army rushed into the land of Samhan and killed and plundered, and half of the population of Korea was slaughtered. After Japan was defeated by the Ming Dynasty, it was suspended for 300 years. However, by the mid-19th century, japan was the meiji restoration, and the newly powerful Japan could not wait to begin to expand abroad.
During the Sino-Japanese War, the self-proclaimed civilized Japanese army committed a terrible atrocities in Lushun, slaughtering tens of thousands of innocent people. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Japan, which had long since become one of the great powers and the sixth largest industrial country in the world, had military discipline that was inferior to that of the medieval army. They roamed thousands of miles, massacring people and killing and injuring tens of millions of people. Later, they invaded Southeast Asia, committing more crimes than in China
Many acts of injustice will kill themselves, and in the end Japan will be defeated by the Allies and obediently accept the peaceful transformation. If there are barbarians in modern times, I am afraid that this is not japan, because they were once more ferocious than beasts.