“Obliterating Everything”: 15 Of The Most Monumental Mistakes In History

Article created by: Mantas Kačerauskas

Everyone makes mistakes, but the scale and impact of one blunder or another is rarely similar. But some mistakes are so monumentally big that they can end large companies, devastated whole countries and even upset continent-wide ecosystems. So perhaps you tripping in public is not that bad, is it?

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Some guy introduced rabbits to Australia in 1788 so that he could hunt them for sport.

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A governor of the Khwarazmian Empire killed a peaceful emissary from a neighboring empire, who had been sent to establish trade relations and political connections between the two powers. The emissary was sent by Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan replied by invading the Khwarazmian Empire, obliterating everything in his path, burning basically the entire thing to the ground, and then destroying any record of the Khwarazmian Empire that he could find. He finished all of this off by diverting the river that fed the country water, causing the land where the empire once stood to become a dry and barren wasteland. Possibly one of the biggest mess ups in history.

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"Genghis sends three ambassadors (two Mongols and a Muslim) to the sultan to demand the governor be punished. Sultan has Muslim executed and Mongols shaved (a grave insult)." "Genghis abandons current war with China and invades, capturing many cities who hold no real loyalty to the Sultan and surrender peacefullly." "Genghis sieges Otrar, finally fully taking it after six months and executing governor... "Genghis bypasses 300 miles of impassable desert to invade next city from more vulnerable side. "Genghis takes thd capital of the empire in five days. Sultan dies hiding in exile."

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