Ideas in a Trivia #1: The Great Mongolian Empire!

I am commencing today a new series that I call “Ideas in a Trivia”. This will run parallel to the current theme of the blog which is around new and fresh ideas for all walks of life.

“The ideas in a Trivia” series will be based on already existing facts, historical incidences and will draw out ideas and lessons that we could use from these facts and trivia. It will be great if you can join my rumblings and add your own!

The first “idea in a trivia” is about the Mongol Empire of the 12th Century AD. Back then the Mongol Empire was,

• The largest contiguous empire ever in history. It was also known as the world empire
• At it’s peak 4 times larger than the Roman empire
• Controlled one fifth of the Earth's total land area
• Was responsible for mass extermination of Persians resulting in a population drop from 2,500,000 to 250,000!!

Well, that was the Mongolian empire then. It must have been a privilege to be a Mongolian in the 12th Century. Let’s see how Mongolia is doing now. Today Mongolia is,

• the 4th most thinly populated country in the world
• 19th in terms of land area
• Ranked 150 on the basis of GDP; 164 in terms of per capita income
• And 106 as in terms life satisfaction and expectancy

Interesting little turn around, don’t you think? So, what’s the point?

Simple actually,

1. All great empires, countries and corporations will inevitably disintegrate into oblivion if they lack continuous, consistent and compassionate leadership

2. There is a certain amount of certainty in the collapse of today’s great powers. It’s not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’