It's probably because of the Age of Enlightenment in the west that did a thorough self evaluation over a few centuries. That type of self evaluation is rare in other cultures.
As someone from the middle East (with a high chance of having Mongol blood), it does annoy me how much people are enamoured by Genghis khan. The guy was a brutal imperialist.
As someone from the middle East (with a high chance of having Mongol blood), it does annoy me how much people are enamoured by Genghis khan. The guy was a brutal imperialist.