Who is the COOLEST leader in history?

[Nervium]

its not just about the beard.
its about saladins whole personality (or at least as it is decribed in history)

Ashurbanipal had a pretty cool personality, in a nightmarish oh-god-why-would-you-do-that-you-monster kind of way. He made at least one defeated king live in a dog kennel, for example.

But did he live like an animal for 7 years in the desert? No.

Nebuchadnezzar II wins!

[Papait]

Ashurbanipal had a pretty cool personality, in a nightmarish oh-god-why-would-you-do-that-you-monster kind of way. He made at least one defeated king live in a dog kennel, for example.

But did he live like an animal for 7 years in the desert? No.

Nebuchadnezzar II wins!

again, thats not cool, thats crazy

[Nervium]

But did he live like an animal for 7 years in the desert? No.

Nebuchadnezzar II wins!

again, thats not cool, thats crazy

Afterward he reigned again though, business as usual. That's the cool part.

[Wind in the Willows]

Napoleon Bonaparte, He was a great general, who despite his height, became respected and feared. In modern wording, he became, "A boss"

Napoleon was of average height for that time period.

[MERIZoC]

As someone who is obsessed with the Mongol Empire, I'm gonna say Genghis Khan. I mean, largest continuous land empire in history anyone?

[Sun Wukong]

Mannerheim.

Both in terms of his name, his actions, and being geographically very far north.

[The Great Heathen Army]

Swedens Charles XII. To cool to loose a battle,but, luckily for tzar Peter,also too cool to settle for anything short of total victory.
Defeating Charles was what made Peter "the Great". All it took was reconstructing Russian government and its army (Charles crushed most of the old army... in a single battle), an alliance with Denmark and Poland and a 21 year long war.... for wich he got enough coastline to build St Petersburg.

That said: Peter was way more competent KING, and impressive in all ways. He carried Russia into the 18th century on his back.

[Great Franconia and Verana]

Trudeau.

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Read my mind, Pierre Trudeau was very very cool

[Shnercropolis]

As someone who is obsessed with the Mongol Empire, I'm gonna say Genghis Khan. I mean, largest continuous land empire in history anyone?

And said this:

I am the flail of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.

[Utceforp]

Ashurbanipal had a pretty cool personality, in a nightmarish oh-god-why-would-you-do-that-you-monster kind of way. He made at least one defeated king live in a dog kennel, for example.

But did he live like an animal for 7 years in the desert? No.

Nebuchadnezzar II wins!

Did Nebuchadnezzar kill lions with his bare hands for fun? No.

Ashurbanipal wins!

If I had to pick which of the two major Akkadian civilizations was the best, I'd go with the Babylonians over the Assyrians ten times out of ten, but the Assyrians had the most badass kings by far.

[Shnercropolis]

But did he live like an animal for 7 years in the desert? No.

Nebuchadnezzar II wins!

Did Nebuchadnezzar kill lions with his bare hands for fun? No.

Ashurbanipal wins!

If I had to pick which of the two major Akkadian civilizations was the best, I'd go with the Babylonians over the Assyrians ten times out of ten, but the Assyrians had the most badass kings by far.

Naw man, it's all about Sargon of Akkad. Founding and holding the first true empire? No sweat.

[Americanada]

Even a bull moose doesn't mind letting another bull moose use him as a method of transportation so long as that other bull moose is Theodore Roosevelt.

He, my fellow posters, is cool distilled and refined into a rugged yet sophisticated package.

[Shnercropolis]

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Even a bull moose doesn't mind letting another bull moose use him as a method of transportation so long as that other bull moose is Theodore Roosevelt.

He, my fellow posters, is cool distilled and refined into a sophisticated yet rugged package.

Hear hear!

[Utceforp]

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Even a bull moose doesn't mind letting another bull moose use him as a method of transportation so long as that other bull moose is Theodore Roosevelt.

He, my fellow posters, is cool distilled and refined into a sophisticated yet rugged package.

If Ashurbanipal met Teddy Roosevelt riding his moose, he would grab the moose's neck with one hand and choke it to death. True story.

[Shnercropolis]

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Even a bull moose doesn't mind letting another bull moose use him as a method of transportation so long as that other bull moose is Theodore Roosevelt.

He, my fellow posters, is cool distilled and refined into a sophisticated yet rugged package.

If Ashurbanipal met Teddy Roosevelt riding his moose, he would grab the moose's neck with one hand and choke it to death. True story.

Teddy would proceed to kick Ashubanipal squarely in the testicles and then shoot him.

[Americanada]

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Even a bull moose doesn't mind letting another bull moose use him as a method of transportation so long as that other bull moose is Theodore Roosevelt.

He, my fellow posters, is cool distilled and refined into a sophisticated yet rugged package.

If Ashurbanipal met Teddy Roosevelt riding his moose, he would grab the moose's neck with one hand and choke it to death. True story.

I would like to see Ashurbanipal go up against a mountain lion with just a knife. In Red Dead Redemption and real life, that is also known as a suicide.

For Theodore Roosevelt, it is a vulgar brawl with an animal that does not have the courtesy to bring a gun so as to make it a challenge that he may use to keep himself awake between reading Tolstoy novels in a single sitting as ways to keep himself awake.

[Utceforp]

If Ashurbanipal met Teddy Roosevelt riding his moose, he would grab the moose's neck with one hand and choke it to death. True story.

Teddy would proceed to kick Ashubanipal squarely in the testicles and then shoot him.

I guess Ashurbanipal is at a bit of a technological disadvantage... However, he would then proceed to bash a cuneiform tablet over Teddy's head, knocking the president unconscious.

Teddy Roosevelt would then regain consciousness, and after Ashurbanipal had recovered from his bullet wound, they would then bond over their mutual love of history and manly facial hair.

[Utceforp]

If Ashurbanipal met Teddy Roosevelt riding his moose, he would grab the moose's neck with one hand and choke it to death. True story.

I would like to see Ashurbanipal go up against a mountain lion with just a knife. In Red Dead Redemption and real life, that is also known as a suicide.

For Theodore Roosevelt, it is a vulgar brawl with an animal that does not have the courtesy to bring a gun so as to make it a challenge that he uses to keep himself awake between reading Tolstoy novels in a single sitting to keep himself awake.

Technically not a mountain lion, I guess, but it should count for something...

[Shnercropolis]

Teddy would proceed to kick Ashubanipal squarely in the testicles and then shoot him.

I guess Ashurbanipal is at a bit of a technological disadvantage... However, he would then proceed to bash a cuneiform tablet over Teddy's head, knocking the president unconscious.

Teddy Roosevelt would then regain consciousness, and after Ashurbanipal had recovered from his bullet wound, they would then bond over their mutual love of history and manly facial hair.

I think that's how it would go down.

[Americanada]

I would like to see Ashurbanipal go up against a mountain lion with just a knife. In Red Dead Redemption and real life, that is also known as a suicide.

For Theodore Roosevelt, it is a vulgar brawl with an animal that does not have the courtesy to bring a gun so as to make it a challenge that he uses to keep himself awake between reading Tolstoy novels in a single sitting to keep himself awake.

Technically not a mountain lion, I guess, but it should count for something...

Then it shall be a fight between equals.

There would be only one way to resolve the draw:

Tolstoy trivia!

[Utceforp]

Technically not a mountain lion, I guess, but it should count for something...

Then it shall be a fight between equals.

There would be only one way to resolve the draw:

Tolstoy trivia!

That's not a fair competition - Tolstoy was not alive in Ashurbanipal's time, and therefore Ashurbanipal would not have been able to conquer and pillage Tolstoy's land with his armies to obtain his collected works, as he did with other written works.

[Republic of Wreptzle]

Is it even a contest?



Что случилось товарищей?

[Shie]

Napoleon Bonaparte, He was a great general, who despite his height, became respected and feared. In modern wording, he became, "A boss"

Napoleon was of average height for that time period.

He was.

[Cymbru]

King Arthur was obviously pretty cool, what with his open relationships and druid friends.

[Great Xavi]

Mansa Musa