William the Conqueror. He conquered England back in 1066. Last time that island got successfully invaded by foreigners. Also he was a viking (albeit a french one). What's not to like.

Megelrov

Denmark95 Posts

March 01 2011 04:03 GMT

#23

Cnut the Great

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut_the_Great

Cnut the Great was a danish viking king who conqoured most brittain/norway and parts of sweden in the 11 century. Its not much compared to the likes of Alexander but you have to take what you can get when your from denmark.

3FFA

United States3931 Posts

March 01 2011 04:12 GMT

#24

Kerrigan for sure. She owned so many worlds and infiltrated all her enemies with spies at high ranking. Don't you remember Raszagul or Duran? Kerrigan also was part human and part alien. She was the most powerful being in the universe. Hell, as she says "I'm The Queen Bitch Of The Universe". Kerrigan even beat 3 fleets by herself at the same time and place!!! Kerrigan is the best and my favorite, no questions needed of course.

snotboogie

Australia3550 Posts

March 01 2011 04:15 GMT

#25

Greatest general - Subutai

Greatest conqueror - Genghis Khan

Kimaker

United States2131 Posts

March 01 2011 04:24 GMT

#26

Good God, wtf is with all these slightly reworded threads as of late? xD

Anyway, I'm gonna go with McDonalds, or possibly Wal-Mart or Coca-Cola. They conquer beyond borders.

b0lt

United States790 Posts

March 01 2011 04:25 GMT

#27

Kimaker

United States2131 Posts

March 01 2011 04:27 GMT

#28

On March 01 2011 13:25 b0lt wrote:
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O_O

I think this thread just got CON-LOL-QUERED.

Mjolnir

912 Posts

March 01 2011 04:29 GMT

#29

Alexander.

No question. That guy led an entire army group in a huge battle, leading a cavalry charge at the age of 16.

Sixteen.

Most of the truly cool things he did receive little attention in history classes or popular culture. His reputation for fighting on the front lines really sets him apart; and also left him with numerous, grievous wounds, with some ancient sources citing an arrow puncturing a lung via his neck/collarbone, as well as a spear through the thigh.

I'd argue that the Empire he carved out is more impressive than Genghis Khan based on the quality of opposition, the unified enemies, and the generally overwhelming enemy numbers.

MaleficOR

United States315 Posts

March 01 2011 04:38 GMT

#30

Well before I even clicked on this thread, from the title alone Genghis Khan popped into my head, so yes I will have to echo the OP and go with him.

HuggyBear

Australia377 Posts

March 01 2011 04:58 GMT

#31

Gengis Khan

Who else was badass enough to spread the bubonic plague? by catapulting his men's diseases corpses into the enemy.

plated.rawr

Norway1676 Posts

March 01 2011 05:09 GMT

#32

Nothing on Charles the Great? The guy pretty much molded continental Europe into what it was throughout the middle ages, and into what it is today.

sob3k

United States7572 Posts

March 01 2011 05:15 GMT

#33

my penis

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Shigy

United States346 Posts

March 01 2011 05:21 GMT

#34

On March 01 2011 12:55 etheovermind wrote:

Poll: Greatest Conqueror

Alexander the Great (47)

38%

Genghis Khan (45)

36%

Napoleon (24)

19%

Cyrus the Great (5)

4%

Emperor Qin (4)

3%

125 total votes

Your vote: Greatest Conqueror

(Vote): Napoleon
(Vote): Genghis Khan
(Vote): Emperor Qin
(Vote): Alexander the Great
(Vote): Cyrus the Great

good thing you included them all

CoSyN

United States122 Posts

March 01 2011 05:21 GMT

#35

Napoleon Bonaparte. Not only a great conqueror, but military strategist, diplomat, and politician. The fact that he was exiled to a small island, brought back into France, and made an army sent out to capture him join him in arms against the leader of France, as well as to finally take control of the French army to resume his campaign against Europe, is enough to show you that he is more than your 'average' conqueror.

CoSyN

United States122 Posts

March 01 2011 05:22 GMT

#36

my penis

I think you will be warned, if not temporarily banned...

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ShaneMac

Canada56 Posts

March 01 2011 05:26 GMT

#37

8% of Asian people are descendants of Genghis Khan, he literally raped.

Streltsy

Canada98 Posts

March 01 2011 05:57 GMT

#38

Why would anyone vote Genghis Khan? The Mongol Horde was practically the definition of "unsophisticated barbarians", who did practically nothing good for civilization.

I like the conquerors who actually did/tried to do something good with/through their conquests. For that reason my vote goes to Alexander the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte.

sOvrn

United States678 Posts

March 01 2011 06:02 GMT

#39

Hernan Cortes, of course.

Cortes led an expedition of around 500 men to explore the unknown land that laid west of Hispaniola. Due to some strife between him and an aid to the governor of Hispaniola, his charter was revoked and was ordered to turn back and abandon the exploration. He refused. Instead he went onward.

The governor's men went after him, and with inferior numbers Cortes managed to fight off those who had been brought to capture him and convinced those who survived to join him. By doing so, he was in open mutiny of the governor's orders and acted unilaterally on behalf of Charles V, speaking in the name of the Emperor. Cortes didn't want his troops turning on him after such a bold move, so he burned down the boats they had come in, to make it very clear that there was only one way out and that was forward, deeper into the Yucatan peninsula.

Besides the obvious technological advantage the Spaniards had, Montezuma was plagued by a prophecy foretold long before by his ancestors: the return of the land's rightful owner. According to legend, a civilization before that of the Aztecs had once ruled over the Yucatan under the command of Quetzalcoatl. He had been usurped from his throne and vanished into the sea claiming that he would once return and reclaim what was rightfully his! When Cortes landed in Mexico, it happened to be the exact same year the prophecy had predicted his return. This may seem a bit too coincidental, but the Aztec calendar happens to be cyclical and the cycle just happened to be the same. Montezuma was terrified. The Spaniards were after all to the Aztecs like demi-gods with their sticks that fired smoke and traveled in huge mountains that floated on top of the sea. Montezuma stood no chance. Terrified by this prophecy and overwhelmed by European technology, this ancient civilization which had ruled for hundreds of years fell to its knees before just a small group of explorers.

Cortes has been demonized or idealized - no one really knows anything about him. But he was without a doubt one of the best Conquistadores ever to have walked this earth as he managed to do so much with so little. I hope some people read more about him as the whole story is infinitely more interesting than would I've led onto here.

Newbistic

China2912 Posts

March 01 2011 06:11 GMT

#40

On March 01 2011 14:57 Streltsy wrote:
Why would anyone vote Genghis Khan? The Mongol Horde was practically the definition of "unsophisticated barbarians", who did practically nothing good for civilization.

I like the conquerors who actually did/tried to do something good with/through their conquests. For that reason my vote goes to Alexander the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte.

My world history is a bit rusty, but can you please point out the "something good" that Alex and Napoleon did with their conquests?

IMO the " something good" is incredibly subjective especially when it comes to conquerors. I'm not sure spreading Hellenic culture or whatever Napoleon did (probably something to do with the Enlightenment" is good OR bad, it just kind of happened.

The most important accomplishments of all three men is just that their military brilliance was enough to significantly alter the course of world history. We really don't know if they did it for better or worse (as in what would have happened otherwise).