[quote=@mdk]
Tamerlane, the [b]Mongol general who built an empire larger than Genghis Khan[/b] all by himself.
[/quote]

Umm...

Timur's Empire.
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Timurid_Dynasty_821_-_873_%28AH%29.png[/img]

The Empire of Genghis Khan at his passing
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Genghis_khan_empire_at_his_death.png[/img]

The Empire after several generations up to Kublai Khan
[img]https://d3pl14o4ufnhvd.cloudfront.net/v2/uploads/7be47335-caac-4965-8580-b1737a896bd4/0093b2fece0b8284d296438930d9e758cccc56a2_original.jpg[/img]

And Timur sort of shot himself in his aready gimped foot that he rarely left an administration for his own benefit anyways. He just sort of straight up leveled everything and took whatever could be moved for himself. Unlike Genghis and his sons who set up administrations in the lands that surrendered or they subjugated.