10. Atlantic Slave Trade (1452-1807)
Death Toll: 16 million
Someone's got to do the dirty work.
9. Tamerlane (Central Asia 1370-1405)
Death Toll: 17 million
A Mongol warlord tried a bit too hard to be like Genghis Khan.
8. Mideast Slave Trade (ca. 700-1900)
Death Toll: 19 million
It wasn't really like this.
7. Stalin (Soviet Union 1928-53)
Death Toll: 20 million
The second most evil moustache in history.
6. Taiping Rebellion (China 1850-64)
Death Toll: 20 million
A messianic uprising of Chinese Christians.
5. Fall of the Ming Dynasty (China 1635-62)
Death Toll: 25 million
The pinnacle of Chinese civilization succumbed to internal rebellion and external invaders.
4. Famines in British India (1769, 1876, 1896, 1943)
Death Toll: 27 million
Colonial policies badly messed up India.
3. Mao Zedong (China 1949-75)
Death Toll: 40 million
Communist policies badly messed up China.
2. Genghis Khan (Asia 1206-27)
Death Toll: 40 million
The Mongols decides that the world would be a lot better place without all those damn foreigners.
1. Second World War (Worldwide 1939-45)
Death Toll: 65 million
Germany and Japan decide that the world would be a lot better place without all those damn foreigners.