29. Gladiatorial Games (Rome: 264 BCE-435 CE)
Death Toll: 3.5 million
We who are about to die salute you.
28. Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
Death Toll: 3.5 million
English kings claim the French throne for themselves.
27. Second Congo War (1998-2002)
Death Toll: 3.8 million
Rwanda and Uganda chase rebels into Congo.
26. Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815)
Death Toll: 4.0 million
One man versus the World.
25. Three Kingdoms (China: 189-280)
Death Toll: 4.1 million
Things fall apart. The center does not hold.
24. Vietnam War (1960-1975)
Death Toll: 4.2 million
If we let one country go Communist, they all will.
23. Aurangzeb (1681-1707)
Death Toll: 4.6 million
22. Time of Troubles (Russia 1598-1613)
Death Toll: 5 million
For awhile it seemed like everyone in Russia was claiming to be the missing Prince Dmitri.
21. The Mahdi (Sudan 1881-98 )
Death Toll: 5.5 million
A Muslim messiah appeared in the deserts along the upriver Nile.
20. Chinese Civil Wars (1927-37, 1946-49)
Death Toll: 7 million
After the monarchy fell, Communists, Nationalists and multiple warlords tried to sort out who was in charge.
19. Fall of Rome (Europe 395-455)
Death Toll: 7 million
The end of civilization as we knew it.
18. Fall of the Yuan Dynasty (China 1358)
Death Toll: 7.5 million
Native Chinese threw out their Mongol overlords
17. Thirty Years War (Germany 1618-1648)
Death Toll: 7.5 million
Catholics and Protestants fought over control of Germany.
16. Russian Civil War (1918-22)
Death Toll: 9 million
Like matter and antimatter, Communists and anti-Communists annihilated one another.
15. Congo Free State (1886-1908)
Death Toll: 10 million
The heart of darkness.
14. Xin Dynasty (China 9-24)
Death Toll: 10 million
China falls apart under a usurper.
13. An Lushan Revolt (China 755-763)
Death Toll: 13 million
The frontier army of China turned against the central government.
12. Conquest of the Americas (after 1492)
Death Toll: 15 million
A wonderful New World, free for the taking... well, almost free for the taking...
11. First World War (Europe 1914-18)
Death Toll: 15 million
Everyone in Europe fought a war to keep everyone else in Europe from getting too powerful.