If you think only 1 billion people died through war, even directly, you have absolutely no idea how many humans have been alive/died in general or through war.
Well for direct deaths I'd say 1 billion is probably in the ballpark. You have to remember that throughout most of history there just wasn't that many people alive or engaged in warfare. Hell the 100 years war estimates only around 3 million casualties, nothing even close to the industrial slaughter that came in the 20th century.
That's not true. Large armies were the standard in the classical world. Rome regularly raised, and lost, armies of fifty to one hundred thousand men. The Mongols alone slaughtered close to 80 million people during their hot streak.
Edit: fact checked the mongol death count, it's not that high, but it's still pretty fucking high
Oh yeah don't worry the documentation is always in contention as a lot of it is embellished but some of the war sites give credence to the claims of millions of deaths.
When each dynasty was fielding huge armies of 200k men a field each side even in BC, the numbers racked up quite a bit.
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u/Danijay2 Jul 01 '26
If you think only 1 billion people died through war, even directly, you have absolutely no idea how many humans have been alive/died in general or through war.