a
reference to one of the terrorist tactics of
Genghis Khan who, if a town resisted his conquest, would have the entire population massacred, leaving the bodies to rot and sometimes the heads of the victims stacked in a huge pile or
pyramid as a gruesome monument to his mercilessness toward those who resisted him.
See also Genghis Khan in this glossary. —SHSBC Binder 13 Approved Glossary