True. Although the Romans were just like the Egyptians in that regard. The Mongols were conquers, lovers of war only, pretty much. It's what they lived for. Dangerous people, indeed.

Mongol vs Egypt

Winner: Mongol

Egypt never had the strength to expand over all of Asia, where as the Mongols did. If the Mongols had conqured Egypt, which they very well could have had they gotten that far, they would have incorporated all that into theirs...

See, the thing with the Egyptians they were in the middle of nowhere, so noone ever decided to invade them that much. The Persians suck. They got their asses handed to them by a few hundred greeks.

That's because the Greeks had Militiades and a lot of heart.