From: OOTSONATI-AT-aol.com Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 18:11:34 EDT Subject: Re: The Pentagon was lying yet again In a message dated 7/2/99 7:07:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, as-AT-spelthorne.ac.uk writes: << On the other hand the court of Kublai Khan was very accepting of all religious faiths, with Xtians, Buddhists, a sprinkling of Moslems etc etc but then again they turned into big softees and it all ended in tears. People who have travelled to Ulan Bator find the Mongols very hospitable, but then again I found Serbs to be very hospitable in my brief stay there many years ago. I blame the governments. >> I may be remembering this wrong, but it seems like when I took world History before 1500, there was mention of Christains being accepted into Ghengis Kahns Army during the raids on the Turkish Empires. Have you ever noticed that throughout history, nations that were considered Superior in Every way, fell to the Inferior Culture? Rome to the Germanic tribes, The Greeks to Rome, Sumeria to the Babylonians ( or was it the Akkadians?), Mayans to the Spaniards, Brittish Colonies, to the "Founding Fathers", etc. Perhaps tribesmen from New Guinea will be the next great military force in the world.
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