CHRISTIANS AMONG MONGOL INVADERS (of Japan)

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[beebuster2000]

interesting. thanks

[beebuster2000]

he didn't say "victim", just aggression. and yes, I would call the a bomb aggressive. totally justified but aggressive.

[Tallguy]

How utterly asinine! So somebody believes, on the slightest of stretched-out evidence, that ONE of the emissaries MIGHT have been Christian or wore a possibly Christian symbol on his person. And they conclude, stating it in the positive, that Christians (plural) WERE among the Mongol invaders of Japan.

With all due respect, the article made reference to iron helmets of the Mongol invaders bearing the sign of the cross. That is pretty conclusive archeological evidence in my book. The article also allows that it is speculation that one of the Khan's envoys was a Christian. They are being careful where the evidence is thin.

Generally, the Monguls were 'flexible' when it came to religion. This is well known and tends to support the archeological evidence.

[Tallguy]

My brother dragged me to that movie. I found it terribly insulting to Japanese culture and to anyone who studies martial arts. But then, I rarely like movies.

Yeah, I had to laugh at the implausibility of Tom Cruise becoming a master of the sword in the matter of a few weeks. It takes a lifetime of study to get that good at the martial arts. Isn't this why firearms were adopted for massed armies (it being too difficult and indeed undesireable to train peasants in the martial arts)?

[afraidfortherepublic]

My understanding is that the Ainu are a minority in Japan that is subject to discrimination, too. When I visited there in 1983, I read a novel on my flight over written by the Chinese born wife of the US Ambassador (the name escapes me at the moment). The book was called "Spring Moon". It was loosely autobiographical, following the stories of several generations of women in one family from one of the early Dynasties through the Cultural Revolution.

At any case, it spoke of the Chinese perspective of the Japanese invaders, and referred to the them as "brown dwarves". I didn't understand the import of this until I disembarked from the airplane where suddenly I was startled to be surrounded by *brown dwarves*. The native Japanese were so much shorter than the kids (Nissei) I grew up with in California! I felt like a giant!

[afraidfortherepublic]

Betty Bao Lord was the name of the author.

[-=Wing_0_Walker=-]

Kublai Khan was not the emperor of MONGO! It was Emperor MING!