Posted on 06/22/2004 9:49:06 AM PDT by blam
Mongoloid is also one of the three racial classifications that make up the human species (probably not politically correct anymore). The other two classifications were Caucasoid and Negroid. Encyclopedias had lengthy articles on these terms before pervasive ignorance came into vogue.
you mean around the time the Mongols destroyed Baghda and the Umayyad (or was it the Abassid) Caliphate?
strange that they should call Genghis Khan a barbarian when he did manage to really unite east, west and south
I think so.
Too bad they weren't more thorough and too bad they and the west didn't collaborate better to eliminate this plague from the Arabian desert.
Yes, a real missed opportunity -- if we had converted the Turks to Christianity we could have smashed the moon cult
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Interesting post. Has there been any new finds revealed?
He is not as widely recognized as Alexander the Great. Yet it appears Genghis excelled; and did out perform Alexander.
Nothing recent to my knowledge.
Funny how they define “success.” I’d say Abraham was much more successful (though I wish he’d kept his mitts off Hagar).
I’m offended that you are bringing the Germans into this.
Well, the Germans are only slightly more offensive than cracking open a five-year-old thread.
I'm just sayin'...
Doggone SunkenCiv, I fall for this every time!
Including Arthur Dent.
bump
Mea non culpa. (for a change)
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