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Article #6285Re: Even Mongols may eventually "get it".
From: comptec92024
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:20
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:20
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(Dennis O'Connor) writes:
>
> BTW, Mongols DID get it : they got more of "it" than anyone
> ever had, and more of "it" than anyone ever did again until
> the British Empire and the USSR.
>
> By "it" of course I mean the _real_ it : real estate !
>
> And they got "it" the old fashioned way : they took it !
> --
> Dennis O'Connor doconnor@sedona.intel.com
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Yes, the Mongol did take a great deal of real estate, but it was not until 1404
at the battle Ankara that Timur prefected the art of dragging people by the
ears. Although the Mongols knew the basic principle, they had progressed no
farther then leading people by the nose.
Mackenzie.
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