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Article #6296Re: Even Mongols may eventually "get it".
From: Dennis O'Connor
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:56
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:56
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comptec92024@camins.camosun.bc.ca writes: ] (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 ! ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ] 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. This statment is a thing this SCA Mongol hasn't gotten yet. :-) -- Dennis O'Connor doconnor@sedona.intel.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!chnews!chnews!doconnor From: doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Even Mongols may eventually "get it". Date: 12 Jan 93 21:56:15 Organization: Intel i960(tm) Architecture Lines: 19 Message-ID: <DOCONNOR.93Jan12215615@potato.sedona.intel.com> References: <199301090313.AA29641@meryl.csd.uu.se> <DOCONNOR.93Jan9135023@potato.sedona.intel.com> <1993Jan10.202006.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca> <DOCONNOR.93Jan12215424@potato.sedona.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: potato.intel.com In-reply-to: doconnor@sedona.intel.com's message of 12 Jan 93 21:54:24