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Re: Even Mongols may eventually "get it".

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From: Dennis O'Connor
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. :-)
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Dennis O'Connor			doconnor@sedona.intel.com
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From: doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor)
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