On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 11:52:30 AM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
> On 10/13/2015 11:22 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2015-10-13 10:56 AM, Helpful person wrote:
> >> On Monday, October 12, 2015 at 9:21:36 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
> >>
> >>> Agree! Guess he hasn't ever heard of Mongolian Lamb.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> sf
> >>
> >> Mongolia isn't China.
> >>
> >>
> > It used to be part of China.
> >
> Yep, used to be. Lots of things were once part of China.
>
> Ancient history. Gengihs Kahn.
>
> He founded the Mongol empire. Gee, it was suspiciously close to China.
>
> "He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of Northeast
> Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis
> Khan," he started the Mongol invasions that resulted in the conquest of
> most of Eurasia. These included raids or invasions of the Qara Khitai,
> Caucasus, Khwarezmid Empire, Western Xia and Jin dynasties. These
> campaigns were often accompanied by wholesale massacres of the civilian
> populations - especially in the Khwarezmian and Xia controlled lands. By
> the end of his life, the Mongol Empire occupied a substantial portion of
> Central Asia and China."
>
> Just check wikipedia, Helpful Person. Or you could just read a book
> about that bygone era.
>
> Jill

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Are you saying that most of China used to be part of Mongolia! (Wikipedia usually gives a reasonable overview but is very unreliable in content.)

Mongolia is still not part of China. Neither is Texas part of Mexico.

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