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June 12th, 2006
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| I am Honor | xie xie 
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June 12th, 2006
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| Milforum Gnat | Bu xie! hehe
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June 14th, 2006
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| Tribunus Laticlavius  | The Chinese military anciently? Well, except when they were between Dynasties or toward the end of one, China was very often very quietly the most powerful military on earth. The Ming or the Yuan Dynasties could certainly claim this (though the Yuan is not exactly a "Chinese" Dynasty.) The problem with this all is perception. China was not terribly interested in interacting with anyone outside of it's immediate neighborhood, so nobody knew how powerful they really were. They also did not go on the road of conquest. Truth be told, the Ming was about as aggressive as they ever got. It was the non-China originating Dynasties that everyone ends up remembering.
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June 19th, 2006
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| I am Honor | I agree with u there Godofthunder |
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June 20th, 2006
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| Centurion | The Chinese dynasties seemed to have a terrible time dealing with the many, many "barbarian" attacks. In this sense, China faced the same issue that ultimately brought Rome to it's knees. Most advanced ancient states had significant "barbarian" problems...is this not an indication that the larger empires could only expand to a particular point? http://library.thinkquest.org/12255/...ty/dynasty.htm |
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June 20th, 2006
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| Milforum Gnat | Well, I disagree with that, Look at the empire of Genghis Khan! |
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June 21st, 2006
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| Milforum's Bouncer | Zander, he wasn't Chinese. Do you work at this or is it just natural ability?
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June 21st, 2006
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| Milforum Gnat | Eh, Well, Maybe Emporere Qin? |
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June 22nd, 2006
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| Milforum's Bouncer | Zander, two ears and one mouth or in the world of forums the maxim still applies, two eyes and one mouth. |
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June 23rd, 2006
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| Optio | If you want to know more about this,go to ask the Huns;Go to ask the Mogolians who attached Europe easily and they experienced about 80 years to conquer China and their empie in China only lasted for about 80 years.
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