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To: paul_philp who wrote (92361)4/11/2003 12:56:03 PM
From: RealMuLan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
thanks. I will check it out when I have time. Read through the review, one sentence caught my eyes:
"Before the European explosion began in the 15th Century, it seemed apparent that no race could be supreme. Even the arrogant Chinese were periodically overrun by less-cultured barbarians. "

I hope the author did not forget to mention that those "less-cultured barbarians" (like Mongolians in Yuan Dynasty, and Manchurians in Qing Dynasty) were usually ended up assimilated by "arrogant Chinese" (Han majority) by and large.



To: paul_philp who wrote (92361)4/11/2003 1:38:01 PM
From: Brian Sullivan  Respond to of 281500
 
Yiwi should be familiar with "Steel".

By that I mean the steel gunboats that the British had in the 19th century. They were very effective during the "opium wars".


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