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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (686449)	6/21/2005 6:27:30 PM
From: DizzyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Buddy, Did you write this? Some of his later legal ideas protected women, and forbade the use of soldiers as slaves. He introduced the idea of diplomatic immunity, and opened the West to the East, a path later traced back by Marco Polo, who befriended Genghis' grandson, Kublai Khan. I found something very similar here: csmonitor.com In fact, here is the quote from the article: "Khan's later legal ideas protected women, they say, and forbade the use of soldiers as slaves. Some argue Khan only turned West after the slaying of several hundred Mongols on a peaceful mission to Persia. At the least, the Mongol leader opened the West to the East – a path traced back by Marco Polo, who befriended Genghis' grandson, Kublai Khan." Are you now writing for the CSM? Diz-