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To: arun gera who wrote (64384)	6/23/2010 8:02:34 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219505

Yes. Of course! Have you heard of the clash of civilizations? A wave follows another wave. As the Mongol pressed the Barbarians in front of them, the Barbarians reached Rome and Alarico took it and burned it down ending the Roman civilization. But intelligence is like energy. Cannot be destroyed. See Dark Ages followed by risorgimento. The Romans came back. The Mongol had plains with lots of grass for their horses to eat. The unluck (Barbarianns) who lived on those plains suffered and had to move forward eventually reahcing Rome as described above.

To: arun gera who wrote (64384)	6/25/2010 3:52:16 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	1 Recommendation Respond to of 219505

arun in the Mongol case it was dependent on a very new invention in weaponry and the Mongol strategy whose combination gave them extreme military superiority and mobility. From foot soldiers to horseback soldiers with substantial improved weaponry and maneuverability. (in modern times think of the Polish army on horseback against the German army in WWII with their tanks Stuka and Messerschmitt airplanes) It was the new arches of composite materials that could be loaded aimed and shot on the back of a horse, the second was their sabers shorter and curved which also could be easily used from the back of a horse and in close encounters Things that seem simple today, but technologically unachievable by the resident armies, and the overly inflated Arab Empire who lost its animal fighting spirits which collapsed like a house of cards due to the decentralized organization. It was done millennia before by Alexander the Great based on similar military hardware and fighting tactics advancement at the time Fact is that as soon as weaponry improved and fighting tactics where redesigned the Mongols Empire started to crumble quite fast - because lack of basic "civilization superiority" - after all they where nomads like the arabs around 600 years before them