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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (105326)3/29/2014 4:22:07 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Respond to of 219989
 
Reading about Ivan the Terrible, he spread his power east and south. The Little Ice Age was very nasty for the Genghis Khan descendants and empire. Russians were presumably more adept at coping with the cold because the Little Ice Age was when the Mongolians dwindled to nothing much as a force, though by then they had taken over much of China.

With the 2020 Big Freeze looming, there will be some changes in the Arctic regions, possibly to the extent of reglaciation. Russians might need Crimea to board ships for points further south, such as the Sahara being opened to European migration. A billion Chinese might need to move south too. Perhaps Australia's deserts will be opened up to mass migration as they go green.

Jay Chen has been an early explorer of the Oz hinterlands. He has some earth moving equipment which could be turned from gold tailings recycling to civil engineering for public works and city construction.

Mqurice



To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (105326)3/29/2014 8:22:57 PM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (5) | Respond to of 219989
 
>>Kiev was conquered by trickery by the Rurik clan by Oleg the varangian with Igor son of Rurik<<

Varangians, Shmarangians. We call them Vikings in the Western world, and they're my ancestors via the Norman Conquest of England.

P.S. Seems to me your Hebrew ancestors did some conquering too, as written up in the Old Testament. ;)