I can’t read the excerpt on my phone but I know that the Mongols practiced total meritocracy - if you were smart and useful you were incorporated into the Mongol Empire, often reaching the highest levels of government, regardless of the fact that you may have belonged to one of the conquered peoples.
The same principles applied to Huns, Persians and to a large extent Romans.
Ancient Greeks and Romans, and then Europeans, ranging from the Mediterranean to the Upper British Isles. We’ve covered this - and you keep wasting our time with the textbook cum hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. Correlation doesn’t mean causation. Start your own thread and stop polluting good threads with your idiotic obsessions.
Ya, Genghis Khan was big on meritocracy, which was vastly different from Mongol tradition. If it interests you, I’d suggest one of Weatherford’s other books:
It’s a fantastic look at the life of Temüjin.
They’re all white you fucking idiot.
The set of principles of Western civilization almost exclusively came from Europeans. This is what Trump meant when he said “we”
Trump’s visit to Poland is the equivalent of a safe space. The Eastern European countries of the Three Seas Initiative are extremely pro-American, so the bar for a succesful POTUS visit is set extremely low.
We’d greet Reagan’s corpse with state honors, not to mention a breathing and living POTUS.
Nevertheless, there were subtle digs at The Donald, especially when the Croatian President retorted “and I can spell it” to a question from Trump about a LNG terminal. I think it flew over his head.
You should read the Weatherford books. The silk road helped bring Europe out of the dark ages. I’m not downplaying Europe’s role in developing Western Civilization, but, as usual, you’re ignoring significant factors.
I didn’t say they weren’t, Einstein - read my post.
Learn some self-awareness and start your own thread. We’re all collectively tired of your turning every thread into a Stormfront copy and paste.
Greek:
Roman:
A pretty sizable chunk of both includes northern Africa and the Middle East.
No one is forcing you to interact with me.
And, as just a small example, when the Romans penetrated into Britain, they had soldiers from Egypt, Syria, and other far-flung, non-European places who settled into the area and married Brits.
Correct. Consider it an act of charity, because I certainly get no benefit from it.
Insulting a man’s wife, how can anyone stand being in the presence of such alphaness.
I give as good as I get.
But yes remember when Trump insulted ted cruz wife?
To someone that’s not even posting here. It’s pretty pathetic really.
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It’s not the first time he’s done it. It’s not even the first time he’s done it today. But it’s the last.
Now please, let’s make this thread great again by getting back on topic.
ROFL 
Ouch
Man, it got quiet in here.
Back to the topic at hand: the only other people who will be attending the Trump/Putin meeting tomorrow will be Tillerson, Lavrov and two translators.
Also, Rick Perry apparently never took economics:
“Here’s an economics lesson: supply and demand. You put the supply out there and the demand will follow,” he said at a coal plant Thursday.
I really, really hate politicians. I thought about running for mayor of a small place or councilman when I get older… But holy shit if politics doesn’t subtract 30 IQ points.
Someone in the crowd should have shouted “you got it backwards!”
Rick Perry: “Quiet down commy!”
