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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 10:28 PM
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Did the great wall actually WORK to keep Mongols out of China?
And who fucked up causing that little triangle in the middle.

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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 10:29 PM
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1. I think it got voted down
kinda like a mass transit system :)

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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 10:32 PM
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2. The question is, are you going to feel safe from future Mongol attacks?
Looks like Beijing is pretty well protected.
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insanity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 10:35 PM
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3. Southpark had an exhaustive history of the chinese-mongolian relationship
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 10:37 PM
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4. Actually no, and the Great Wall is actually an incorporation of many smaller walls...
that existed before it that were built to keep the many competing kingdoms, before the Ch'in dynasty conquered most of them, from invading each other. Those walls didn't work either, obviously.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 10:40 PM
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5. nope. walls don't work
too bad we can't figure that out
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 10:42 PM
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6. Apropos: The illegal alien Mongols prolly BUILT it!1
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