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October 26, 2004
The Mongols in World History
The Mongols have gotten an unfairly bad rap outside of Asia. You may have heard that Genghis Khan was a ruthless conqueror. But his real achievement was unifying the Mongolian tribes, so they honored him with the title "Chinggis Khan" (Khan of All Between the Oceans). Chinggis encouraged religious tolerance and created a legal code. OK, he did lead three invasions across China and central Asia. But Khan and his descendants made invaluable contributions to art, medicine, and architecture. They also forged a crucial trade link between Asia and Europe. This handsome site gives some respect to Mongol civilization and its legacy.
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its sad but true, how history of other nations and civilizations is so rich and so fascinating, however, it is mostly ignored as the world has come to accept english as its main language as Manish pointed out. and mongolia isnt alone, the indus valley civilization, babylonia, and others are all forgotten...
Posted by: Vatsa | Oct 27, 2004 7:25:14 AM
History is replete with examples of such inequalities. (Or should we be blunt and say such prejudice and discrimination?) If Khan does it, it is bad, if Alexander does it, it is good.The English language users documented the events along with their biases and doctored facts and published those for everyone. The outside world has seen the results of those as clear inequalities. However, as the world becomes not just a consumer but an active user of the English language participating in not only consuming but "creating" and "documenting" events from their perspectives, more of such inequalities will be brought to light.
Such is the power of language. (Consider reading Steven Pinker and John McWhorter to understand the development, changes, and effects of a language on a society.)
Keep up the good work SV, Power to the champions of the first amendment of the US Constitution.
Posted by: Manish | Oct 26, 2004 10:29:38 AM
