re: #321 HappyWarrior

It really is amazing how successful they were. Did anyone see Mongol? I believe it was a Kazakh movie made about the rise of Genghis Khan. Really good. It was supposed to be the first of three films about the Mongol empire but I am not sure if they ever made a second one. An empire from the gates of Vienna I believe that would have if not for an insane storm at sea reached the shores of Japan.

ah but what happened to the mongol empire?

spread too thin, and soon became softened up by the luxurious life of settled peoples

the romans, now, they really knew how to stay awhile and put their stamp on a place