Re: [OT] Restoring Empires

--- KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:
> Edward Lipsett schrieb:
...a
> worthwhile
> discussion of this would require a precise
> definition of 'people' and 'empire'.
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True.

> On the other hand, you say the nation was destroyed
> and a different one was built, which is an equally
valid point of view....
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China is a interesting case, because the country was 
occupied by the mongols, but the mongols were 
'absorbed' by the riches and decadence of chins
in a few generations.
The system of government in china has remained 
unchanged for the last several thousand years.

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