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Originally Posted by debaser
But in the same vein you could argue that the true Mongol Empire (prior to fracture) lasted less than a hundred years, and that was in the 13th century, so their influence could be seen as porportional to 50 years in Palestine in the last century...
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except that the Mongols made no attemt at assimilating conquored peoples.
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