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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Fri Apr 30, 2021, 08:34 PM Apr 2021

The Roman Empire vs. The Mongol Empire At Their Peaks

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The Roman Empire vs. The Mongol Empire At Their Peaks (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 OP

Thanks for the site - A lot of interesting stuff there packman Apr 2021 #1

Interesting, but Rome never really met the Mongols. Their peak was a little over... TreasonousBastard Apr 2021 #2

No one said they met left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 #3

Yes, and their peaks were a thousand years apart. Way less than another thousand years later... TreasonousBastard Apr 2021 #4

Whatever left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 #5

Time is relative... WheelWalker May 2021 #6

packman

(16,296 posts)

1. Thanks for the site - A lot of interesting stuff there

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Apr 30, 2021, 09:29 PM

Apr 2021

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

2. Interesting, but Rome never really met the Mongols. Their peak was a little over...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Apr 30, 2021, 09:47 PM

Apr 2021

100 AD while the Mongols came by around 1100.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

3. No one said they met

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 30, 2021, 09:52 PM

Apr 2021

The map shows their size at their peaks

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

4. Yes, and their peaks were a thousand years apart. Way less than another thousand years later...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 30, 2021, 10:03 PM

Apr 2021

the British Empire could have swallowed them both.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

5. Whatever

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 30, 2021, 10:46 PM

Apr 2021

None of that has anything to do with the map depicted.

WheelWalker

(8,960 posts)

6. Time is relative...

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #2)

Sat May 1, 2021, 11:41 PM

May 2021

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