@shavixmirsaid Didn’t the Mongols rule China at one point?
Yes, but it is pointed out that the Song dynasty, which fell to the Mongols, did not even extend all the way up to the Great Wall, and thus it was not a meaningful or protective barrier that they manned and had accountability of. So, in a sense, it was not a failure at all, as the Song were never even on the wall.
Generally speaking, historians look at the effect of the Great Wall and deem it a massive success because it stopped the Mongolian cavalry from being able to effectively attack and raid China.
@philokaliasaid Yes, but it is pointed out that the Song dynasty, which fell to the Mongols, did not even extend all the way up to the Great Wall, and thus it was not a meaningful or protective barrier that they manned and had accountability of. So, in a sense, it was not a failure at all, as the Song were never even on the wall.
Generally speaking, historians look at the effect of th ...[text shortened]... ccess because it stopped the Mongolian cavalry from being able to effectively attack and raid China.
Yeah, so I guess it's too bad that we don't have an army on the border to keep out with a wall?
Unless you mean, I dunno, an 'army' of "brown people" with women and children.
@mchillsaid Now that one was a work of pure genius! 🙂
Yes, a wall does help to hold back armed, organized invasions. The problem is that we aren't being invaded by an organized army of armed soldiers, despite Fox News' propaganda.
Walls are entirely ineffective against individuals.
It was abundantly clear that it was a quote, quit being so pedantic.
Otherwise I will pull you up for your sloppy grammar.
e.g.
Did Mchill's English teacher not tell him that ... is far clearer than
Did his English teacher not tell Mchill that ... where the reader is left wondering whose English teacher we are talking about!
@wolfgang59said It was abundantly clear that it was a quote, quit being so pedantic.
Otherwise I will pull you up for your sloppy grammar.
e.g.
Did Mchill's English teacher not tell him that ...
is far clearer than
Did his English teacher not tell Mchill that ... where the reader is left wondering whose English teacher we are talking about!
For the sake of complete accuracy, Mchill is mchill.
@wolfgang59said It was abundantly clear that it was a quote, quit being so pedantic.
Otherwise I will pull you up for your sloppy grammar.
e.g.
Did Mchill's English teacher not tell him that ... is far clearer than
Did his English teacher not tell Mchill that ... where the reader is left wondering whose English teacher we are talking about!
12 Jan '19 06:29
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