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Chinese civilization is different from western civilization, specially in its habit to absorb other culture, instead of conquering them. China had a Mongol dyna
by gbog 10y ago
Chinese civilization is different from western civilization, specially in its habit to absorb other culture, instead of conquering them. China had a Mongol dynasty, a Manchu dynasty. But it never rode to the other side of the world to force remote populations to change their religion or political system.
- jombiezebus 10y agoNeither had Japan.
- pests 10y agoThis interests me. Do you know of any good books, articles, or other sources I could learn more about this topic? Specifically your first sentence.
- cttet 10y agohttps://archive.org/details/problemofchina00russ https://archive.org/details/problemofchina00russ Not exactly answers the question, but I quite like Russel's view on this.
- gbog 10y agoAny book on the long history of China would do, I'm not sure which one in English should be recommended.