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Similar statements (which I am not historian enough to judge the accuracy of) regarding the Chinese and the Mongols. The Mongols won militarily, and were turne
by rossdavidh 8y ago
Similar statements (which I am not historian enough to judge the accuracy of) regarding the Chinese and the Mongols. The Mongols won militarily, and were turned into a culturally Chinese empire, in the east at least. Again, I am not historian enough to say if this is accurate, but it is a common assertion.
- wahern 8y agoApparently the Christian daughter-in-law of Ghengis Khan, Sorghaghtani Beki, was instrumental in the preservation and adoption of the pre-existing Han Chinese culture and political apparatus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghaghtani_Beki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghaghtani_Beki
- jonnybgood 8y agoThe Mongols adopting Chinese culture was an intentional act by Kublai and his established Yuan dynasty after conquering China.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoIn the West (at least some of them, the future Mughals), they were Turkified, then Persianised, then Indianised.