> Surrounding countries in that area have to have generations of festering hate for that country. Most surrounding countries don't have festering hate for mong

> Surrounding countries in that area have to have generations of festering hate for that country. Most surrounding countries don't have festering hate for mongolia. It's only in the west we do. The mongol empire is actually admired in much of asia. > if you’ve never brushed up on the history of Mongolian conquest… it’s just insane. I have and almost all of it is exaggerated nonsense. > but I’ll never be surprised if China decides they want to wipe them off the map some day. China is more likely to wipe out Britain or Germany or France or anyone else than the mongols. Why would china wipe out the mongols when much of modern china is a mongol creation starting with the yuan dynasty. > It’s a shame their culture wasn’t privy to much technological advancement regarding long term settlement. It's not a matter of technological advancement. It's a matter of the nature of empire. The mongol empire, despite the stereotype, was not a genocidal colonizing empire. Most empires throughout history weren't genocidal colonizing empires. > Modern borders would likely be much different if they had been. Modern borders are different due to them - from vietnam to hungary, from russia to india and everywhere in between.