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[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

That territory was taken from China by Russia in 1860. The Mongolian Empire had collapsed far before that happened. The Chinese in the region got forcibly relocated in the 1930s, but as of last year they still make up a significant ethnic minority of the region. The Mongols also make up a smaller ethnic minority in the region.

If you're going to go back to The Mongol Empire, then they controlled the vast majority of Asia and the Middle East, not to mention the sizeable chunk of Europe they controlled. I maintain that if The Mongols and The Vikings had ever united that combined empire would still be global. I'm unsure of that would have been better or worse for us in the current era

[-] Cypher@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I think you read too much into this…

I was simply joking that the Mongolian Empire had controlled those regions at some point, and if we go by Russian and Chinese claims that historical ownership means modern ownership, Mongolia would have claim.

this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2024
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