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Post by MTR on Dec 28, 2008 17:05:10 GMT -5
Lets play connect the dots ! Goguryeo forms an alliance with Magal Tribesmen around First Century AD ,an alliance that holds firm all the way to the fall of Goguryeo in 668AD .
The Dae Family (as in Jo Young rather Cho Yong in History )are Goguryeo General's but Magal by birth . Cho Yong forms Balhae with Gogureyo aristocracy and Malgal tribesmen in early 8th century . Cho-Yong trys to recreate Tang Dynasty (he was a big fan )Balhae version (copycats )but in reality there is a racial divide between Goguryeon's and Magal's ,when Balhae fall's it is partially because the Goguryeon's just take off and the Magal's decide to let it happen but become co-opted into the Khitan's and in turn over throw the Khitan's and form a new race known as THE JURCHEN'S . Currently being a major pain in the rear on Sejong's Northern border . a few hundred years later Jurchen's overthrow Ming and form Manchu Dynasty .
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Post by ginnycat5 on Dec 28, 2008 21:28:32 GMT -5
Thanks for the new information, domyoungchun! (I keep wondering if the Mongols or Genghis Khan will show up, or are they too far away?)
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Post by MTR on Dec 29, 2008 17:25:07 GMT -5
They are done and dusted pretty much ,after Kublai's disastrous attempts to subjugate Japan there was a "shot heard around the world "effect in so much as every one from China to Europe figured out the Mongol's were not unbeatable and rebellions began to spring up everywhere .Kublai died in 1296 while still trying to subjugate parts of China when his death became known it was game on . Everyone under the yoke from Koryo to the Russians and Turks decided to rise up and "av a go an give em a good kickin ".
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Post by ginnycat5 on Jan 5, 2009 18:27:33 GMT -5
They are done and dusted pretty much ,after Kublai's disastrous attempts to subjugate Japan there was a "shot heard around the world "effect in so much as every one from China to Europe figured out the Mongol's were not unbeatable and rebellions began to spring up everywhere .Kublai died in 1296 while still trying to subjugate parts of China when his death became known it was game on . Everyone under the yoke from Koryo to the Russians and Turks decided to rise up and "av a go an give em a good kickin ". LOL! Thanks, domyoungchun! Nicely described; are you a writer? The Mongols weren't unbeatable in the Cross Time Engineer series. It's a marvelous adventure/time travel series. www.amazon.com/Cross-Time-Engineer-Adventures-Conrad-Stargard/dp/0345327624I'm happy to read historical fiction and try to get some history from it. Cecelia Holland wrote about Genghis Khan in Until the Sun Falls. snip from a review
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Post by MTR on Jan 5, 2009 19:00:55 GMT -5
No not anymore ,i used to do articles on bands but i had a penchant for writing about all the horrible one's which was a never ending source of employment as their were so many horrible ones to choose from ,but record companies just don't like people who say their latest next big thing is a load of bollocks so that ended that .
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Post by ginnycat5 on Jan 6, 2009 18:35:57 GMT -5
No not anymore ,i used to do articles on bands but i had a penchant for writing about all the horrible one's which was a never ending source of employment as their were so many horrible ones to choose from ,but record companies just don't like people who say their latest next big thing is a load of bollocks so that ended that . LOL! Too bad; there are people who don't want just the sunny stuff, but you probably won't get paid for it. Comments on blogs? Anyway, I'm glad you come here. ;D
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Post by MTR on Jan 6, 2009 18:45:08 GMT -5
Me too ,i love this board its great to watch these dramas and get into the History as well ,much more fun than listening to some crap band well hmm i forgot those pop ballad's they throw in . Oh well everything has its price . But again they can be funny some poor guy is getting beaten with a paddle or burnt with a poker than some ballad comes on about "wish i could have held you in my arms for eternity "as the song reaches its cresendo the poor torture victim is screaming his innocence . well we have a new vision of music video's here .
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