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Post by Josh on Jan 4, 2006 3:49:09 GMT -5
I'm not sure if that's the case. It looks to me like it might be an old drawing done by Europeans who probably didn't really know what Mongols looked like. As I said before, he looks a bit like a Turk in the image, so maybe it was drawn by people in Southeastern Europe who's only experience with foreigners was with Turks. Nonetheless, I'm still very curious about the picture's origins.
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Post by psychosemitic on Jan 4, 2006 3:50:57 GMT -5
I'm not sure if that's the case. It looks to me like it might be an old drawing done by Europeans who probably didn't really know what Mongols looked like. As I said before, he looks a bit like a Turk in the image, so maybe it was drawn by people in Southeastern Europe who's only experience with foreigners was with Turks. Nonetheless, I'm still very curious about the picture's origins. wutchu fink of my grandfathers saying?!?
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Post by Josh on Jan 4, 2006 3:56:30 GMT -5
wutchu fink of my grandfathers saying?!? Well, Arthur Kemp has tried to claim Genghis Khan, hehe. Seriously, isn't that Nahuatl?
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Post by psychosemitic on Jan 4, 2006 17:08:10 GMT -5
wutchu fink of my grandfathers saying?!? Well, Arthur Kemp has tried to claim Genghis Khan, hehe. Seriously, isn't that Nahuatl? not nahua its Katixieb the Katios indian dialect of xiebxa (the language of the mighty chibcha empire)
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Post by jam on Jan 6, 2006 13:35:31 GMT -5
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