Comments by "Harry McNicholas" (@harrymcnicholas9468) on "10 Ancient Warriors That Will Scare You Senseless" video.

  1. Most of what you saw is BS. Also, they are and were Iranians. Persia was a name invented by the Greeks from the name of a small province in Iran.
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  2. It was likely the sharpest of its time.
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  3. I agree. Europeans being ashols as usual.
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  4. Again you are offering your opinion. Trying to determine from that era which was the sharpest or strongest sword would be impossible. None were mass produced. Each sword was different. Later when the Japanese started mass producing them for decoration the swords were crap. 100%. You will find out that many of the techniques used today in the Japanese Steel industry were taken from the fabrication of swords. Japanese specialty steel is the best on the planet.
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  5. Sparta never conquered anything. The Mongols fought all kinds of armies and won. They beat the Chinese even though there was 100 times more Chinese than Mongols. They beat all of Central Asia. They are the only army to successfully invade Russia in the winter. They destroyed the combined European army on the steppe of Hungary. They were shocked to see the Europeans quit for the day and go back to their castles. They had not planned to beat the Europeans. They just wanted to check out their battle tactics. The Europeans were so stupid they had no choice. The Mongols knew much more about the Europeans than the Europeans knew about them. The Europeans did not know where the Mongols came from and referred to them as Tartars. Subutai figured 2 years to conquer Europe. Most likely attacking and sacking Rome first. That psychological punch would have destroyed any fight the Europeans would have given. The Mongols were extremely adaptable and the BS that they could not fight in forest is just that. BS. All of Northern Mongolia is forest. Later the Mongols invaded as far south as Vietnam. The only thing that saved Europe was the death of the Khaan and Subutai.
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  6. I agree. Maori never got outside New Zealand. A warrior culture is one that must face many different opponents and win. Maybe not all but most. You must be able to hold the land
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  7. Yes they did assassinate people and used poison.
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  8. They were not since they were beaten and never conquered anything.
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  9. That is a matter of opinion.
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  10. The Cossacks never fought the Mongolians and never fought the Japanese. They did fight the Muslim Turkish states south of Russia.
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  11. Yes and the British were beaten many times. Here's to you old fuzzy wuzzy in your home in the Sudan. You're a poor benighted heathen but a first class fighting man. The Zulu also beat the British as did the American revolutionaries. The Gurkha fought them to a draw. The Germans drove them to Dunkirk. Not impressive at all.Apart from the Romans most of the European armies were not very good.
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  12. They all were losers.
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  13. When did Westerner become such experts on Japanese histry and not one Japanese source is sited?
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  14. How many countries did he Samurai conquer? Romans legions yes. Sparta no.
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  15. I am very disappointed that they did not mention Geronimo. Likely the toughest and best general ever. with 39 warriors he was able to hold off 5,000 U.S. Federal Troops. He successfully defended the Apache homeland for 30 ye thars. He fought both the U.S. army and the Mexican army. In the end, the U.S. did not keep the agreement they made with him. He died at Fort Sill, OK in 1909.
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  16. 36 warriors and Geronimo held off 5,000 Union troops for 30 years.
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  17. The Huns were soundly defeated by the Romans and disappeared.
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  18. The Huns lost.
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  19. They did very little conquering.
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  20. Iraq was totally destroyed by the Mongols.
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  21. Huh? There was no Roman empire at the time of Mohammed. When did they defeat the Iranians?
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  22. The Ninja only wore black at night but all warriors did.
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  23. BS. try 10,000
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  24. BS. YOu are making up BS.
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  25. The only Greek who did any conquering was Alexander and he was Macedonian and not from Sparta. Sparta never conquered anything.
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  26. No they did not. Their empire was the oceans.
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  27. Yes and who did they fight? They used rifles and cannons against people with knives and sticks. Also, the American revolutionaries defeated them , the Sudanese and Zulu. The latter two did not even have guns.
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  28. Ninjas were also used to assassinate people.
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  29. Prussia did not conquer much outside Europe and then lost WWI
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  30. No you are wrong. On the second invasion of Japan by the Chinese/Mongol army, the Mongols used grenades shot from catapults to destroy the Japanese defenses. They then made a blunder by not moving the catapults off the ships and decided to finish off the Japanese with swords. They were almost exterminated by the samurai with swords. I suggest you start reading Japanese history written by Japanese.
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  31. They did not fight the crusaders. They were not successful fighting the British in WWI. Also, the Muslims were driven out of Spain.
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  32. Please rewrite your comment. It is confusing.
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  33. That is correct. However, the Mongols had a tiny population and ruled from the back of a horse.
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  34. They never had an empire.
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  35. So tell me Peter how much land did they conquere and which armies?
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  36. What did they ever conquer? Nothing.
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  37. No they were not. They never conquered anything. The Mongolians are the greatest warriors ever since they fought a variety of armies and had the largest continuous land empire in history. The Greeks are the basis for western civilization. We owe it all to the Greeks. We should also consider that the Bible was first written in Koine Greek. The last khanate of the Golden Horde was destroyed by the Soviet Army in 1924. 800 years after Chinggis khan.
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  38. Which countries? Alexander did some but nothing compared to the Mongolians. The Mongolians had to fight the biggest empire on earth, China and they were outnumbered 100 to 1. They best the Koreans, all the empires of Central Asia, the Muslims, the Russians and Ukrainians and the combined army of Europe. Their empire lasted for 250 years. The empire of Alexander died with him. They were nothing compared to the Mongolians.
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  39. Huh? Yes that would make a great warrior. One who is able to defeat a variety of other warriors. The Spartans never left Greece. The Greeks under the Macedonian Alexander conquered some areas around the Med and a bit towards India and that was it. Never did they have to face a people or army like the Chinese. A warrior is measured by his opponent.
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  40. The spartans did not but Alexander the Macedonian won a bit in N Africa and towards India and stopped. The British were beaten several times by the Americans, Zulu, Gurkha and Sudanese. Here's to you old fuzzy wuzzy in your home in the Sudan. You're a poor benighted heathen but a first class fighting man. I would put the Mongols at top followed by the Japanese samurai and Mamluks. Both the latter were able to stop the Mongols. I would put the Americans close and the Russians. The AMerican Marines for their fights in the Pacific and the Russian for their defeating the German army. Next I would put the Romans since they fought and beat a number of armies in Europe. Today I would give it to the Taliban because they have held off the most advanced army in the world for 17 years.
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  41. Then you have read wrong. They did not fight the Egyptians. They fought the Mamluks who were Turkish slave kings. I suggest you read the secret history of the Mongols and not BS written by western countries who lost to the Mongols. They conquered the world. The Greeks not even close.
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  42. That is highly questionable. Also, Alexander did not take as much land as Chinggis Khaan. The Mongolian Empire was the largest continuous land empire in history. Alexander never fought the Chinese.
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  43. Nope you are wrong. The Mongols controlled all of East Asia from China and then clear to Hungary. Romans not even close and Alexander likely controlled more than th Romans.
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  44. The Muslims did not destroy the Mongolian empire. In fact, the western empire became Muslim. The last khanate of the Golden Horde was destroyed by the Soviet Army in 1924. Also,Iranians became Muslims. The Roman empire was gone by the time of Mohammed. It was the Byzantine (Greek) empire that was partially taken by the Muslims. They took Anatolia but could not take Greece itself.
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  45. Yes a Mongol empire the Ilkhans. The only Muslim army to defeat the Mongols were the Mamalukes. They defeated them on the borders of Egypt but did not conquer them.
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  46. They never conquered anything.
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  47. Yes because it stretched into the oceans around the world However, they did not beat any top armies. They were beaten by the Americans and the Sudanese.
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  48. Also they were destroyed by Batu Khaan.
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  49. Yes the movie was total BS. The second one was even worse. The Spartans eventually also were defeated by other Greeks. I think their actual value as a fighting force has been exaggerated. Alexander was much more impressive.
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  50. So what did the Spartans conquer? Nothing. THe Mongols conqured most of the world. They were the greatest.
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  51. It usually depended upon whether the city surrendered.
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  52. I do not think the Cossacks fought the Mongolians. They also did not fight the Japanese. Both Russian and Ukrainian Cossacks were used to protect the southern frontier against the Muslims.
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  53. They never had an empire.
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  54. Sparta never conquered anything. A martial society that basically did not do much.
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  55. Huh? Struck a nerve? YOu offer no counterpoint.
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  56. They conquered little
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  57. The French sent some supplies and the Spanish did nothing. We beat the British and they had to surrender. The British had guns what are you talking about? Also, they never defeated the Zulu but made a treaty with them. Beat the Germans when? WWI if the Americans had not shown up they would have been finished. India had very backward people who had nothing to fight with. The Britsih only fought people with no modern weapons.
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  58. I am not aware of them. The only people to defeat the Mongols in the Middle East were the Mamalukes st the Mongols in they were converting to Islam and refused to fight against any other Muslims. The first real force to defeat the Mongols was on their second invasion of Hungary. They had a bunch of incompetent generals. and almost all the troops starved o death.This should only be about generals. All armies have had some great troops.
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  59. They did not conquer anything.
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  60. Japan was also a militaristic state. Most of these others mentioned by people were not.
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  61. They were thieves and rapists.
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  62. They got their asses kicked by a bunch of Americans and then by Fuzzy Wuzzy.
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  63. They were wiped out by the Mongols.
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  64. They were defeated by the Mongolians. Two people stopped the Mongols. The Mamalukes and Japanese. Actually in the latter case, it was more violent storms than the Japanese themselves. The Mamalukes may have saved Islam form being completely destroyed. Later they were destroyed by the Ottomans.
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  65. Huh?
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  66. Yes but fought no real foe at all. The Americans kicked their asses as did the Sudanese.
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  67. Sparta was a warrior culture but never conquered anyone.
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  68. How many actual real fights have you be in and won? Sparta went through all this crap and then never conquered anything. At least Alexander the Macedonian got off his butt and conquered something.
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  69. What kind of fun was that? Defending yourself against a few invaders is not much of a test. Fighting a bunch of crazy Arabs is.
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  70. So who did they fight? Not many and stayed home.
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  71. They sure did not do much. They remind me of the people who spend years studying martial arts but never in a real fight. (Chuck Norris) Fighting big and various armies in the world, you learn to fight. Staying home and waiting for someone to show up is nothing.
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  72. I would say so so. They fought very few large armies in battle. The Iranians are about it.
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  73. Yet the Moors beat them and took Iberia.
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  74. That may be true but that is a fact . What did they conquer and the movie of 300 was BS. They also were beaten by other Greeks. Pure Hollywood bS.
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  75. Most of us are Nick. Likely you also.
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  76. That happens throughout history. The Chinese were betrayed by their own generals when the Mongols invaded and later when the Manchus invaded. If you read the true story of the Greek/Iranians war, it is much different than the movie.
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  77. They never conquered anything. The story of the 300 is made up BS.
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  78. Which is BS. THey never conquered anyone.
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  79. Another Greek city. Big fking deal. Alexander the Great did a much better job. He was the Greek and not Sparta.
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  80. BS. He was an amazing general and Sparta was rated way too high.
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  81. Actually that is baloney. The Spartans fought Alexander"s army at the battle of Megalopolis and Sparta lost the battle. 331 BCE. Sparta was done after that.
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  82. Alexander the Great's army defeated the Spartans at the battle of Megalopolis in 331 BCE. That finished the Spartans.
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  83. The Aztecs had an enemy that was defeating them in battles. They wee called the Purepecha and they had the advantage of having bronze tipped arrows and spears. They also had a much superior military organization. If the Spanish had not shown up, the Aztecs would have been history.
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  84. Some things are simply not correct. The Aztecs were beaten by the Purepecha and were losing their empire to them when the Spanish arrived. The Aztecs used wooden swords while the Purepecha had bronze swords, bronzed tipped spears and arrows. The Spartans really never conquered anyone. They eventually lost to the other Greeks. The samurai did work and spent most of their time intimidating peasants A female group of samurai arose and beat the men many times. Nothing is said about the Apache. Geronimo with less than 50 warriors held off 4,000 Union troops for months. The largest empire in history was actually the British empire. The largest containing one continuous mass was the Mongolian empire and not the Roman. Poorly researched
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  85. Stupid video.
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  86. All losers Dundoms.
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  87. Hm nothing like the three you mentioned. The Mongols conquered most of the world. What did the Grand armee, German Wermacht and Prussian army conquer? Nothing.
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  88. wrong the Mongols were not expelled from Europe. Read your history. They totally destroyed the European combined army at the battle of Moi. Europe was in a panic. They only people who stopped them were the Mamalukes on the border of Egypt.
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  89. Yes and got their butts kicked. Compared to the Mongols and to Alexander they were nothing. Both the French and the Germans froze in Russia and were defeated. The Mongols are the only army in history to successfully invade Russia in the Winter , Therefore your picks are not great armies.
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  90. They were not warrior cultures.
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  91. That is how battles are won. The Spartans lost. They never conquered anything.
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  92. No did not. I was only speaking of the first invasion which was led by Subotai.  Second was led by a couple of morons.  Political hacks.  No intelligence at all.  No provisions for their troops.  They used the same battle plan as before.  Intelligence would have told them that the Hungarians were better prepared..  Also, that the Hungarians had taken in all the food they could from the farms and burned the rest.  Seeing that the dumb morons were using the same plan the Hungarians could easily counter attack.  No matter how good your troops , if you are led by an idiot you will lose.  Subotai was replaced due to politics and had to retire in Mongolia,.  Also, after the Hungarians took on and kicked their butts the Austrians then did the same. If the Mongols had been led by Subotai totally different outcome.
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  93. No if you study the situation you learn they were morons.  I do not think you read what I wrote.  They did no intelligence, no provisions for their troops and used the same battle plan Subotai used 20 years before.
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  94. The movie was made up BS and the second part was even worse.
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  95. Perhaps but soft metals dull much faster.
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  96. Yes but soft metal will dull very quickly.  Copper is better than wood but bronze is better than Copper.   Iron is better than Bronze but steel is better than Iron.  Damascus steel was likely the best.
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  97. Jack.   You are making up BS.  Yes the Japanese killed likely 400,000 people in Nanking but their swords were ceremonial crap.  They were mass produced.  It is not the iron ore that makes the fine steel, it is the technology.
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  98. This is stupid. Generals yes. Which general won most of his battles and conquered the most territory? There is only one, Chinggis Khaan. Hitler and Napoleon failed to conquer Russia and their armies caught in the Russian winter. The Khaan's army invaded Russian in the winter and conquered it.
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  99. Brian of Ireland kicked their asses. Same with the Native Americans.
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  100. What countries did they conquer?
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  101. That is not true. They were defeated in battle by the Purepecha. If the Spanish had not shown up the Purepecha would have taken all their empire.
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  102. Which countries did they conquer?
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  103. Got beaten by the Romans.
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  104. Actually it was Geronima who was the top. 30+ warriors holding off 5,000 Union troops for 30 years. No Sparta ever did that.
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  105. Which countries did they conquer? The only ones that should matter are the ones who conquered countries. Alexander the Great matters because he went out an conquered The Spartans never conquered anything.
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  106. They did not circumnavigate the globe. They originated out of S.E. Asia like all Polynesian people.  You are the one who needs an education.
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  107. Hm seems to me lots of Brits still there and out number the Maori.
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  108. Sorry you are wrong.  Here's to you old Fuzzy Wuzzy in your home in the Sudan, you are a poor benighted heathen but a first class fighting man.   The Sudanese were the first warriors to break a British square and defeat the British.
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  109. The British had to sign a treaty.
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  110. What biological weapons?
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  111. The Huns were defeated by the Romans and disappeared.
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  112. Are you a Japanese historian? Why are all these people commenting on Japanese history and not one is a Japanese historian?
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