Comments by "Tespri" (@Tespri) on "Ian Morris | Why the West Rules -- For Now" video.

  1. 1) Mongols didn't destroy Asia. They conquest it and actually improved it. 2) Out right false. After the fall of Byzantium most of the knowledge was in hands of Muslims. Also west was nothing at the time of Byzantium. The actual answer is. Ancient Greece had influence on our philosophy and our governmental forms. Plus genetics.
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  2.  @logi4840  False, song dynasty wasn't such paradise that you claimed it to be. In fact that is the one of the major reasons why it god owned by mongols.
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