04-09-2006, 04:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-09-2006, 05:01 PM by Rhydderch Hael.)
Drasca,Apr 8 2006, 04:36 PM Wrote:Didn't keep out either. Mongols just rode around it (basically). Now, it is a tourist attraction, where it isn't crumbling.That's because the Wall wasn't meant to stop Mongol hordes cold, but rather channel them into predictable avenues of advance. Of course, you needed a coherent army standing by to take advantage, and that was the biggest hurdle for the Chinese back then. Too many banners to choose from, too much infighting.
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