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This is incorrect. The 'Mongolian' source you refer to is actually a Chinese traveller. The wealth he mentions in Samarkand is described as being the result of an influx of Chinese craftsmen....

The Military Orders were not crusaders.



While there are some general similarities, such as spiritual reward (which is to be expected, given that there are between the two religions...

Specific figures are surely exaggerated (in both directions depending on the situation), but this is true of most medieval sources. What matters is the relative order of magnitude. All sources agree...

In addition to what has been said above, which is entirely correct (Mamluks only had ~10k cavalry, whereas Mongols all had multiple horses each), those Mamluk horses would have been maintained in...

I don't generally care about alternate history, but this is quite a specific question and does relate to an actual debate anyway, so good topic.

Firstly, as you mention, there is one argument that...

You seem to have missed Kingsman off the list! I'll assume this is because it was so long ago compared to most of them :P

Of course, he openly admits as such. However, that doesn't make him some cheap serial rip-off artist committing some sort of artistic crime as your opening post suggests. To me, 'ripping off' implies...

Yeah I do agree, this film itself looks far less engaging than some of his previous.

Don't worry about the level issue at all. The first bandits you fight who are reasonable to begin with will be terrible should you go back 20 levels later. In general, rather than scaling the same...

You say it like Tarantino is trying to do something underhand here... he is extremely knowledgeable about Spaghetti Westerns as a genre and actively tries to reflect this is in films. He already did...

Any particular topics that you are interested in to narrow it down? In terms of just a narrative of events, Osman's Dream is probably as good (and as long in one book) as it gets.

You will...

It is not really correct to talk about the Golden Horde at this stage, given that the empire was still unified under Ogedei. Land was assigned to various princes (such as Batu), but this dated from...

There isn't actually too much about Timur in the Cambridge Histories (compared to the Mongols for example, where there is a good amount). There is a chapter in the Cambridge History of Iran, but as...

I will try... obviously this will be broad, but hopefully get the basics:

The Iberian peninsula was an kingdom after the fall of the Roman Empire. In 711, most of the peninsula fell to the Muslim...

I disagree with some of what Conon has said concerning world history. Of course, it cannot be as well researched as specific works can, as the author will not be as familiar with the literature and...

It is 32 bit that limits RAM. If you insist on XP, the 64 bit professional version would work, assuming you can get hold of it.

Others will probably have more specific suggestions about...

In the UK (and many European countries), people are paid subsidies, often known as Feed-in Tariffs, for generating energy using renewable sources. This is not being paid for the energy - it may or...

As much as one might admire Elon Musk, how is creating a desirable brand that makes money going to solve issues of energy generation? It is profitable for them, yes. That's business. Innovation is...

Shame they spent all the budget on that fancy aerial shot of the stupid wedge formation only for them to kill about ten wildlings who were busy having their lunch, rather than a proper battle.

The McEvedy maps are good in terms of getting a broad overview and a general sense of what is going on. For the price and size, they do a very good job, given that some historical atlases are very...

As you say, I think it is more the vocal nature, rather than the balance itself. I don't know if when people are given a chance to speak the producers have any idea what they are likely to say (if...

The problem with debates like this is that the put the personalities before the issues. Like the above post says, much of the public is completely uninformed, but maybe they just don't care. Darling...

Depending on what sort of level of detail you want, there are various options. Some books deal solely with the conquests, while others cover wider aspects of the Mongol period.

David Morgan, The...

Excellent work, it's a superb game!

If you have access to it, chapters 2 and 3 of The New Cambridge Medieval History Vol. 4 might have something relevant.

http://www.medievalcoinage.com/prices/medievalprices.htm has a few examples...

For anyone interested in this topic, especially in the UK, I recommended reading Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air by David J. C. Mackay, which can be found for free on the author's website,...

That's in Wolverine Origins, not The Last Stand. Gambit is going to be in the next X-Men film, Apocalypse, played by Channing Tatum...

Completely agreed there as you know, even for people who generally support the Tories, I cannot think of anything positive that he brings. I haven't really got involved in the free schools debate,...

Sorry, you said 'can be effectively said to biased to democracy', which means supportive of democracy (as opposed to biased against), which completely changed the meaning of your original post.

The relevant passage in Xenophon:

'As for Lysander, he took his prizes and prisoners and everything else back to Lampsacus, the prisoners including Philocles, Adeimantus, and some of the other...

Not that I am aware of (though there are always distant relations as a result of marriage somewhere). The 'original' line (Ingelger, ignoring the very early ones) was related those who would become...

Indeed, your turn.

Don't get me wrong, our national team is terrible. It could be good, but Roy is far too conservative to do what needs to be done! I don't think Italy are that good to be honest, nor are Uruguay if...

I doubt whether Belgium will deliver when it comes to the World Cup to be honest.

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Papal Palace in Avignon?

What exactly do you mean by 'not cooperate'? If it were on the basis of non-cooperation (not that this justifies the sort of treatment being discussed), why were those who were systematically...

Pliny the Elder records one journey from the Straits of Messina (between Sicily and Italy) to Alexandria as taking six days. This is considered very fast though, and it is also worth remembering that...

Just for anyone who is not aware, the BBC currently runs a lot of radio stations: 11 national (though some are 'extra', rather than standalone), six for areas that are not England, and 40 local radio...

It has been published in French, if that is of any use.