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To: SunkenCiv

Khara Korum

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/japanworks/mongols/pop/images_khara.htm


5 posted on 04/10/2009 5:58:00 PM PDT by combat_boots (The answer to 1984 is 1776)
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But Khara Khorum turned out to be a poor location for a capital city, primarily because it could not supply itself. According to one Western observer, 500 carts of provisions were required daily to sustain the city's population.

9 posted on 04/10/2009 6:09:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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