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Sol System
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There's nothing mythical about the existence of Zheng He or his various expeditions, though there are (as we should expect) various fantastical claims attached to the historical reality.

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AndrewR
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I didn't mean to say it was 'mythical' - just that some of the claims are rather... far reaching.

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Fabrux
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But at last check, China != Europe. So Zheng He, although interesting, is not part of the First Europeans To Visit America Club.

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
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"...being chinked 'twixt my platelets with Adam's taint."

Now, that's just filthy.

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Jason Abbadon
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quote:
Originally posted by Topher:
But at last check, China != Europe. So Zheng He, although interesting, is not part of the First Europeans To Visit America Club.

Sure it does!
There's America, and then there's just...everything else.

We're the Prime Rib of the world, and you guys are, you know...hotdog meat. [Wink]

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Fabrux
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And just which definition of America are you using there? The proper definition or the silly US-centric defintion? [Wink]

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Jason Abbadon
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Obviously- the rest of the northern and southern continents will be ours soon:
The plan is to make all the illegal immigrants into citizens, then deport them all back to their native countries.
Their children will automatically be citizens and so on untill we annex the territories they live in as "protectorates".

No bloodshed, stronger econemy and cheap labor.

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Makotokat
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Funny I thought China was in Asia?

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Jason Abbadon
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China's in the heart, Makotokat.

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