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The Byzantines, You Know, Are Not the Same as the Mongols
Timothy Snyder: I think that reshuffling of the decks in other parts of the world, you know, we forget how interconnected these worlds all are. He says every clash of empires needs the hero to enter from stage left; it's Mecha who becomes known as the conqueror before 1450. The U.S. is a huge differential in stopping military conflict between European powers, he adds.