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The loss of distinct Israelite identity when diaspora Jews fail to separate themselves from surrounding peoples.
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assimilation
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Jiang says that when immigrants bring divergent values, money becomes the only usable common denominator for unifying society.
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Jiang says Jewish endurance across centuries depended on a small minority preserving covenantal faith while most Jews historically assimilated into surrounding civilizations.
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The Mongol Empire assimilated locally after splitting, so its enormous conquests were not politically sustainable.
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Attempts by Mongol leadership to adopt Chinese-style bureaucracy conflicted with Mongol nobility's desire to preserve Mongolian culture, producing internal tension that led to collapse.
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He says Viking curiosity and respect let Vikings assimilate into surrounding cultures, while Mongol contempt and exploitation prevented a rich cultural legacy.
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Mongol society was selectively open: it assimilated people who benefited Mongol power, such as scholars, engineers, merchants, and teachers, while killing others.
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The Viking Age is framed as 793 to 1066, beginning with a recorded monastery raid and ending with Norman assimilation into the broader European order after Hastings.
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The Viking Age ended when Vikings became successful enough to be absorbed into European nobility, Christianized, and turned into protectors of the same powers they had pressured.
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"So, materialism? Money. Do you understand? If you have immigrants come in, everyone shares different values, the only value that you have to create,..."
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"Why do you think that people of Israel have been constantly expelled from 109 countries over the course of history? The Israelites say it's..."
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"But, you know, by destroying the substance of Western civilization, which is like the classics. Right. Which is like debate, free inquiry. You've hollowed..."
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"I think every society, every community, it is it is to thrive, it is to be that dynamic. It needs a story. It needs..."
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"And now it's it's not like that. It's it's it's like you come to America, you come to Canada, it's like, oh, feel free..."
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"Okay? And these four major empires themselves will assimilate and integrate into the local culture. The Golden Horde will eventually give rise to the..."
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"And they would try to adopt a Chinese -style bureaucracy. But a bureaucracy, and we discussed this, comes into conflict with the nobility. Okay?..."
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"Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. So, the Vikings were in Europe, and..."
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"based in East Asia, and they did ultimately adopt a belief that people are an infinite resource. And they had tremendous contempt for Chinese..."
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"So, I would much prefer to be a Viking. I would much prefer to be enslaved by a Viking than a Mongol. Like, if..."
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"Whereas the Mongols were not curious about the world. They were intent on conquest. And enslaving other people, and exploiting other people. Okay? They..."
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