conclusion than with his statement of facts (which by the way have many holes and falsehood). He completely failed to take into account of the remarkable resilence and cohesiveness of the Chinese culture. When both civlilizations (being the Chinese and the Greco-Roman civilization) of comparable size and achievements were impacted by comparable ferocious barbarian incursions, one persisted while the other met its fate in utter ruin. The innate characters of strength and weakness of these two civilizations had therefore manifested themselves in their differing fates.