Now for some grammar lesson in English.
As you can see, my primary school teachers taught me that, the word
"was", is the past tense of "is"
IIRC, France was part of England in the past; North Africa, France,
Spain, Turkey, Greece, Iran and a hell lot of places were all part
of Roman (Italian) in the past; Virtually the whole of Europe was
part of France in the past.
This is the most important thing. China was part of Mongolia,
regardless of whatever percentage of Mongolians live at
where.
Confucius, "not to do to others as you would not wish done to
yourself" (Analects)
WTF? Why am I talking about Analects to an idiot?
Confucius, "To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the
highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below
mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced"
(Analects)