analysis of social relations emphasizing communications and evolutionary psychology
A millennium ago, peoples of Eurasia had a common iconography of flying celestial beings (apsara, putti, angels) symmetrically supporting an object. … Read the post common, ancient Eurasian apsara-angel iconography
Gog and Magog, Alexander the Great’s wall, and a great wall in China coalesced in an official report to Abbasid Caliph al-Wathiq about 845. … Read the post Gog and Magog behind Alexander the Great's wall in China
For about 2000 years, Chinese society has developed amid religious diversity and religious competition. Different religions were difficult to distinguish. … Read the post religious diversity and religious competition in China
The Sackler’s exhibit Roads of Arabia shows culturally developed ancient Arabian societies built upon incense trade, then extended to Islamic pilgrimage. … Read the post Roads of Arabia: new perspectives on human society
Al-Marwazi reported an immense migration from Manchuria to the Black Sea. Such migrations were probably common among mobile Eurasian societies. … Read the post Al-Marwazi described migration of mobile societies in ancient Eurasia