#Mongols

oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thread: There is a peculiar plot found in many Eurasian fairytales: Brothers (mostly three) have to complete a task (like kill a dragon), which will get them a princess and

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

Of all the Zodiac Aquarius is the most different from its historical roots, but we can still trace some of its associations to its origins. For medieval Muslim astrologers, it

The Indic Sceptic

Copernicus211

Case for why the Mughal Empire should not be called a Muslim Empire:1. Babur, who founded the Mughal dynasty, was descended from shamanic Mongols who destroyed Baghdad. He drank wine

ꯃꯥꯀꯨ

porbotialora

There were four anti-Buddhist persecutions in ChinaThe 1st one was in 446 and was driven by Daoists. Daoism was made into the state religion and Buddhism was outlawed and Buddhist

utterly vapid

UtterlyVapid

Every time I see a conservative attempt to use historical imperialism and caste systems by non-European countries to justify why racism can’t possibly be real I cringe and want them

Onaiz Qutabzada 🇵🇰

YeniceriQ

Mevlana Rumi, the Whirling Dervishes and the Islamization of Asia Minor (Turkey)!An interesting thread on how Islam was spread in the Anatolian (Turkish) region during the Seljuq Rule. (1/N) The

consumeprogeny

ConsumeProgeny

Quick brain farts on Ghost of Tsushima: probably my front runner for GOTY. There's a lot in the narrative that can be tightened up, but it has a good foundation

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

It's important to remember that any time you consume dumplings, you are consuming "how local cooks attempted to prepare the foreign food called 'dumplings' for their terrifying Mongolian overlords, who

John Tobias

therealsaibot

The name was inspired by the Mongolian warlords Ghengis and Kublai Khan. And, although we never explicitly state it, much like the mongols our intention was that Kahn was a

Carl Zha

CarlZha

Everything you want to know about infamous Chinese liquor Baijiu 白酒, lubricants of Chinese business banquets, but afraid to ask. Thread: We start w famous Luzhou Laojiao 瀘州老窖, a strong

Yunus

sheikhchilly1

Our "historians" have done great disservice to the Muslim rulers of the past making sweeping generalizations against them and denouncing them as invaders, plunderers and cruel rulers.In this thread, we'll

Hasib Noor

hasibmn

The Debate on Rumi's "Identity"There is a rising ethno-national debate about claiming Rumi's legacy with some bigotry inserted by Irani Persians speaking against Afghans claiming that Rumi "wasnt Afghan," even

Emil Sandstedt

bezantdenier

1.) The first chapter of 'Money Dethroned - A Journey through Ashes', details many Chinese attempts at paper money. They all failed. 2.) These 'paper money' scams may be said

Nikolaos 🐺

BronzeNik

Daily reminder Moses didn't receive Ten Commandments from God but stole them from some Germanic tribe when he sneaked into their settlement. Daily reminder Christians burned down all Evropa forests.

True Indology

TIinExile

Ha ha.Facts:Ertugrul was NOT a Muslim. He was a Pagan.Turkey makes purely fictional stories about Ertugrul, glorifying him as a Ghazi fighting crusaders & mongols.This idiotic PM & his nation

גלעד בצלאל יפה, ארכיאולוגיה אונליין Gilad B. Jaffe

TheOnionGod

1/ In the heart of Afghanistan lies one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. Deep within the wadi, far from anything modern, the minaret from Jam has stood

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