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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2016 15:31:55 GMT -5
Chuvash song.
Ilemlĕ, ilemlĕ by Avgusta Uljandina
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2016 14:52:21 GMT -5
A couple of songs from the incredibly beautiful Mihrigul Hasan from the Xinjiang Uygur region of north-western China.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2016 5:00:25 GMT -5
Here's a book that I'll be picking up soon. The Eurasian Way of War: Military Practice in Seventh-Century China and Byzantium by David A. Graff. 'This book is a comparative study of military practice in Sui-Tang China and the Byzantine Empire between approximately 600 and 700 CE. It covers all aspects of the military art from weapons and battlefield tactics to logistics, campaign organization, military institutions, and the grand strategy of empire. Whilst not neglecting the many differences between the Chinese and Byzantines, this book highlights the striking similarities in their organizational structures, tactical deployments and above all their extremely cautious approach to warfare. It shows that, contrary to the conventional wisdom positing a straightforward Western way of war and an "Oriental" approach characterized by evasion and trickery, the specifics of Byzantine military practice in the seventh century differed very little from what was known in Tang China. It argues that these similarities cannot be explained by diffusion or shared cultural influences, which were limited, but instead by the need to deal with common problems and confront common enemies, in particular the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppes. Overall, this book provides compelling evidence that pragmatic needs may have more influence than deep cultural imperatives in determining a society’s "way of war."'
I'm looking forward to this one.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 3:01:23 GMT -5
Archeologists find ancient mummy approximately 1,500 years old in Mongoliasiberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0638-archeologists-find-ancient-mummy-approximately-1500-years-old-in-mongolia/The find is suspected to be from the Türk Era 6th-8th century. The mummy was found at an altitude of 2,803 metres in the Altai Mountains. As well as the mummy wrapped in felt (possibly female) there's a saddle, bridle, clay vase, wooden bowl, trough, iron kettle, the remains of entire horse (probably sacrificed), and four different 'Deel' spelt incorrectly as 'Dool' in the article. The deel is similar to a kaftan or tunic, usually made of felt, but can be silk, leather, fur etc.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 13:32:11 GMT -5
I forgot to add a pic of the Mummy I could only find this one of the hand.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 14:22:09 GMT -5
The Mysterious Mountain Palace of Por-Bajin.
siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/f0160-focus-on-tuva-3-was-this-1300-year-old-mountain-palace-built-for-a-tragic-chinese-princess/This Palace was built on an island on the Lake Tere-Khol in Tuva, just north of Mongolian border - probably in the 8th century. That would be when the Uygur tribe 744-840 dominated the area. Was it built for a Chinese princess? The Türks and Uygurs often formed marital alliances with the Tang dynasty in China. Maybe the Uygur Kagan constructed a fortified palace-temple to hide there with tribesman of the new faith? The Uygur leadership abandoned shamanism for Manichaeism. Dr Arzhantseva says that: ' In 779 Byogyu-khagan was killed during an anti-Manichaean coup. If Por-Bajin was finished about 778 - 779 AD, just before the coup, the Kha Khan had no time to use it.'It looks a beautiful place. Por-Bajin in the Summer. In the winter. A reconstruction.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 14:34:31 GMT -5
The Mysterious Mountain Palace of Por-Bajin 2I think local resident Dorzha Nikitin, 35, with his cat Kysa, has the best theory on the palace/fortress. ' This was a Khan's palace, and here in front of it, danced strippers for his amusement. Behind the palace you see the magnificent taiga, very beautiful.'
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 16:27:18 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Apr 13, 2016 22:11:26 GMT -5
Here's a book that I'll be picking up soon. The Eurasian Way of War: Military Practice in Seventh-Century China and Byzantium by David A. Graff. 'This book is a comparative study of military practice in Sui-Tang China and the Byzantine Empire between approximately 600 and 700 CE. It covers all aspects of the military art from weapons and battlefield tactics to logistics, campaign organization, military institutions, and the grand strategy of empire. Whilst not neglecting the many differences between the Chinese and Byzantines, this book highlights the striking similarities in their organizational structures, tactical deployments and above all their extremely cautious approach to warfare. It shows that, contrary to the conventional wisdom positing a straightforward Western way of war and an "Oriental" approach characterized by evasion and trickery, the specifics of Byzantine military practice in the seventh century differed very little from what was known in Tang China. It argues that these similarities cannot be explained by diffusion or shared cultural influences, which were limited, but instead by the need to deal with common problems and confront common enemies, in particular the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppes. Overall, this book provides compelling evidence that pragmatic needs may have more influence than deep cultural imperatives in determining a society’s "way of war."'
I'm looking forward to this one. Looks good. I bet it isn't cheap.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 16:37:40 GMT -5
Roy Chapman Andrews: Explorer, Adventurer, Dinosaur hunter and the director of the American Museum of Natural History.
Roy Chapman Andrews January (1884 – 1960) led several expeditions in Central Asia and the Mongolian Gobi desert looking for the origins of the human race - and led the first expedition to discover dinosaur eggs! Some believe he was the inspiration for Indiana Jones. He could certainly tell a tall-tale. “In [my first] fifteen years [of field work] I can remember just ten times when I had really narrow escapes from death. Two were from drowning in typhoons, one was when our boat was charged by a wounded whale, once my wife and I were nearly eaten by wild dogs, once we were in great danger from fanatical lama priests, two were close calls when I fell over cliffs, once was nearly caught by a huge python, and twice I might have been killed by bandits.” Andrews, On the Trail of Ancient Man
In Under a Lucky Star, Andrews recounts many dangerous encounters the desert provided. In one instance, Andrews was on his way back from a supply run when he encountered some bandits. He was driving down a steep slope when he saw, at the bottom, four men with rifles on horseback. Knowing he couldn’t turn around on the rocky slope, Andrews decided his best course of action was to head straight for the bandits with some speed. He remembers that as soon as he hit the accelerator, the horses “went mad with fright.” The bandits tried to reach for their rifles, but found that all their effort was needed just to stay on their horses. While three of the ponies ran off into the desert, the fourth, scared stiff, was left behind. Andrews drove right up next to it and, though he easily could have killed the bandit, took a couple of shots at the hat the bandit wore and chased him away. Andrews writes that the hat, which “bobbed up and down . . . was too great a temptation to be resisted.”When snakes were found in the camp... 'Fortunately, the cold temperature made the snakes sluggish and slow to strike; the men killed 47 snakes in their camp that night. Everyone came out of the incident unbitten and unscathed... Andrews even recalls how he was frightened and how he screamed when he, sometime later, stepped on something soft and round; to his embarrassment and fortune, it was only a coiled rope.I think you'll agree a very Indiana Jones-like reaction to snakes. roychapmanandrewssociety.org/roy-chapman-andrews/
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2016 13:15:26 GMT -5
The Words of the Emperor: The endangered language of the Manchu.
The Tungusic peoples (Manchurian is a Tungusic language) were a lot more successful when it came to ruling China compared to the their linguistic cousins, the Turkic and Mongol tribes. Their dynasties tended to last longer, the Manchurian Qing Dynasty lasted almost 270 years from 1644 to 1912. But, at the same time the success of the Tungusic peoples left them susceptible to assimilation amongst the more numerous Han Chinese.
The Manchurian language is now on the verge of extinction, according to UNESCO, there are approximately 10 native speakers of Manchu out of a total of nearly 10 million ethnic Manchus in China.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2016 17:47:43 GMT -5
Manchu Origin Myth
Manchu Origin story told by Meng Xianxiaoin in the Manchu language.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 3:07:15 GMT -5
Music from Uzbekistan.
I seem to have forgotten the Özbeks, that's quite an achievement considering they are the largest Turko-Mongol ethnic group in Central Asia, estimated to be about 30 million. In the early 16th century, the Özbeks came to dominate the important cities along the so-called Silk Road of Bukhara, Samarkand, Khiva etc. Uzbekistan has a large Tajik (Iranic) speaking population, so, there is a strong Perso-Islamic influence in modern Özbek culture and language, as will be seen in the videos below.
The Özbek language is from the Karluk group of Turkic languages, is also related to Uygur.
Gal-gal by Afsona: translates as Come to me, I have given you my heart.
Gulsara by Adham Soliev
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2016 4:15:31 GMT -5
The Kurultáj
The Kurultáj (Tribal Assembly) is a celebration of the cultural ties between the Hungarians and steppe peoples of Asia. In recent years the Kurultáj has been mainly held near Bugac, a town in Hungary.
link to website: kurultaj.hu/english/
Painting of Attila the Hun.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 2:48:30 GMT -5
A couple of songs from the group Hanggai of Inner Mongolia.
Xigxir
Back to You
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