Last week (November 20, 2019), I discussed one aspect of etymological lunacy. Looking for a (or even the) protolanguage is a sound idea, even though specialists’ efforts in this direction have been both successful and disappointing. The existence of Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Semitic can hardly be doubted; yet many crucial details remain unknown. — Read on … Continue reading Etymology and delusion, part 2 | OUPblog
Asia Times | India, China and contours of the Asian Century | Article
These two giants share a common interest in the rise of a multipolar world but they need to overcome decades of mutual lack of trust to achieve a shared vision of peace — Read on http://www.asiatimes.com/2019/10/opinion/india-china-and-contours-of-the-asian-century/
History of Geopolitics: theories and types of geopolitics
https://youtu.be/nIGtsP3oJzI In this presentation we look at the development of geopolitics as a concept and practice. The concept emerged in the beginning of the 20th century, as Geopolitik. (For a preview of the contents of this lecture see: https://youtu.be/P56NoTi0L80). Over decades of global diplomacy and international politics it was interpreted and developed by scholars from … Continue reading History of Geopolitics: theories and types of geopolitics
Belt and Road Initiative: Geopolitical Analysis
http://www.youtube.com/watch The Belt and Road initiative is a convergence of China's New Silk Road project to create land routes through Central Asia, linking Eurasia and Europe, with the New Maritime Silk Road initiative to build a network of ports and logistics in the Indian Ocean region. This presentation analyses the geopolitics of the Belt and … Continue reading Belt and Road Initiative: Geopolitical Analysis
The Deep History of Civilisation: the blue emerald of the Indus
In the high mountainous knot of the Pamirs in South Central Asia, in the Badakhshan region of north eastern Afghanistan, there is a small cave on the side of the hill. On approaching closer, one might hear the clink-clink of rock striking rock; one might see that the inside of the cave is lit with … Continue reading The Deep History of Civilisation: the blue emerald of the Indus
Leonidas at Thermopylae by Jacques-Louis David
Diana as Personification of the Night (ca. 1765) by Anton Maengs
The Great Queen Semiramis of Assyria (800 BC) : from Biblitheca Historica
http://www.youtube.com/watch Before Alexander the Great (c 356-320 BC) marched to the frontiers of India through the wreck of the Persian Empire; before Cyrus the Great (c 600-530 BC), the first Emperor of the Persians conquered those frontier lands, there was the legendary queen Semiramis - who led the first recorded invasion from the West into … Continue reading The Great Queen Semiramis of Assyria (800 BC) : from Biblitheca Historica
Our Brains Tell Stories So We Can Live – Issue 75: Story – Nautilus
We are all storytellers; we make sense out of the world by telling stories. And science is a great source of stories. Not so, you… — Read on m.nautil.us/issue/75/story/our-brains-tell-stories-so-we-can-live
Darwin Was a Slacker and You Should Be Too – Issue 46: Balance – Nautilus
When you examine the lives of history’s most creative figures, you are immediately confronted with a paradox: They organize their… — Read on m.nautil.us/issue/46/balance/darwin-was-a-slacker-and-you-should-be-too
