Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th July 2022, 12:21 PM
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Perhaps, we need to modify the name: Yataghan Karadeniz ( Black Sea yataghan) might be more inclusive and accurate.
In the last issue of the Russian journal " Historical weapons study" there is a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th July 2022, 04:14 PM
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This is not my area of interest, but my hat is...
This is not my area of interest, but my hat is off for the obsessively-detailed description of the minute features of these weapons!
I knew that Indonesian weapons varied from island-to-island...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th July 2022, 03:14 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th July 2022, 03:00 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th July 2022, 01:17 PM
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I still believe that decoding the texts will...
I still believe that decoding the texts will bring valuable information. Thus, I took a liberty to send a pm to Kwiatek ( no response yet) and asked some of my colleagues , native Urdu, Farsi and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th July 2022, 04:54 AM
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Replies: 50
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Expertise by definition requires full-time...
Expertise by definition requires full-time involvement, professional education, vast knowledge, experience and stellar track record. Anything less than that defines an amateur.
Neither I nor you (...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th July 2022, 06:46 PM
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And just to extend: Paubrasilia is sometimes...
And just to extend: Paubrasilia is sometimes referred to as Pernambuco (tree).
Here is a similar story but in reverse: the tree got its name from the state of Pernambuco, but the origin of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th July 2022, 02:24 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th July 2022, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 8
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Ren Ren,
Thanks for the info.I never thought...
Ren Ren,
Thanks for the info.I never thought about it.
As to the source of red pigment, I went to Wiki.
Apparently, 16th century visitors to S. America allegedly gave it name Paubrasilia., i.e....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th July 2022, 09:56 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th July 2022, 02:45 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th July 2022, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 135,278
Don’t we exaggerate the anti-iconic customs of...
Don’t we exaggerate the anti-iconic customs of Shia and Sunni?
Both Turkish Sultans and Persian Shahs invited European artists to have their portrais painted , Iranians had their khanjars with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th July 2022, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 135,278
Re. Your penultimate post.
In the list on top...
Re. Your penultimate post.
In the list on top of it, points 1,2,and 3 are correct.
But to call Qutb Quli Shah a “ peasant” would be a slight exaggeration.
Overall, this list is ‘true, true and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th July 2022, 08:06 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th July 2022, 12:17 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2022, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 135,278
Mercenary,
You are correct: I used a...
Mercenary,
You are correct: I used a stenographic style to cite your text, and just wrote about simply contacts vs. cultural influence. Can you support your assertion with some evidence? IMHO, it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2022, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 135,278
Ren Ren,
I am a bit flabbergasted by your...
Ren Ren,
I am a bit flabbergasted by your comments.
First, I never claimed that Zheng He's trips were the source of Chinese swords entering India. It was simply in response to Mercenary's...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2022, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 50
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2022, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 52,936
Ian,
There are no contentions regarding...
Ian,
There are no contentions regarding collective, country-wise, quality of authorship. I was talking about a particular book written by a particular group of authors.
This book was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2022, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 50
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2022, 01:08 PM
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Views: 135,278
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2022, 04:54 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 135,278
Viking age ended in 11 century. The earlier...
Viking age ended in 11 century. The earlier origin of “Varangian” sword are irrelevant to our discussion. What counts is an incontrovertible fact that it was Vikings ( Normans, Norsemen, Varangians ,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2022, 03:46 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 135,278
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2022, 03:40 AM
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Replies: 50
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I had to go to a big review by Sally Church...
I had to go to a big review by Sally Church doi:10.2307/40727457.
She discusses the plausibility of the claim that Zheng He’s flotilla contained 450 feet long trade ships.
Everything is based on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd July 2022, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 27
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Obviously, earlier researchers did commit...
Obviously, earlier researchers did commit attributional errors when there was no ironclad information about the objects.
The correct attribution of Laz Bicagi appeared on this Forum in 2004 with...
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