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A (SOMEWHAT) NSFW HISTORY OF DIRTY JOKES Guy walks into a bar, orders a drink, tries to join in on the conversation. But none of the regulars seem to be telling stories or jokes. One of them just says a number — “243!” — and everyone laughs. Then somebody else answers, “17!” and everybody laughs at that. Guy asks the bartender, “What the hell’s goin’ on inhere?”.
GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 2: THUNDER ON THE Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 2: Thunder on the Steppe – The Strange Continent. Long before the Huns, or the Mongols, or the Aryans, a different people ruled the Eurasian plains. Meet the Andronovo people — inventors of thunderbolt-hurling sky gods. Imagine, if you can, a time long before Asia’s vast interior wascrossed by
THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Because every time and place is weird. The Wild East, Part 3: Hell Freezes Over. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Border Run. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Wild East, Part 2: Last Stand at Kazan. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 1: THE OLD WORLD Great Empires of North America, Part 1: The Old World – The Strange Continent. They built astronomical observatories and innovative farming systems — and we don’t even know their names. Meet the first great civilizations of Native American history. Nearly four thousand years ago — as the city of Babylon was first growing into a GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES SERIES Great African Empires Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great African Empires Series. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 6 – Because every time and place is weird. Gidi's Story: No One Hears You Shouting From the Slums of Mombasa. Ben Thomas. No responses. There Is No Yesterday. Ben Thomas. No responses. Go to the Fun Countries. Ben Thomas. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 5 – Because every time and place is weird. A (Somewhat) NSFW History of Dirty Jokes. Ben Thomas. No responses. Across the Aegean. Ben Thomas. No responses. Fear and Loathing in World History. Ben Thomas. GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES, PART 1: STAGGERING TIMESCALES A set of stone tools essentially identical to modern San equipment have been found in a cave in South Africa, and dated to 44,000 BCE.. This means the San people’s culture dates at least as far back as the last Ice Age — when Neanderthals were still alive and well.. If you ever find yourself in a conversation about living cultures with the longest continuous histories, drop in a mention of GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 4: PEOPLE OF THE Meet the Mississippians — medieval America’s mightiest emperors. The Great Sun was dead. As a gray dawn broke over the city’s towering pyramids, a procession of mourning priests and nobles paraded through the courtyard, bearing gifts for their king’s tomb. A cadre of soldiers brought up the reair, dragging hundreds of slaves who knew THE GOD ENKI AND THE OCEAN OF EVERYWHEN The god Enki – lord of intelligence and knowledge, keeper of the arts and crafts; also called Nudimmud, “the Shaper,” who “opens the doors of understanding ” (emphasis mine) and teaches humans how to construct canals, plan temples, write letters and compose music. Enki is often said to live in the depths of the sea – which, asevery
A (SOMEWHAT) NSFW HISTORY OF DIRTY JOKES Guy walks into a bar, orders a drink, tries to join in on the conversation. But none of the regulars seem to be telling stories or jokes. One of them just says a number — “243!” — and everyone laughs. Then somebody else answers, “17!” and everybody laughs at that. Guy asks the bartender, “What the hell’s goin’ on inhere?”.
GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 2: THUNDER ON THE Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 2: Thunder on the Steppe – The Strange Continent. Long before the Huns, or the Mongols, or the Aryans, a different people ruled the Eurasian plains. Meet the Andronovo people — inventors of thunderbolt-hurling sky gods. Imagine, if you can, a time long before Asia’s vast interior wascrossed by
MEET THE AUTHOR
Me in Mongolia, with a golden eagle and a giant statue of Genghis Khan! I’ve produced documentaries, founded and managed a neuroscience news agency called “The Connectome,” and launched and run a neo-Victorian art and fiction magazine called “The Willows,” which is now an illustrated anthology available in hardcover, paperback and PDF formats. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 2 – Because every time and place is weird. Kingship, Knowledge, and the Path to Gnosis. Ben Thomas. No responses. Great Empires of North America, Part 4: People of the Pyramid. Ben Thomas. ONE-OF-A-KIND ARTICLES Support The Strange Continent on Patreon! Meet the Author: Ben Thomas; Get Your Copy of “The Cradle and the Sword” One-of-a-Kind Articles; Great African Empires Series THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 4 – Because every time and place is weird. A Triad of False Dmitriys. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Great Emu War. Ben Thomas. No responses. Great African Empires, Part 4: Philosopher Kings of the Sahara. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA SERIES Great Empires of Central Asia Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great Empires of Central Asia Series. THE LURE OF THE ABYSS A sense of vast, powerful, and ineffable mystery that can’t be described in terms of other experiences. It’s in a place like this that a feeling of the numinous tends to creep up. This is a feeling one encounters much more in wild places, when traveling (or swimming)alone —.
THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 5 – Because every time and place is weird. A (Somewhat) NSFW History of Dirty Jokes. Ben Thomas. No responses. Across the Aegean. Ben Thomas. No responses. Fear and Loathing in World History. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 4: LORDS OF THE SILK ROAD Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 4: Lords of the Silk Road – The Strange Continent. They brought together the best of Asia—then improved on it. Meet the Sogdians: merchant princes of the ancient Asian steppe. In the year 36 BCE, a Han Chinese expedition marched west across the Jaxartes River, in what’s now Kazakhstan — morethan
KINGSHIP, KNOWLEDGE, AND THE PATH TO GNOSIS Kingship, Knowledge, and the Path to Gnosis – The Strange Continent. Kingship, Knowledge, and the Path to Gnosis. By Ben Thomas Posted in Culture, History on September 5, 2018 0 Comments. Previous Next. HAUDENOSAUNEE (IROQUOIS) MEN AROUND A FIRE Support The Strange Continent on Patreon! Meet the Author: Ben Thomas; Get Your Copy of “The Cradle and the Sword” One-of-a-Kind Articles; Great African Empires Series THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Because every time and place is weird. The Wild East, Part 3: Hell Freezes Over. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Border Run. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Wild East, Part 2: Last Stand at Kazan. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 1: THE OLD WORLD Great Empires of North America, Part 1: The Old World – The Strange Continent. They built astronomical observatories and innovative farming systems — and we don’t even know their names. Meet the first great civilizations of Native American history. Nearly four thousand years ago — as the city of Babylon was first growing into a GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES SERIES Great African Empires Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great African Empires Series. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 6 – Because every time and place is weird. Gidi's Story: No One Hears You Shouting From the Slums of Mombasa. Ben Thomas. No responses. There Is No Yesterday. Ben Thomas. No responses. Go to the Fun Countries. Ben Thomas. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 5 – Because every time and place is weird. A (Somewhat) NSFW History of Dirty Jokes. Ben Thomas. No responses. Across the Aegean. Ben Thomas. No responses. Fear and Loathing in World History. Ben Thomas. GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES, PART 1: STAGGERING TIMESCALES A set of stone tools essentially identical to modern San equipment have been found in a cave in South Africa, and dated to 44,000 BCE.. This means the San people’s culture dates at least as far back as the last Ice Age — when Neanderthals were still alive and well.. If you ever find yourself in a conversation about living cultures with the longest continuous histories, drop in a mention of GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 4: PEOPLE OF THE Meet the Mississippians — medieval America’s mightiest emperors. The Great Sun was dead. As a gray dawn broke over the city’s towering pyramids, a procession of mourning priests and nobles paraded through the courtyard, bearing gifts for their king’s tomb. A cadre of soldiers brought up the reair, dragging hundreds of slaves who knew THE GOD ENKI AND THE OCEAN OF EVERYWHEN The god Enki – lord of intelligence and knowledge, keeper of the arts and crafts; also called Nudimmud, “the Shaper,” who “opens the doors of understanding ” (emphasis mine) and teaches humans how to construct canals, plan temples, write letters and compose music. Enki is often said to live in the depths of the sea – which, asevery
A (SOMEWHAT) NSFW HISTORY OF DIRTY JOKES Guy walks into a bar, orders a drink, tries to join in on the conversation. But none of the regulars seem to be telling stories or jokes. One of them just says a number — “243!” — and everyone laughs. Then somebody else answers, “17!” and everybody laughs at that. Guy asks the bartender, “What the hell’s goin’ on inhere?”.
GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 2: THUNDER ON THE Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 2: Thunder on the Steppe – The Strange Continent. Long before the Huns, or the Mongols, or the Aryans, a different people ruled the Eurasian plains. Meet the Andronovo people — inventors of thunderbolt-hurling sky gods. Imagine, if you can, a time long before Asia’s vast interior wascrossed by
THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Because every time and place is weird. The Wild East, Part 3: Hell Freezes Over. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Border Run. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Wild East, Part 2: Last Stand at Kazan. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 1: THE OLD WORLD Great Empires of North America, Part 1: The Old World – The Strange Continent. They built astronomical observatories and innovative farming systems — and we don’t even know their names. Meet the first great civilizations of Native American history. Nearly four thousand years ago — as the city of Babylon was first growing into a GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES SERIES Great African Empires Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great African Empires Series. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 6 – Because every time and place is weird. Gidi's Story: No One Hears You Shouting From the Slums of Mombasa. Ben Thomas. No responses. There Is No Yesterday. Ben Thomas. No responses. Go to the Fun Countries. Ben Thomas. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 5 – Because every time and place is weird. A (Somewhat) NSFW History of Dirty Jokes. Ben Thomas. No responses. Across the Aegean. Ben Thomas. No responses. Fear and Loathing in World History. Ben Thomas. GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES, PART 1: STAGGERING TIMESCALES A set of stone tools essentially identical to modern San equipment have been found in a cave in South Africa, and dated to 44,000 BCE.. This means the San people’s culture dates at least as far back as the last Ice Age — when Neanderthals were still alive and well.. If you ever find yourself in a conversation about living cultures with the longest continuous histories, drop in a mention of GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 4: PEOPLE OF THE Meet the Mississippians — medieval America’s mightiest emperors. The Great Sun was dead. As a gray dawn broke over the city’s towering pyramids, a procession of mourning priests and nobles paraded through the courtyard, bearing gifts for their king’s tomb. A cadre of soldiers brought up the reair, dragging hundreds of slaves who knew THE GOD ENKI AND THE OCEAN OF EVERYWHEN The god Enki – lord of intelligence and knowledge, keeper of the arts and crafts; also called Nudimmud, “the Shaper,” who “opens the doors of understanding ” (emphasis mine) and teaches humans how to construct canals, plan temples, write letters and compose music. Enki is often said to live in the depths of the sea – which, asevery
A (SOMEWHAT) NSFW HISTORY OF DIRTY JOKES Guy walks into a bar, orders a drink, tries to join in on the conversation. But none of the regulars seem to be telling stories or jokes. One of them just says a number — “243!” — and everyone laughs. Then somebody else answers, “17!” and everybody laughs at that. Guy asks the bartender, “What the hell’s goin’ on inhere?”.
GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 2: THUNDER ON THE Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 2: Thunder on the Steppe – The Strange Continent. Long before the Huns, or the Mongols, or the Aryans, a different people ruled the Eurasian plains. Meet the Andronovo people — inventors of thunderbolt-hurling sky gods. Imagine, if you can, a time long before Asia’s vast interior wascrossed by
MEET THE AUTHOR
Me in Mongolia, with a golden eagle and a giant statue of Genghis Khan! I’ve produced documentaries, founded and managed a neuroscience news agency called “The Connectome,” and launched and run a neo-Victorian art and fiction magazine called “The Willows,” which is now an illustrated anthology available in hardcover, paperback and PDF formats. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 2 – Because every time and place is weird. Kingship, Knowledge, and the Path to Gnosis. Ben Thomas. No responses. Great Empires of North America, Part 4: People of the Pyramid. Ben Thomas. ONE-OF-A-KIND ARTICLES Support The Strange Continent on Patreon! Meet the Author: Ben Thomas; Get Your Copy of “The Cradle and the Sword” One-of-a-Kind Articles; Great African Empires Series THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 4 – Because every time and place is weird. A Triad of False Dmitriys. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Great Emu War. Ben Thomas. No responses. Great African Empires, Part 4: Philosopher Kings of the Sahara. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA SERIES Great Empires of Central Asia Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great Empires of Central Asia Series. THE LURE OF THE ABYSS A sense of vast, powerful, and ineffable mystery that can’t be described in terms of other experiences. It’s in a place like this that a feeling of the numinous tends to creep up. This is a feeling one encounters much more in wild places, when traveling (or swimming)alone —.
THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 5 – Because every time and place is weird. A (Somewhat) NSFW History of Dirty Jokes. Ben Thomas. No responses. Across the Aegean. Ben Thomas. No responses. Fear and Loathing in World History. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 4: LORDS OF THE SILK ROAD Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 4: Lords of the Silk Road – The Strange Continent. They brought together the best of Asia—then improved on it. Meet the Sogdians: merchant princes of the ancient Asian steppe. In the year 36 BCE, a Han Chinese expedition marched west across the Jaxartes River, in what’s now Kazakhstan — morethan
KINGSHIP, KNOWLEDGE, AND THE PATH TO GNOSIS Kingship, Knowledge, and the Path to Gnosis – The Strange Continent. Kingship, Knowledge, and the Path to Gnosis. By Ben Thomas Posted in Culture, History on September 5, 2018 0 Comments. Previous Next. HAUDENOSAUNEE (IROQUOIS) MEN AROUND A FIRE Support The Strange Continent on Patreon! Meet the Author: Ben Thomas; Get Your Copy of “The Cradle and the Sword” One-of-a-Kind Articles; Great African Empires Series THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Because every time and place is weird. The Wild East, Part 3: Hell Freezes Over. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Border Run. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Wild East, Part 2: Last Stand at Kazan. Ben Thomas. GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES SERIES Great African Empires Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great African Empires Series. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 1: THE OLD WORLD Great Empires of North America, Part 1: The Old World – The Strange Continent. They built astronomical observatories and innovative farming systems — and we don’t even know their names. Meet the first great civilizations of Native American history. Nearly four thousand years ago — as the city of Babylon was first growing into a THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 4 – Because every time and place is weird. A Triad of False Dmitriys. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Great Emu War. Ben Thomas. No responses. Great African Empires, Part 4: Philosopher Kings of the Sahara. Ben Thomas. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 6 – Because every time and place is weird. Gidi's Story: No One Hears You Shouting From the Slums of Mombasa. Ben Thomas. No responses. There Is No Yesterday. Ben Thomas. No responses. Go to the Fun Countries. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 4: PEOPLE OF THE Meet the Mississippians — medieval America’s mightiest emperors. The Great Sun was dead. As a gray dawn broke over the city’s towering pyramids, a procession of mourning priests and nobles paraded through the courtyard, bearing gifts for their king’s tomb. A cadre of soldiers brought up the reair, dragging hundreds of slaves who knew THE GOD ENKI AND THE OCEAN OF EVERYWHEN The god Enki – lord of intelligence and knowledge, keeper of the arts and crafts; also called Nudimmud, “the Shaper,” who “opens the doors of understanding ” (emphasis mine) and teaches humans how to construct canals, plan temples, write letters and compose music. Enki is often said to live in the depths of the sea – which, asevery
GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 2: THUNDER ON THE Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 2: Thunder on the Steppe – The Strange Continent. Long before the Huns, or the Mongols, or the Aryans, a different people ruled the Eurasian plains. Meet the Andronovo people — inventors of thunderbolt-hurling sky gods. Imagine, if you can, a time long before Asia’s vast interior wascrossed by
A (SOMEWHAT) NSFW HISTORY OF DIRTY JOKES Guy walks into a bar, orders a drink, tries to join in on the conversation. But none of the regulars seem to be telling stories or jokes. One of them just says a number — “243!” — and everyone laughs. Then somebody else answers, “17!” and everybody laughs at that. Guy asks the bartender, “What the hell’s goin’ on inhere?”.
THE “G” WORD: “GYPSIES” AREN’T WHO YOU THINK THEY ARE They’re called Roma, their culture is ancient and intriguing and the word “gypsy” is a slur. All right my friends, let me tell you about “Gypsies” — or as they’re actually called, the Romani people, or simply the Roma. They’ve been in the news a few times lately for child abductions. They’ve got a reputation as musicians THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Because every time and place is weird. The Wild East, Part 3: Hell Freezes Over. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Border Run. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Wild East, Part 2: Last Stand at Kazan. Ben Thomas. GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES SERIES Great African Empires Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great African Empires Series. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 1: THE OLD WORLD Great Empires of North America, Part 1: The Old World – The Strange Continent. They built astronomical observatories and innovative farming systems — and we don’t even know their names. Meet the first great civilizations of Native American history. Nearly four thousand years ago — as the city of Babylon was first growing into a THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 4 – Because every time and place is weird. A Triad of False Dmitriys. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Great Emu War. Ben Thomas. No responses. Great African Empires, Part 4: Philosopher Kings of the Sahara. Ben Thomas. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 6 – Because every time and place is weird. Gidi's Story: No One Hears You Shouting From the Slums of Mombasa. Ben Thomas. No responses. There Is No Yesterday. Ben Thomas. No responses. Go to the Fun Countries. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 4: PEOPLE OF THE Meet the Mississippians — medieval America’s mightiest emperors. The Great Sun was dead. As a gray dawn broke over the city’s towering pyramids, a procession of mourning priests and nobles paraded through the courtyard, bearing gifts for their king’s tomb. A cadre of soldiers brought up the reair, dragging hundreds of slaves who knew THE GOD ENKI AND THE OCEAN OF EVERYWHEN The god Enki – lord of intelligence and knowledge, keeper of the arts and crafts; also called Nudimmud, “the Shaper,” who “opens the doors of understanding ” (emphasis mine) and teaches humans how to construct canals, plan temples, write letters and compose music. Enki is often said to live in the depths of the sea – which, asevery
GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 2: THUNDER ON THE Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 2: Thunder on the Steppe – The Strange Continent. Long before the Huns, or the Mongols, or the Aryans, a different people ruled the Eurasian plains. Meet the Andronovo people — inventors of thunderbolt-hurling sky gods. Imagine, if you can, a time long before Asia’s vast interior wascrossed by
A (SOMEWHAT) NSFW HISTORY OF DIRTY JOKES Guy walks into a bar, orders a drink, tries to join in on the conversation. But none of the regulars seem to be telling stories or jokes. One of them just says a number — “243!” — and everyone laughs. Then somebody else answers, “17!” and everybody laughs at that. Guy asks the bartender, “What the hell’s goin’ on inhere?”.
THE “G” WORD: “GYPSIES” AREN’T WHO YOU THINK THEY ARE They’re called Roma, their culture is ancient and intriguing and the word “gypsy” is a slur. All right my friends, let me tell you about “Gypsies” — or as they’re actually called, the Romani people, or simply the Roma. They’ve been in the news a few times lately for child abductions. They’ve got a reputation as musicians THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 4 – Because every time and place is weird. A Triad of False Dmitriys. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Great Emu War. Ben Thomas. No responses. Great African Empires, Part 4: Philosopher Kings of the Sahara. Ben Thomas. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 6 – Because every time and place is weird. Gidi's Story: No One Hears You Shouting From the Slums of Mombasa. Ben Thomas. No responses. There Is No Yesterday. Ben Thomas. No responses. Go to the Fun Countries. Ben Thomas. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 3 – Because every time and place is weird. Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 2: Thunder on the Steppe.Ben Thomas.
GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES, PART 1: STAGGERING TIMESCALES A set of stone tools essentially identical to modern San equipment have been found in a cave in South Africa, and dated to 44,000 BCE.. This means the San people’s culture dates at least as far back as the last Ice Age — when Neanderthals were still alive and well.. If you ever find yourself in a conversation about living cultures with the longest continuous histories, drop in a mention of BEN THOMAS – THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Border Run “For God’s sake, let us sit upon the groundAnd tell sad stories of the death of kings.” — “Richard II,” Act 3, Scene 2 Soundtrack for this story: When an outsider says the word “Iraq,” here’s the mental imagery: Desert. THE LURE OF THE ABYSS A sense of vast, powerful, and ineffable mystery that can’t be described in terms of other experiences. It’s in a place like this that a feeling of the numinous tends to creep up. This is a feeling one encounters much more in wild places, when traveling (or swimming)alone —.
THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 5 – Because every time and place is weird. A (Somewhat) NSFW History of Dirty Jokes. Ben Thomas. No responses. Across the Aegean. Ben Thomas. No responses. Fear and Loathing in World History. Ben Thomas. FEAR AND LOATHING IN WORLD HISTORY The city of Cairo lived in fear of the next attack. It was the 1100s A.D., and Christian Crusaders and Muslim Seljuks alike were terrified of a sect of Shi’ites known as the Nizari Isma’ilis. This sect —which aimed to establish a unified Isma’ili State spanning Iran, Iraq and Syria — dispatched stealthy killers to eliminate key GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES, PART 3: KINGDOM OF GOLD Great African Empires, Part 3: Kingdom of Gold – The Strange Continent. They traded with Egypt, Israel and Babylon. But when they turned to the Christian God, East Africa would never be the same. In the 200s CE, the Persian prophet Mani referred to the “four great powers” of the world. The first three empires are easy to guess:Rome
GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES, PART 5: THE RICHEST MAN IN HISTORY Great African Empires, Part 5: The Richest Man in History – The Strange Continent. His spending sprees were legendary. His entourage crashed whole cities’ economies. Meet the flashiest emperor in African history. Imagine a billionaire arriving with his entourage in London, or Las Vegas, or Rome; and completely taking over an entirecity
THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Because every time and place is weird. The Wild East, Part 3: Hell Freezes Over. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Border Run. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Wild East, Part 2: Last Stand at Kazan. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 1: THE OLD WORLD Great Empires of North America, Part 1: The Old World – The Strange Continent. They built astronomical observatories and innovative farming systems — and we don’t even know their names. Meet the first great civilizations of Native American history. Nearly four thousand years ago — as the city of Babylon was first growing into a GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES SERIES Great African Empires Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great African Empires Series. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 3 – Because every time and place is weird. Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 2: Thunder on the Steppe.Ben Thomas.
THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 6 – Because every time and place is weird. Gidi's Story: No One Hears You Shouting From the Slums of Mombasa. Ben Thomas. No responses. There Is No Yesterday. Ben Thomas. No responses. Go to the Fun Countries. Ben Thomas. GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES, PART 1: STAGGERING TIMESCALES A set of stone tools essentially identical to modern San equipment have been found in a cave in South Africa, and dated to 44,000 BCE.. This means the San people’s culture dates at least as far back as the last Ice Age — when Neanderthals were still alive and well.. If you ever find yourself in a conversation about living cultures with the longest continuous histories, drop in a mention of THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 5 – Because every time and place is weird. A (Somewhat) NSFW History of Dirty Jokes. Ben Thomas. No responses. Across the Aegean. Ben Thomas. No responses. Fear and Loathing in World History. Ben Thomas. A (SOMEWHAT) NSFW HISTORY OF DIRTY JOKES A guy. Any guy. Guy walks into a bar, orders a drink, tries to join in on the conversation. But none of the regulars seem to be telling stories or jokes. One of them just says a number — “243!” — and everyone laughs. Then somebody else answers, “17!” and everybody laughs at that. Guy asks the bartender, “What the hell’sgoin
THE GOD ENKI AND THE OCEAN OF EVERYWHEN The god Enki – lord of intelligence and knowledge, keeper of the arts and crafts; also called Nudimmud, “the Shaper,” who “opens the doors of understanding ” (emphasis mine) and teaches humans how to construct canals, plan temples, write letters and compose music. Enki is often said to live in the depths of the sea – which, asevery
GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 4: PEOPLE OF THE Meet the Mississippians — medieval America’s mightiest emperors. The Great Sun was dead. As a gray dawn broke over the city’s towering pyramids, a procession of mourning priests and nobles paraded through the courtyard, bearing gifts for their king’s tomb. A cadre of soldiers brought up the reair, dragging hundreds of slaves who knew THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Because every time and place is weird. The Wild East, Part 3: Hell Freezes Over. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Border Run. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Wild East, Part 2: Last Stand at Kazan. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 1: THE OLD WORLD Great Empires of North America, Part 1: The Old World – The Strange Continent. They built astronomical observatories and innovative farming systems — and we don’t even know their names. Meet the first great civilizations of Native American history. Nearly four thousand years ago — as the city of Babylon was first growing into a GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES SERIES Great African Empires Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great African Empires Series. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 3 – Because every time and place is weird. Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 2: Thunder on the Steppe.Ben Thomas.
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THE GOD ENKI AND THE OCEAN OF EVERYWHEN The god Enki – lord of intelligence and knowledge, keeper of the arts and crafts; also called Nudimmud, “the Shaper,” who “opens the doors of understanding ” (emphasis mine) and teaches humans how to construct canals, plan temples, write letters and compose music. Enki is often said to live in the depths of the sea – which, asevery
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GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA SERIES Great Empires of Central Asia Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great Empires of Central Asia Series. GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES, PART 1: STAGGERING TIMESCALES At least 13,000 years ago, linguistic and genetic evidence shows, the common ancestors of the ancient Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Arabs, the Hebrews, and many other East African and Levantine peoples lived around the Red Sea, concentrated on the west coast of the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai, and what’s now Ethiopia (and possibly furthersouth in Africa).
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GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 4: LORDS OF THE SILK ROAD Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 4: Lords of the Silk Road – The Strange Continent. They brought together the best of Asia—then improved on it. Meet the Sogdians: merchant princes of the ancient Asian steppe. In the year 36 BCE, a Han Chinese expedition marched west across the Jaxartes River, in what’s now Kazakhstan — morethan
KINGSHIP, KNOWLEDGE, AND THE PATH TO GNOSIS Kingship, Knowledge, and the Path to Gnosis – The Strange Continent. Kingship, Knowledge, and the Path to Gnosis. By Ben Thomas Posted in Culture, History on September 5, 2018 0 Comments. Previous Next. HAUDENOSAUNEE (IROQUOIS) MEN AROUND A FIRE Support The Strange Continent on Patreon! Meet the Author: Ben Thomas; Get Your Copy of “The Cradle and the Sword” One-of-a-Kind Articles; Great African Empires Series THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Because every time and place is weird. The Wild East, Part 3: Hell Freezes Over. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Border Run. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Wild East, Part 2: Last Stand at Kazan. Ben Thomas. GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES SERIES Great African Empires Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great African Empires Series. THE WILD EAST, PART 2: LAST STAND AT KAZAN The Wild East, Part 2: Last Stand at Kazan – The Strange Continent. They carved out an empire from the ashes of Mongol conquest – then died defending their home. Meet the Kazan Tatars, who taught the Russian steppe about Persian elegance. The army surrounding the fortress were a kaleidoscope of cultures and centuries. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 3 – Because every time and place is weird. Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 2: Thunder on the Steppe.Ben Thomas.
GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 1: THE OLD WORLD Great Empires of North America, Part 1: The Old World – The Strange Continent. They built astronomical observatories and innovative farming systems — and we don’t even know their names. Meet the first great civilizations of Native American history. Nearly four thousand years ago — as the city of Babylon was first growing into a THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 6 – Because every time and place is weird. Gidi's Story: No One Hears You Shouting From the Slums of Mombasa. Ben Thomas. No responses. There Is No Yesterday. Ben Thomas. No responses. Go to the Fun Countries. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 2: EXODUS TO ARIZONA Great Empires of North America, Part 2: Exodus to Arizona – The Strange Continent. They raised mighty mud-brick cities, and built a trade empire spanning the Southwest. Meet Arizona’s desert lords. The people had been walking in the desert for many days. When they’d departed from northern Mexico on their great northward migration, they GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 4: PEOPLE OF THEANCIENT EMPIRES OF THE WORLDANCIENT EMPIRES IN ORDERANCIENT EMPIRES MAPNORTH AMERICANEMPIRE
Meet the Mississippians — medieval America’s mightiest emperors. The Great Sun was dead. As a gray dawn broke over the city’s towering pyramids, a procession of mourning priests and nobles paraded through the courtyard, bearing gifts for their king’s tomb. A cadre of soldiers brought up the reair, dragging hundreds of slaves who knew A (SOMEWHAT) NSFW HISTORY OF DIRTY JOKES A guy. Any guy. Guy walks into a bar, orders a drink, tries to join in on the conversation. But none of the regulars seem to be telling stories or jokes. One of them just says a number — “243!” — and everyone laughs. Then somebody else answers, “17!” and everybody laughs at that. Guy asks the bartender, “What the hell’sgoin
THE GOD ENKI AND THE OCEAN OF EVERYWHEN The god Enki – lord of intelligence and knowledge, keeper of the arts and crafts; also called Nudimmud, “the Shaper,” who “opens the doors of understanding ” (emphasis mine) and teaches humans how to construct canals, plan temples, write letters and compose music. Enki is often said to live in the depths of the sea – which, asevery
THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Because every time and place is weird. The Wild East, Part 3: Hell Freezes Over. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Border Run. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Wild East, Part 2: Last Stand at Kazan. Ben Thomas. GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES SERIES Great African Empires Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great African Empires Series. THE WILD EAST, PART 2: LAST STAND AT KAZAN The Wild East, Part 2: Last Stand at Kazan – The Strange Continent. They carved out an empire from the ashes of Mongol conquest – then died defending their home. Meet the Kazan Tatars, who taught the Russian steppe about Persian elegance. The army surrounding the fortress were a kaleidoscope of cultures and centuries. THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 3 – Because every time and place is weird. Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 2: Thunder on the Steppe.Ben Thomas.
GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 1: THE OLD WORLD Great Empires of North America, Part 1: The Old World – The Strange Continent. They built astronomical observatories and innovative farming systems — and we don’t even know their names. Meet the first great civilizations of Native American history. Nearly four thousand years ago — as the city of Babylon was first growing into a THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 6 – Because every time and place is weird. Gidi's Story: No One Hears You Shouting From the Slums of Mombasa. Ben Thomas. No responses. There Is No Yesterday. Ben Thomas. No responses. Go to the Fun Countries. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 2: EXODUS TO ARIZONA Great Empires of North America, Part 2: Exodus to Arizona – The Strange Continent. They raised mighty mud-brick cities, and built a trade empire spanning the Southwest. Meet Arizona’s desert lords. The people had been walking in the desert for many days. When they’d departed from northern Mexico on their great northward migration, they GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 4: PEOPLE OF THEANCIENT EMPIRES OF THE WORLDANCIENT EMPIRES IN ORDERANCIENT EMPIRES MAPNORTH AMERICANEMPIRE
Meet the Mississippians — medieval America’s mightiest emperors. The Great Sun was dead. As a gray dawn broke over the city’s towering pyramids, a procession of mourning priests and nobles paraded through the courtyard, bearing gifts for their king’s tomb. A cadre of soldiers brought up the reair, dragging hundreds of slaves who knew A (SOMEWHAT) NSFW HISTORY OF DIRTY JOKES A guy. Any guy. Guy walks into a bar, orders a drink, tries to join in on the conversation. But none of the regulars seem to be telling stories or jokes. One of them just says a number — “243!” — and everyone laughs. Then somebody else answers, “17!” and everybody laughs at that. Guy asks the bartender, “What the hell’sgoin
THE GOD ENKI AND THE OCEAN OF EVERYWHEN The god Enki – lord of intelligence and knowledge, keeper of the arts and crafts; also called Nudimmud, “the Shaper,” who “opens the doors of understanding ” (emphasis mine) and teaches humans how to construct canals, plan temples, write letters and compose music. Enki is often said to live in the depths of the sea – which, asevery
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THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 4 – Because every time and place is weird. A Triad of False Dmitriys. Ben Thomas. No responses. The Great Emu War. Ben Thomas. No responses. Great African Empires, Part 4: Philosopher Kings of the Sahara. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA SERIES Great Empires of Central Asia Series – The Strange Continent. Homepage. Great Empires of Central Asia Series. GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES, PART 1: STAGGERING TIMESCALES A set of stone tools essentially identical to modern San equipment have been found in a cave in South Africa, and dated to 44,000 BCE.. This means the San people’s culture dates at least as far back as the last Ice Age — when Neanderthals were still alive and well.. If you ever find yourself in a conversation about living cultures with the longest continuous histories, drop in a mention of THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent – Page 5 – Because every time and place is weird. A (Somewhat) NSFW History of Dirty Jokes. Ben Thomas. No responses. Across the Aegean. Ben Thomas. No responses. Fear and Loathing in World History. Ben Thomas. GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 4: LORDS OF THE SILK ROAD Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 4: Lords of the Silk Road – The Strange Continent. They brought together the best of Asia—then improved on it. Meet the Sogdians: merchant princes of the ancient Asian steppe. In the year 36 BCE, a Han Chinese expedition marched west across the Jaxartes River, in what’s now Kazakhstan — morethan
GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 2: THUNDER ON THE Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 2: Thunder on the Steppe – The Strange Continent. Long before the Huns, or the Mongols, or the Aryans, a different people ruled the Eurasian plains. Meet the Andronovo people — inventors of thunderbolt-hurling sky gods. Imagine, if you can, a time long before Asia’s vast interior wascrossed by
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THE WILD EAST, PART 2: LAST STAND AT KAZAN To answer those questions, we’ve got to jump back in time nearly half a millennium before the Siege of Kazan – to the age of the Mongols. In the the 1200s CE, unstoppable Mongol armies were sweeping eastward and westward across the Eurasian steppe, toppling one ancient citadel after another. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 1: THE OLD WORLD Instead, they stockpiled vast hoards of copper, slate, quartz and other exotic materials – often imported from hundreds of miles away. They used these materials to manufacture finely tooled knives, beads, stone effigies and animal figurines, which they sold to a network of trading partners throughout North America’s Gulf Coast region.. Their business flourished for more than a thousand GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA SERIES Visit the post for more. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 4: PEOPLE OF THEANCIENT EMPIRES OF THE WORLDANCIENT EMPIRES IN ORDERANCIENT EMPIRES MAPNORTH AMERICANEMPIRE
Clearly, then, people of all these far-flung regions considered themselves – in some sense – members of the same civilization. At its peak, this domain spanned some 180,000 square miles (466,000 sq. km.) – an area larger than modern Germany. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 2: EXODUS TO ARIZONA Their lost Eden must also have been a fertile land, because they carried seeds; enough to grow vast fields of corn, squash and beans. They were clearly accustomed to a comfortable life in clean, well-furnished houses, because that’s the life they’d soon rebuild in this harsh desert. THE GOD ENKI AND THE OCEAN OF EVERYWHEN I hungered to create something new: a start-from-scratch world. In pursuit of that goal, I painstakingly crafted elaborate ecosystems in garden planters on the balcony – tiny bonsai trees, grassy hills, lakes, mountains and caves – and attempted to populate them with small frogs and fish, who all hopped away, or died overnight, to myhorrified dismay.
A (SOMEWHAT) NSFW HISTORY OF DIRTY JOKES I do find it kind of ironic, though, that the royals of the Eighteenth Dynasty think it’s amusing to mock the disabled, given that their own beloved King Tutankhamun was “feminine-hipped and inbred” —National Geographic’s words, not mine. If you’ve read my article, “Fear and Loathing in World History” —which you might enjoy, by the way, if you want to find out what Adolf THE STRANGE CONTINENT The Strange Continent—tales of people and places from neglectedcorners of history.
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THE WILD EAST, PART 2: LAST STAND AT KAZAN To answer those questions, we’ve got to jump back in time nearly half a millennium before the Siege of Kazan – to the age of the Mongols. In the the 1200s CE, unstoppable Mongol armies were sweeping eastward and westward across the Eurasian steppe, toppling one ancient citadel after another. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 1: THE OLD WORLD Instead, they stockpiled vast hoards of copper, slate, quartz and other exotic materials – often imported from hundreds of miles away. They used these materials to manufacture finely tooled knives, beads, stone effigies and animal figurines, which they sold to a network of trading partners throughout North America’s Gulf Coast region.. Their business flourished for more than a thousand GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA SERIES Visit the post for more. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 4: PEOPLE OF THEANCIENT EMPIRES OF THE WORLDANCIENT EMPIRES IN ORDERANCIENT EMPIRES MAPNORTH AMERICANEMPIRE
Clearly, then, people of all these far-flung regions considered themselves – in some sense – members of the same civilization. At its peak, this domain spanned some 180,000 square miles (466,000 sq. km.) – an area larger than modern Germany. GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 2: EXODUS TO ARIZONA Their lost Eden must also have been a fertile land, because they carried seeds; enough to grow vast fields of corn, squash and beans. They were clearly accustomed to a comfortable life in clean, well-furnished houses, because that’s the life they’d soon rebuild in this harsh desert. THE GOD ENKI AND THE OCEAN OF EVERYWHEN I hungered to create something new: a start-from-scratch world. In pursuit of that goal, I painstakingly crafted elaborate ecosystems in garden planters on the balcony – tiny bonsai trees, grassy hills, lakes, mountains and caves – and attempted to populate them with small frogs and fish, who all hopped away, or died overnight, to myhorrified dismay.
A (SOMEWHAT) NSFW HISTORY OF DIRTY JOKES I do find it kind of ironic, though, that the royals of the Eighteenth Dynasty think it’s amusing to mock the disabled, given that their own beloved King Tutankhamun was “feminine-hipped and inbred” —National Geographic’s words, not mine. If you’ve read my article, “Fear and Loathing in World History” —which you might enjoy, by the way, if you want to find out what Adolf ONE-OF-A-KIND ARTICLES Support The Strange Continent on Patreon! Meet the Author: Ben Thomas; Get Your Copy of “The Cradle and the Sword” One-of-a-Kind Articles; Great African Empires Series THE WILD EAST SERIES Support The Strange Continent on Patreon! Meet the Author: Ben Thomas; Get Your Copy of “The Cradle and the Sword” One-of-a-Kind Articles; Great African Empires Series GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA SERIES Homepage; Great Empires of Central Asia Series; Great Empires ofCentral Asia Series
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GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES, PART 1: STAGGERING TIMESCALES A set of stone tools essentially identical to modern San equipment have been found in a cave in South Africa, and dated to 44,000 BCE.. This means the San people’s culture dates at least as far back as the last Ice Age — when Neanderthals were still alive and well.. If you ever find yourself in a conversation about living cultures with the longest continuous histories, drop in a mention of MYSTERIES OF PRIMEVAL CHINA SERIES Support The Strange Continent on Patreon! Meet the Author: Ben Thomas; Get Your Copy of “The Cradle and the Sword” One-of-a-Kind Articles; Great African Empires Series GREAT EMPIRES OF NORTH AMERICA, PART 3: CITADELS OF As you saw in Part 1 of this series, North America was already home to many different hunting, gathering and farming peoples as early as the 7000s BCE. We know astonishingly little about most of these peoples, because they did not write — nor did they have much interest in long-distance trade, or large-scale military conquest, or the building of monuments or cities. GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 4: LORDS OF THE SILK ROAD They brought together the best of Asia—then improved on it. Meet the Sogdians: merchant princes of the ancient Asian steppe. In the year 36 BCE, a Han Chinese expedition marched west across the Jaxartes River, in what’s now Kazakhstan — more than 4,000 miles west of their home in China, in the heart of the mountainous wilderness of CentralAsia.
GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA, PART 2: THUNDER ON THE Their ancestors came from the Sintashta culture, which is even less studied than its Andronovo descendants.Around 1900 BCE, the constantly warring Sintashta villages seem to have suddenly joined forces and exploded outward from their small territory, to conquer or absorb the surrounding tribes and construct a “Land of Towns” across thousands of miles of open steppe-land. KINGSHIP, KNOWLEDGE, AND THE PATH TO GNOSIS Imagine arriving at the edge of a vast imperial city, in the at the height of the Bronze Age. Its border is bounded by high stone walls. Archers patrol its crenelations and peer down from its towCreated with Snap
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