Lev Gumilev was a consummate scientist. He often wrote about the practice of his profession, and the rigor needed to discover ancient history. Here we will have 5 chapters on the story of Khazaria.
Hi ebear: I studied this article from Ehret. It is quite different from Gumilev. There are a lot of links he supplies, and it would be worth reading some of them. I believe that Ehret has a basic optimism, which he tries to support with history. It is honorable to search for optimism, what else??
I made two comments under that post that disagree with most of the premises. I feel the sources are slanted toward that same optimism, that there were productive periods and that justify present-day capitalism. It is also protecting Khazaria with conventional wisdom. You can see what I said.
In many ancient periods the "ages of progress/decline" were thought to be cyclical. Isn't it 12 long periods ending in the Kali Yuga? In Hinduism, is the fourth and worst of the four yugas in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Dvapara Yuga and followed by the next cycle's Krita Yuga. It is believed to be the present age, which is full of conflict and sin. According to Puranic sources, Krishna's death marked the end of Dvapara Yuga and the start of Kali Yuga, which is dated to 17/18 February 3102 BCE.
I don't want to talk about other people on this thread. To discuss further we can move to our private conversation.
Thanks, I know Matt for about four years. He knows me as my legacy identity, we have written each other. I have read a lot of his writing. He is a very able researcher, and tireless. He has spread out on all the major platforms.
He has been doing lots of Zoom presentations. Some of them are about very abstract concepts. Those I can't watch with interest. I rarely watch videos of any kind, and if it is 2 or more hours, wow, never.
I will definitely read this with care. And thanks for showing me his substack.
Hi ebear: I studied this article from Ehret. It is quite different from Gumilev. There are a lot of links he supplies, and it would be worth reading some of them. I believe that Ehret has a basic optimism, which he tries to support with history. It is honorable to search for optimism, what else??
I made two comments under that post that disagree with most of the premises. I feel the sources are slanted toward that same optimism, that there were productive periods and that justify present-day capitalism. It is also protecting Khazaria with conventional wisdom. You can see what I said.
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In many ancient periods the "ages of progress/decline" were thought to be cyclical. Isn't it 12 long periods ending in the Kali Yuga? In Hinduism, is the fourth and worst of the four yugas in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Dvapara Yuga and followed by the next cycle's Krita Yuga. It is believed to be the present age, which is full of conflict and sin. According to Puranic sources, Krishna's death marked the end of Dvapara Yuga and the start of Kali Yuga, which is dated to 17/18 February 3102 BCE.
I don't want to talk about other people on this thread. To discuss further we can move to our private conversation.
.
Thanks, I know Matt for about four years. He knows me as my legacy identity, we have written each other. I have read a lot of his writing. He is a very able researcher, and tireless. He has spread out on all the major platforms.
He has been doing lots of Zoom presentations. Some of them are about very abstract concepts. Those I can't watch with interest. I rarely watch videos of any kind, and if it is 2 or more hours, wow, never.
I will definitely read this with care. And thanks for showing me his substack.
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