> Religeous Terms. (I found some similarity between Japanese Emperors and > Samurai Shogunates.) Their Immigrants (and conquest) to Asia Minor of > Byzantine Empire was a factor of Europian Crusades to Levant.
I think that oriental societies developed despotism in a rather different way to that which developed in the west. Some have argued that the influence of "oriental despotism" influenced the governmental/religious philisophies Rome and the like - the eventual deification of the Emperor and so forth, and that the middle eastern/persian landscape provides the context for this interchange. Also, we tend to underestimate the extent of international travel and awareness IMO - by the time the Mongols had control of Turkey, they also had large territories in China. IIRC, Mongol overlords attempted to introduce Chinese-style paper currency in Persia, but it didnt take off; the Mongols/Sheng provide the conduit for cultural interaction and discovery.
> I like this analogy, except that existing Gloranthan history presents > the first Lunars as a motley crew of Dara Happan rebels and rogue > Carmanians, putting together a convoluted and over-civilised > conspiracy in the back room of a hotel - rather than a group of
Which kinda presents the Communism parallel. But I feel there is sufficient confuision as to how we look at the Lunars that probably one version should be adopted for consistency sake.
> By the way, given that most of the Lunar characters in the game so far
have
> had Roman-inspired names, it does seeem a bit late to engage in renaming
> them all in Arabic.
No, not all of them. A sa newcomer to Glorantha, the fact that lunars were so,etimes given roman-sounding names and sometimes arabic-soundiong names was rather confusing. Again, I feel picking one for consistency would be a good move.
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Religeous Terms. (I found some similarity =
between Japanese Emperors and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Samurai Shogunates.) Their Immigrants (and =
conquest) to Asia Minor of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Byzantine Empire was a factor of Europian =
Crusades to Levant.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I think that oriental societies developed despotism =
in a rather different way to that which developed in the west. =
Some have argued that the influence of "oriental despotism" =
influenced the governmental/religious philisophies Rome and the like - =
the eventual deification of the Emperor and so forth, and that the =
middle eastern/persian landscape provides the context for this =
interchange. Also, we tend to underestimate the extent of =
international travel and awareness IMO - by the time the Mongols had =
control of Turkey, they also had large territories in China. =
IIRC, Mongol overlords attempted to introduce Chinese-style paper =
currency in Persia, but it didnt take off; the Mongols/Sheng provide =
the conduit for cultural interaction and discovery.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> I like this analogy, except that existing =
Gloranthan history presents</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> the first Lunars as a motley crew of Dara =
Happan rebels and rogue</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Carmanians, putting together a convoluted and =
over-civilised</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> conspiracy in the back room of a hotel - rather =
than a group of</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Which kinda presents the Communism parallel. =
But I feel there is sufficient confuision as to how we look at the =
Lunars that probably one version should be adopted for consistency =
sake.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> By the way, given that most of the Lunar =
characters in the game so far have</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> had Roman-inspired names, it does seeem a bit =
late to engage in renaming</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> them all in Arabic. </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>No, not all of them. A sa newcomer to =
Glorantha, the fact that lunars were so,etimes given roman-sounding =
names and sometimes arabic-soundiong names was rather confusing. =
Again, I feel picking one for consistency would be a good =
move.</FONT></P>
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