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Post by scythian on Aug 21, 2011 1:00:52 GMT 3
I always thought of people riding into battle atop reindeer to be pretty badass.
But my real interest started in other areas. I am a big fan of ancient Rome and the era of the Crusades. And I kept hearing about these Turk tribes and Hun tribes tearing people up, and I wanted to understand more about these people.
I am very picky when it comes to respecting people's cultures. Nomadic people have an inherent dignity and bravery that a true man should respect.
I am headed to a Catholic school to study philosophy. But I thought about majoring in Steppe History after my BA. But the problem is, in the USA there are few outlets for this filed of study.
The guy who runs this place alerted me to some options, and I am undecided yet if I will pursue them.
Aside from that, I just like tough people who tear other people apart. And the steppe nomad is the only ancient military force that can compete with the might of the Western armored soldier. They are equals. Tied for the best at fighting ever.
Who would win, Alexander the Great or Temujin? Those two giants of history are tied as being the greatest warriors of all time.
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Post by aynur on Aug 21, 2011 11:09:55 GMT 3
Hey, scythian. Nice to have you on board.
By the way, I think the Turks and the Mongols weren't the only people who had the ability to equal European feudal knights in battle. One example is the Arabic/Persian cataphract.
Noticed I haven't replied in this thread yet, so yeah. I learned of the fact my mother was an Ural Cossack and slowly introduced myself to steppe culture from there. That in turned sparked my interest in Finno-Ugric culture and their similarities with Turkic peoples since my father's Finnish. I've also began to search information about traditional shamanistic traits of the Ugrians.
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Post by scythian on Aug 22, 2011 1:19:55 GMT 3
Hey, scythian. Nice to have you on board. By the way, I think the Turks and the Mongols weren't the only people who had the ability to equal European feudal knights in battle. One example is the Arabic/Persian cataphract. Noticed I haven't replied in this thread yet, so yeah. I learned of the fact my mother was an Ural Cossack and slowly introduced myself to steppe culture from there. That in turned sparked my interest in Finno-Ugric culture and their similarities with Turkic peoples since my father's Finnish. I've also began to search information about traditional shamanistic traits of the Ugrians. The knight is not the only thing of what I speak.   |
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Post by ejderoglu on Sept 16, 2011 21:39:43 GMT 3
One day my father called me by his side and told me "You are an Ejderoðlu, never ever forget that!"
so that's where it started.
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Post by cairomogolid on Feb 10, 2012 18:31:47 GMT 3
It was Jin Yong Novel heavenly sword and Dragon Sabre Novel. I love the Mongolian Girl called Minmin Temur..Erlier it just the Yuan Dynasy, but now I want to expand my knowladge to the whole steppe Kingdom.
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Post by Yazig on Feb 15, 2012 0:32:47 GMT 3
I study archaeology and specialize in sarmats. It started with my interest in history and my eastern heritage.
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Post by rrichad on Apr 15, 2012 13:24:05 GMT 3
I am Lithuanian, oldest intact indo european culture in Europe along with Latvians. Horse people to the core and home to Lipka Tatars. Took a trip to Mongolia in 2010 and was hooked on a still living and essentially intact horse culture, unchanged for thousands of years. Plus it was the home of Chinggis Khan, a man I greatly admire for his ability to lead. i set up a tour company in the Kazakh west of Mongolia to take people on horse riding adventures. One day I would like to ride from Mongolia to Lithuania
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Apr 18, 2012 9:37:48 GMT 3
Welcome aboard rrichad  |
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Post by siberiancoldbreeze on Apr 27, 2012 21:41:19 GMT 3
Land is Breath: respecting nature in Altai www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVCGnOZAsxQI am a reverse type of nationalist and former treehugger .(I feel connected to trees ,can't explain this ..) I love nature and hate consumerism ..I am pro -Asiacenterist and Panaltaic but not Turanist style, my privilage is protection of culture and nature. So I evolved from love of nature to love of Altaic Central Asian culture, because our culture is most ecofriendly (also most unracist ,since animism is wholistic in culture do not categorise people) .. Respects nature, don't plunder her.. I consider us as indigenious people Our culture is unique and must be under protection ,but monoteist religions consider it pagan . Do everything to vanish .No one protects it on institutional level. Al Kaides is Bombing Buda statues its considered barbaric, but murdering our beautiful culture is quite normal  Buddhism and Chinese claim to be ecofriendly but they are sedantery..making buildings and corrupting environment. Nomads live in nature We are true children of nature that's why i love our culture |
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Post by lancer on Feb 24, 2015 15:26:33 GMT 3
Through Europa Barbarorum, a modification of the Rome Total War game. I've always loved alien-but-still-familiar things, and I thought the idea of playing as the "edge of the world" Saka tribe was interesting. It was! Through them I learned a lot about steppe culture, and I'm now interested in many different tribes and groups.
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Post by solongos on Feb 1, 2016 10:55:56 GMT 3
Well, I really don't remember how my interest started exactly. Most likely, it is my own curiosity about various subjects in Korean history and even my family lineage.
Ever since 1990's, when Soviet collapsed people in Korea have been saying that Mongolians just look like Korean, we are actually from somewhere lake Baikal. I've never paid any attention to these until recently and thought that these are just fantasies.
My interest got higher when China began claiming about Goguryeo's histories. In response to China's claim of GoGuRyeo, I've also saw a lot of "out of Korea" theories raised by nationalist pseudo-historians, which were even more messed up and interesting. As usual, even stronger claims about ties to Mongolia and Turkey are discussed on a media and Korea Internet Forums.
Since, all of above claims are what I've never heard of. I've finally began reading about genetic researches on Korean origins, history of Goguryeo and various mythologies in Siberia, Mongolia and Turkey. Somehow a lot of google searches lead me to this forum.
My understanding of central asia is still very very weak. I hope to read a book recommended on this forum in near future and wish to contribute little bit to this forum when issues related with Korea is raised and learn more about histories, language and culture of people in Eurasia.
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Post by steppeson on Feb 1, 2016 23:09:39 GMT 3
Natually I'm fascinated with world history, especially East Asian and warfares with Chinese and Altaic at the forefront. I have a personal link to the Asian continent through a Chinese great grandfather whom we never knew. DNA testing has helped and to my excitement, shows that I too have minor links to this amazing heritage. As a descendant of both conquered peoples and people of the realm, I love to read more about this history and culture with somehow being on both sides of the coin.
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Feb 2, 2016 12:08:32 GMT 3
My understanding of central asia is still very very weak. I hope to read a book recommended on this forum in near future and wish to contribute little bit to this forum when issues related with Korea is raised and learn more about histories, language and culture of people in Eurasia. I can recommend you a few books on the subject: - Christopher I. Beckwith, Empires of the Silk Road- History of Civilizations of Central Asia- Peter B. Golden, An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples- Peter B. Golden, Central Asia in World History- René Grousset, Empire of the Steppes- Richard N. Frye, The Heritage of Central Asia- Svat Soucek, A History of Inner Asia- The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia, (ed. Denis Sinor) - William Montgomery McGovern, Early Empires of Central Asia |
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Post by nurhaci on Dec 29, 2018 12:00:14 GMT 3
I'm interested in Asian history since my childhood,steppe historicaly specially
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Dec 30, 2018 15:33:27 GMT 3
Very nice nurhaci.
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