Posts

Cucuteny Trypillia - Builders of Mega Cities

Image
Early history generally focuses on the civilizations close to the cradles of civilization, like the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East or the Yangtze Valley in China. But civilization quickly spread out of these regions and saw the rise of many interesting cultures that evolved in their own ways. One such great example is the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture in Eastern Europe. The Cucuteni lived mostly in the region of western Ukraine, first emerging from the eastern side of the Carpathian Mountains. Like most other early civilizations, these people started as nomadic tribes adopting a semi-sedentary lifestyle, building temporary houses to stay in for a prolonged period of time before moving on. Around 5500 BC, the first permanent settlements appeared close to rivers to have a source of both drinkable water and clay, a major resource in Cucuteni culture. This would be when farming and herding took off, cultivating wheat, rye, and peas while domesticating cattle for the most part, with swine...
Post a Comment
View Full Post

Hattori Hanzō - The Samurai Ninja who Served Tokugawa Ieyasu

Image
The Sengoku Jidai is one of the darkest and most brutal periods in Japanese history, with only the country’s entry into the industrial world coming close. A time of complete chaos and warfare, it was started by the collapse of the Ashikaga Shogunate. Even if they would live on for most of this period, they really had no control whatsoever over anything. Things were kicked off by the Ōnin War , a civil war started over a succession crisis, because of course this is the number one issue when shit hits the fan. The participants in the conflict, the Yamana and Hosokawa clans, fought for influence at the court, and while the latter would prove victorious on the field, in reality, both sides pretty much destroyed each other. What followed was a century of bloodshed, betrayal, and destruction on a scale that made the War of the Five Kings from A Song of Ice and Fire look like a Dr. Seuss storybook. If you know the minimum about Japan’s history, you know this period would end with the rise...
Post a Comment
View Full Post

Parvati and Shiva - Worst Couple Dispute in Creation

Image
Hindu Mythology is full of colourful characters, all of which have some crazy stories to tell from epic quests to your average household adventure. Today’s story belongs to the latter as you will discover the origin  s tory of the elephant-headed god Ganesha, better known as Ganesh, patron of wisdom and endeavors. Everything started with one of the most polarizing couples in mythology, as well as one of the most powerful . Parvati was the daughter of the Himalayas , because having normal parents was probably to base, and goodness of motherhood and compassion , under normal c ircumstances . Meanwhile Shiva was a warlike deity who was tasked with destroying the universe at the end of its cycle of life, paving the way for a new one. However, their marriage seemed to be one of the healthiest among the deivines, and the two tend to get along well. However just like all couples, disputes were bound to happen from time to time. During one of Shiva’s meditations, Parvati decid...
Post a Comment
View Full Post