Asia – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Thu, 22 Jan 2026 04:05:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Asia – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 The Asian Network of Silk Roads from the Third to Tenth Centuries https://brewminate.com/the-asian-network-of-silk-roads-from-the-third-to-tenth-centuries/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:40:34 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=192443 The Silk Roads were a network of trade routes that connected towns, settlements, and peoples, across ancient Asia.

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]]> Cultural Exchange and Integration in a Khotanese Carpet on the Early Medieval Silk Road https://brewminate.com/cultural-exchange-and-integration-in-a-khotanese-carpet-on-the-early-medieval-silk-road/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:39:50 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=192566 Cultural ideas, art traditions, and aesthetic tastes informed objects made and traded on the ancient Silk Road. Introduction

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]]> Geographic Regions of Early Modern and Modern South Asia https://brewminate.com/geographic-regions-of-early-modern-and-modern-south-asia/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:39:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167966 Considering topographical regions that create natural boundaries and areas of cultural affiliation. Purposes and Insights Understanding geography is

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]]> Medieval and Early Modern Asian Palm-Leaf Manuscripts https://brewminate.com/medieval-and-early-modern-asian-palm-leaf-manuscripts/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 14:46:56 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=182884 How British colonialism impacted this special form of knowledge transmission. Palm-leaf manuscripts are one of humanity’s most ancient

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]]> Diadochi: Alexander the Great and His Successors Unraveling His Empire in Ancient Central Asia https://brewminate.com/diadochi-alexander-the-great-and-his-successors-unraveling-his-empire-in-ancient-central-asia/ Thu, 09 Jun 2022 14:09:43 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=168985 A fresh power struggle began in Central Asia and a new era of adjustment and cultural assimilation was

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]]> Animals and Shamans in Ancient Eurasian Scythian Religion https://brewminate.com/animals-and-shamans-in-ancient-eurasian-scythian-religion/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:06:30 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=168203 Though the Scythians had no temples, there is ample evidence of priestly function of their kurgans and Ares-edifices.

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]]> The Ancient Eurasian Scythian Territorial Expanse https://brewminate.com/the-ancient-eurasian-scythian-territorial-expanse/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:35:22 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=168193 Multiple back-and-forth movements are not surprising, and multidirectional migrations make pinpointing origins difficult. Introduction With 7600 perimeter miles

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]]> An Epochal Decline in American Global Power as China Rises https://brewminate.com/an-epochal-decline-in-american-global-power-as-china-rises/ Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:02:31 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=169854 U.S. global power has rested on geopolitical dominance over Eurasia. Introduction Throughout 2021, Americans were absorbed in arguments over

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]]> Ancient DNA Reveals the Genetic Landscape of People Who First Settled East Asia https://brewminate.com/ancient-dna-reveals-the-genetic-landscape-of-people-who-first-settled-east-asia/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 18:45:49 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=138877 Scientists are starting to untangle how the region was populated. Introduction The very first human beings originally emerged

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]]> Atheism Has Been Part of Many Asian Traditions for Millennia https://brewminate.com/atheism-has-been-part-of-many-asian-traditions-for-millennia/ Sun, 16 Jun 2019 17:42:37 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=92514 It might appear to many that atheism is a modern idea. However, in parts of Asia, particularly in

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