04-26-2012, 01:30 PM
Hello, Moi
Interesting and informative interview. Also interesting-- the History Encyclopedia website has "no definition" for "Sarmatia" and the word "Alans" hovers in a vacumn.
So, it's not just the lack of data and studies on Sassanians. It's nearly a COMPLETE void of any scholarly/university info on Eastern cultures within our Western educational systems. This is reflected right here on RAT. We have countless threads on Romans, Greeks, Germans, Celts, all presented through Eurocentric studies since the days of Queen Victoria... BUT, if it were not for the Russians, the Iranians themselves, and lately the Chinese, we would know nothing about Iranian and steppe cultures.
Interesting and informative interview. Also interesting-- the History Encyclopedia website has "no definition" for "Sarmatia" and the word "Alans" hovers in a vacumn.
So, it's not just the lack of data and studies on Sassanians. It's nearly a COMPLETE void of any scholarly/university info on Eastern cultures within our Western educational systems. This is reflected right here on RAT. We have countless threads on Romans, Greeks, Germans, Celts, all presented through Eurocentric studies since the days of Queen Victoria... BUT, if it were not for the Russians, the Iranians themselves, and lately the Chinese, we would know nothing about Iranian and steppe cultures.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
