Eritreans are more used to Arab culture than the Amharic speaking Ethiopia because of geography and trade. Also Eritreans main language (Triginia/Tigre) is closer to old Ge'ez than Amharic (lots of Cushitic loan worlds that N.Ethiopians and Eritreans lack) hence it close old South Arabic. This...
South of Ethiopia, I see no much hope (except for Rwanda). And NE Africa is not really culturally related to Niger-Congo/Bantu S.Sahara Africa. Besides, Ethiopia focus more on industrial development and infrastructure projects but does not create an consumer society (hence lower GDP per capita...
Reminds when I was young, living in Nagoya for an year. Miss those day :(.
For some strange reason this reminds me of my youth on Britain's Midlands, watching Beyblade Anime. Ah the nostalgia.
It seems to me there is some vauge link between the two cultures and some interaction. Both Chinese and Iranians value education and both nations culture is considered the 'high brow' culture in their respective regions. Just as Tang China influenced Japan and Korea, Sassanid Architecture and...
I doubt that wiki stats. But even if it was true, the Han had mechanical blast furnaces that used Ceramic coating to contain the heat exhaust while the Roman used basic bloomeries. In other words, the Chinese method of Iron production was more capital intensive and only the state could pull the...
Earlier A.American lived in an first world version of hell on earth with abnormal level of discrimination. But they rarely dominated criminal records or burned down their own businesses, it mostly an Anglo-American thing (read about Tulsa). Academically, they did not fall below the American...
Who ever said the Han would lose in an naval confrontation with rome is out of their minds. Ever heard of the Battle of Red Cliff during the three kingdom period?
Actually the Han Chinese had an better system of mobilization than the romans and transitioning conscripts back to civilians quickly. The Han went full retard against the Xiognu compared to Rome wars against the Germanics.
Here an stats between the Roman Empire at it's height and the Han empire at it's most powerful.
---------------------------------Rome------------------------------Han
Standing army size----------400,000----------------------------800,000
Horse...
Unfortunately for many Asians, it seems an un-politicly correct word. But it originated in Chinese Imperial systems, when the huang di's subject used to say 'long live ten thousand years'. It's an E.Asian thing.