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Damojo

If you were to infodump passionately right now, what would your topic be?

I tend to get fired up by whatever I've been reading lately, so mine might be ... wait for it ... the contribution of the Black Death to the end of feudalism in Europe.

Can anyone beat that with something even more fascinating? I think I've set the bar pretty high.

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  • Great question and I am wondering what was the contribution of the Black Death to the end of feudalism.

    • The meaning and function of Neolithic Figurines in The Levant. 
    • How non-coercive canine behaviour modification can positively affect you and your dog.
    • Commonality in world religions.
  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I had to google those figurines. They look pretty cool.

    Scooby snack, anyone?

    Zoroastrianism's influence on the Abrahamic faiths was a real eye-opener for me back in the day.

  • in reply to Damojo

    I second the commonality in religions, especially Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism!

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    At the moment I am wading through papers and books written by philologists and trying to find some of their original sources. Philology is not my natural choice of subject, but the end goal of possible connections or similar themes, is providing motivation.  The philologists have drawn on recent developments in genetics to help back up their theories of populations moving west from Mesopotamia. 

  • in reply to profdanger

    Delighted you are a collaborator in commonality of religions.

    Manichaeism is very interesting, although I haven’t investigated it in depth. I came across it first after learning that Augustine of Hippo converted from Manichaeism to Christianity. The elements of other religions that Manichaeism developed seem to say much about religious beliefs around the world at that time, simply because Mani develops the ideas further. Perhaps that is a superficial way of looking at it and maybe further study would change my limited understanding. 

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  • in reply to profdanger

    Delighted you are a collaborator in commonality of religions.

    Manichaeism is very interesting, although I haven’t investigated it in depth. I came across it first after learning that Augustine of Hippo converted from Manichaeism to Christianity. The elements of other religions that Manichaeism developed seem to say much about religious beliefs around the world at that time, simply because Mani develops the ideas further. Perhaps that is a superficial way of looking at it and maybe further study would change my limited understanding. 

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