Or read “A Story Waiting to Pierce You” by classical scholar Peter Kingsley. He gives evidence for shamanic influences at the origin of western civilization, n

Or read “A Story Waiting to Pierce You” by classical scholar Peter Kingsley. He gives evidence for shamanic influences at the origin of western civilization, namely through the friendship of Abaris and Pythagoras. Abaris was from the Steppes—and potentially from as far as Mongolia. He then speculates further about the shared cultural lineage between the Americas, which was populated by the steppe people circa up to 10k BCE, and the emergence of complex society around the Black Sea. A lot of speculation but all grounded in well-cited evidence. A short but fun read.