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Iran could possibly still be predominantly Zoroastrian today, and perhaps much of central Asian still Nestorian Christian, had this war not taken place or gone
by _zagj 2y ago
Iran could possibly still be predominantly Zoroastrian today, and perhaps much of central Asian still Nestorian Christian, had this war not taken place or gone differently.
- ImageLonging 2y agoIt is also possible that Central Asia would be still Buddhist or Manichaean, as those were the major pre-Islamic world religions in the region alongside Nestorian Christianity.
- aryonoco 2y agoAnd much of Central Asia and Anatolia would probably still be speaking an Indo-Iranian language as opposed to becoming Turkic speakers later on.
- oa335 2y agoI’m of the opinion that the climate changes precipitated the rise and migration of Turkic speaking tribes and the concomitant decline of settled agricultural society in the central and west asia. See the chapter “Big Chill” in Richard Bulliets “Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran”
- panick21_ 2y agoThanks for the reference, sounds interesting. Turkic tribes were always gone turn into an influential political force but they might have picked up another language along the way, as they did the religion.
- falaki 2y ago"The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean" by Ronnie Ellenblum, whom I believe was a student of Richard Bulliet covers this topic as well.
- aryonoco 2y agoThank you for the recommendation. Added to the "to read" list!
- aryonoco 2y agoVery interesting recommendation, thank you.