stevep
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Post by stevep on Mar 11, 2024 10:08:39 GMT
Very good point. That's partly why I had suspected it was primarily the elite who converted to Buddhism. Plus given the handicaps on the bulk of the population under Hinduism, including those deemed as non-Ayran it would be expected there would be a lot of resistance to Hinduism being restored as the dominant religion.
Yeah, that's what makes it so odd. Currently, I can only speculate. Did so many Buddhists join monasteries/nunneries like their founder?
Possibly, although I doubt the majority would. It could be that many doing so could have been a factor in hostility towards the religion as such people could be seen as parasites and a burden for ordinary people as they were expected to maintain them?
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Post by Max Sinister on Mar 12, 2024 23:49:10 GMT
Yeah, that's what makes it so odd. Currently, I can only speculate. Did so many Buddhists join monasteries/nunneries like their founder?
Possibly, although I doubt the majority would. It could be that many doing so could have been a factor in hostility towards the religion as such people could be seen as parasites and a burden for ordinary people as they were expected to maintain them?
Possible, even if not proven.
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Post by Otto Kretschmer on Mar 15, 2024 11:55:07 GMT
WI: Babylonian Empire replaces the Achaemenid Empire. How far would they conquer and how would their rule be different from that of the Achaemenids?
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Post by Max Sinister on Mar 16, 2024 8:40:53 GMT
How well would the Babylonian troops do in mountainous territory like Persia?
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Post by Otto Kretschmer on Mar 19, 2024 10:29:47 GMT
AHC/WI: a scientific and technological revolution in Ancient Egypt no later than by 1000 BC.
Possible or not?
A good start might be some event or movement that questions the authority of the priestd. What might that be?
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Post by Zyobot on Apr 11, 2024 18:07:44 GMT
‘Charles Dickinson Kills Andrew Jackson In Their Duel’.
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Apr 17, 2024 1:27:21 GMT
PC: Territorial Goals and Ambitions of a Surviving Shun Dynasty
Assuming that the Shun managed to survive as a successor to the Ming and stopped the Manchus, what would their territorial goals and ambitions be like? I can assume that they wouldn't remain isolated from the rest of the world and that they might have been able to expand a little bit into SE Asia. Would a surviving Shun also have to expand into what was considered traditional Mongolian lands as a way to prevent any future raids by either the Northern Yuan or the Four Oirats?
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