January 2012
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Jan 24th
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ATLA-Annotated →
A great little blog that does some historical/cultural looks at Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Jan 22nd
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atla-annotated asked: Hiya how do you feel about a link/pimp exchange, since we both cover topics that relate and may be of interest to the people who follow us? Jin
Jan 22nd
Anonymous asked: Re: Bakumatsu jidai Japan - Read Romulus Hillsborough's "Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps" or "Ryoma: Life of a Renaissance Samurai". Both of those are really informative about the turmoil of the time.
Jan 18th
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andurrs asked: How accurate/reliable *is* the Secret History of Mongol Queens?
Jan 18th
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trekwho asked: To the last asker & anyone else interested, "Ōoku: The Inner Chambers" is a fantastic, intricate, award-winning short manga series taking place during the Tokugawa Shogunate, examining the politics/economy/social atmosphere as it would have been if a plague reduced the male population to a fraction which resulted in essentially a switching of gender roles. It's a really great...
Jan 18th
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Anonymous asked: I'm not sure if you'd know this, but who was the Khan who was marching across the continent and was nearly upon germany before he died? Then the entire army had to turn around to bury him
Jan 18th
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Anonymous asked: I was wondering if you had any resources on hand on the burakumin in Japan? I'm especially interested in any pop culture references (like The Broken Commandment, but more up to date) since historical information isn't too difficult to find.
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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cumbersome-cucumber asked: Hope this isn't a random question but do you know anything about the Tokugawa era and what happened during that time that led to the Bakumatsu period (hope I spelled that right)? I've always wondered about this because I kind of learned the gist of it through Rurouni Kenshin (anime) (hoping that it is historically accurate to some extent) but I really wanted to know exactly what happened...
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
gondoleia asked: hi, i'm acantha, &i run fuckyeschina, & i was wondering where/how you find sources/things to talk about? because i legit have no idea where to start.
Jan 18th
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My deepest Apologies, my latest messages didn’t show up as a new message flag in my inbox! I’ll get to them soon.
Jan 17th
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From the Carnal Prayer Mat (warning: sexual...
The Carnal Prayer Mat is a Qing-era novel about a scoundrel in the Yuan who engages in debauchery, figuring he deserves the world’s most beautiful woman. This is an excerpt from it, talking about practical vs. beautiful women. Make what you will of it. The attitude in it can be considered outdated. You must understand that there are two categories of women: those for looking at and those...
Jan 17th
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Jan 2nd
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December 2011
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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to-be-or-not-to-be asked: Hi. I'm in an Asian history class and we briefly talked about a woman named Qui Jin, who was a Chinese feminist in the early 20th century. I would submit something, but I don't have much time with finals coming up. Do you think you can post something about her?
Dec 21st
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Anonymous asked: You have a lot of information and pictures of the Far-East and some about Arabia but none concerning the culture of South Asia, Considering the title one would think that you would include all of Asia.
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 7th
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aliceactually asked: I know you're getting a lot of asks about this, but Museum Studies sounds like THE most badass major ever :D
Dec 6th
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smokeandmirrors34 asked: Do you want some help? I can submit some stuff to post over time.
Dec 4th
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November 2011
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Nov 26th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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anasharmoota asked: what do you plan on doing with your degree, teaching?
Nov 10th
colorblinding asked: Oh, oops! I thought you were in a program. Nevermind. :)
Nov 10th
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colorblinding asked: MA or PhD?
Nov 10th
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Nov 9th
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dumbledorespensieve asked: To that Anon asking about jobs in Asian history, I'm currently an Asian History major in Grad school. I'm learning Chinese and my roommate (who is from China) said that for foreigners working in China they make quite a large amount of money. That's probably my destination. My university has quite a large East Asian Studies department. The chair of our department taught at Harvard...
Nov 9th
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Anonymous asked: I've always adored Asian history, but my father thinks that studying it in universities makes it tough to find a job centring on it out there. I've been wondering if there are jobs that are centred on it.
Nov 8th
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Nov 6th
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Nov 6th
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Nov 6th
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Nov 6th
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Nov 6th
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Anonymous asked: I don't know if this is your area of expertise, but maybe you and your followers can help me out? I'm looking for good. non-fiction books about French-occupied Vietnam. Thanks. :)
Nov 4th
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Anonymous asked: Do you intend to continue "The Royal Diaries: Princess Sondok Liveblog"?
Nov 4th
October 2011
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Oct 30th
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silkroadrohloff asked: What was life on the Silk Road like? Would you have enjoyed living in this time period? What journey would you have taken?
Oct 26th
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Oct 24th
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Anonymous asked: I have wood Plaque carved in ivory/bone not sure, it's a pic of Confucius. I don't know what is worth or what period is it from? I am very anxious to find out, if you are willing to help. I could send pic's. Please advice me. THanks.
Oct 19th