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#hwc111 #c24 I really love how there’s a lot of adaptability regarding religion shown in SEA. And even general acceptance of different religions as differents kinda either exist together or merge.

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#hwc111 #c24 I would talk about the development of rice agriculture in different countries where it’s dependent on their different types of soil. I would also talk about the tribe history in Myanmar.

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@danwongjw Dream on shorty~

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@helloworldciv THANK YOU

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#hwc111 #c23 I wonder if there were any texts written about the Mongols by the Mongols themselves. It’s a little frustrating to get a sense of how the mongols were like from sources with a bias opinion or agenda.

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#hwc111 #c23 (2 observations) I like how the women were seen to be useful and skilful, not just home makers. They were capable. Their skills were compared to men and even infidelity was regarded as a vice, not something to be killed because.

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#hwc111 #c23 (Ibn Al-Athir) It’s quite an over exaggerated source but I’m going to Guess that views and sources like these are what made cities surrender so quickly to the Mongols (as mentioned in crash course).

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#hwc111 #c23 (Rubruck) death seems to serve as the main deterrence of crime for the Mongols. I wonder how effective that system was ; it is definitely successful in Sgp regarding drug crimes. It seems that despite being portrayed as barbarians, they have a strict justice system

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#exittweet

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#hwc111 #c22 What struck me most today that the surgical suture was invented during the medieval Islam golden age! Ingenious stuff!

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#hwc111 I was just surprised that a professor was insistent about his knowledge about “African authenticity” and saw her book as lacking just because the characters were relatable.

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#hwc111 #c22 I think about the African wildlife and the mysterious culture of the people there. - entry

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#hwc111 #c21 I think the importance of context is again very much emphasised. Looking at sura 4, it would seem horribly against women but taking into consideration of the situation back then, it can be viewed as the first step to the better treatment of women.

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#hwc111 #c21 entry: did not know that Muhammad was just a normal trader. It is also interesting that he only accepted his given calling with the convincing of his Wife and family.

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#hwc111 #c21 I Guess the text makes a lot more sense if you look at the context of when it was written. Women needed men to survive and thus the need for regulations in the sura4 to exist, to protect the women who comes under the protection of men & give men guidelines to follow

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#hwc111 #c21 the Sura 4 does seem to keep a lot of factors into consideration regarding marriage and/or marrying orphans. But I find that the boundaries of “what your hands possess”& if the orphans have “sound judgement” still very open for interpretation. Easy to exploit.

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#hwc111 #c19 I still don’t get why people thought Francis was so great when he didn’t exactly sacrifice anything but his family ties; the things he gave away were his father’s possessions.

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#hwc111 #c19 entry: Monty python and the holy grail.

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#hwc111 #c18 was the rights to deciding what was the “right” belief dependent on power? Or was it dependent on the extent of knowledge a person presenting his view has? I find it interesting that a human factor decides what’s ultimately the “right” spiritual belief to have.

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#hwc111 #c18 entry: I think of a bunch of cavemen with Long shaggy hobo hair sitting around a fire with their sticks and eating a large chicken wing.