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The Cumans are said to have originated in China, east of the Yellow River. They are described as Caucasians with red/blonde hair and blue or green eyes. The Kipchaks were a loose Turkic Federation. The two combined and at various stages became mercenaries for some of the Russo/Baltic states...

Crossing paths at the funeral service for Nelson Mandela, apparently President Obama shook hands with President Castro of Cuba. And long overdue too! While American sanctions against Cuba may have been appropriate during the Cold War, that ended decades ago, yet the enmity continues. Having a...

As a relative newcomer to Eupedia Forum, I'm delighted to find that the forum is basically free of sexism and racism. I find it enjoyable to be able to engage in written conversation with mature adults on a wide range of topics without becoming embroiled in petty name calling and abuse. Nor do I...

Angela Merkels recent displays of indignation at claims of US spying are utterly childish. In this modern age, it should be presumed that everyone is spying on everyone else. In fact the US, several years ago, set up CYBERCOM, a military command with the task of intercepting any and all "cyber"...

This forum is called "Chit-Chat", we all know that the term refers to "small talk", matters of no earth shattering importance. But where did the term come from?:petrified:

Many people around the world are increasingly concerned by the elevating levels of Muslim migration to countries which are traditionally Christian. The main reason for this, unfortunately, is the upsurge in Muslim extremism accompanied by violence such as suicide bombing and car bombs. The...

When watching movies of battles, anywhere from the medieval to the 19th Century, I'm amazed at the senseless tactics used. Both sides line up a certain distance apart facing each other, and shoot arrows at each other, then they charge into a headlong melee. Sometimes, as in ancient Roman times...

Annually, billions of dollars are spent on space research, including moon flights, space stations and so on. Thousands of people are employed on astronomy and its various scientific offshoots like the Hadron Collider. In my view they are unimportant when considering that so much is unknown about...

I read somewhere a few years ago that researchers in Wales had linked, I think it was 3000 year old, DNA to a local villager. In fact this man was a direct descendant of the ancient skeletal remains. Has anyone else heard this? Is it true? If it is, I wonder how many other ancient DNA samples...