Ray Horizon
@undergodswhip.substack.com
Historian, serializing a column called 'Under God's Whip', telling stories about how medieval societies deal with a great global challenge.
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Frankly speaking, I don’t buy into Huntington’s theory so much mainly for one reason: different civilizations are not born to fight each other.
Actually, every civilisation contains aggressive/radical sects and peaceful/centrist sects, more or less. 1/
Actually, every civilisation contains aggressive/radical sects and peaceful/centrist sects, more or less. 1/
February 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Frankly speaking, I don’t buy into Huntington’s theory so much mainly for one reason: different civilizations are not born to fight each other.
Actually, every civilisation contains aggressive/radical sects and peaceful/centrist sects, more or less. 1/
Actually, every civilisation contains aggressive/radical sects and peaceful/centrist sects, more or less. 1/
One interesting thing about the Byzantium empire is why they still called themselves as Roman even after they lost Rome. Contrastingly, no Chinese empire could name themselves as Chinese without occupying the central territory for so many centuries as Byzantium did.
January 31, 2026 at 11:19 AM
One interesting thing about the Byzantium empire is why they still called themselves as Roman even after they lost Rome. Contrastingly, no Chinese empire could name themselves as Chinese without occupying the central territory for so many centuries as Byzantium did.
For anyone who wants to learn from history to deal with our current global challenges, I start a new series. It's not too close to us to be fully understood, and also not too far from us to be relevant. It's about the 13th century, when the path of modernization was forked in both Europe and China.
January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
For anyone who wants to learn from history to deal with our current global challenges, I start a new series. It's not too close to us to be fully understood, and also not too far from us to be relevant. It's about the 13th century, when the path of modernization was forked in both Europe and China.
As a historian, the most asked question for me is can we learn from history. My answer is yes, but in a different way as 'historical lessons' suggest. It's a global, long-term based exciting journey I sincerely invite you to join. From here: undergodswhip.substack.com/p/about-the-...
January 29, 2026 at 12:45 PM
As a historian, the most asked question for me is can we learn from history. My answer is yes, but in a different way as 'historical lessons' suggest. It's a global, long-term based exciting journey I sincerely invite you to join. From here: undergodswhip.substack.com/p/about-the-...