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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To say chimpanzees are different from humans is easy but unhelpful. Maybe we can do something further based on those differences? I wanna know your ideas. I’m trying to do something new. END/
February 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
To say chimpanzees are different from humans is easy but unhelpful. Maybe we can do something further based on those differences? I wanna know your ideas. I’m trying to do something new. END/
What matters is not only cultural differences, but also how those differences reacted to political conditions, and what makes one side prevail and other sides lose. It’s more about how civilisations evolve in the global and local stage, rather than how their fixed traits lead to destruction. 2/
February 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
What matters is not only cultural differences, but also how those differences reacted to political conditions, and what makes one side prevail and other sides lose. It’s more about how civilisations evolve in the global and local stage, rather than how their fixed traits lead to destruction. 2/
They either regained the central territory, or were unified by their competitors. Why there can be two Romans, while China must be 'one China'? My new chapter tries to explore this topic. See:
undergodswhip.substack.com/p/1215-1-the...
undergodswhip.substack.com/p/1215-1-the...
1215 (1): The Decline and Fall of the Central Capital
The Medieval Ways to Handle a Global Challenge Series: 2
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January 31, 2026 at 11:19 AM
They either regained the central territory, or were unified by their competitors. Why there can be two Romans, while China must be 'one China'? My new chapter tries to explore this topic. See:
undergodswhip.substack.com/p/1215-1-the...
undergodswhip.substack.com/p/1215-1-the...
The global challenge here is the Mongol Invasion that swept Eurasia, with a specific focus on how dissimilar societies reacted to this threat in their own ways. The first chapter is done and the second will be available this weekend. Enjoy it: undergodswhip.substack.com/p/1241-the-d...
1241: The Day God Whipped
When Easter 1241 was approaching, a Mongolian captive was bound and sent to the court of the Hungarian King by the duke of Austria.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The global challenge here is the Mongol Invasion that swept Eurasia, with a specific focus on how dissimilar societies reacted to this threat in their own ways. The first chapter is done and the second will be available this weekend. Enjoy it: undergodswhip.substack.com/p/1241-the-d...