Zurvanism was an ancient variant of Zoroastrianism. According to Zurvanism, the great powers good and evil, Ahura Mazda Angra Mainyu, were sons a greater god Zurvan, associated with time. Eudemus Rhodes, some Persian thinkers, presumably Zurvanists, took there be three principles underlying world: light, darkness, greatest all time (or perhaps, according Eudemus, space). This paper explores wha...

The chronological events associated with cannabis utilization are viewed perceptively as matters/issues that happened from the period “before Christ” (BC) or “anno domini” (AD, “in year of our Lord”) to present time. Cannabis is one oldest natural products known humanity worldwide and has been used by various civilizations, cultures, religions before birth Christ. Interestingly, it date potenti...

Abstract Several cultural features found by archaeologists at the First Emperor of Qin's necropolis did not have roots in East Asian cultures but were inspired exchange with civilizations West Asia along various “Silk Roads.” Examples considered this article include terracotta figures soldiers and horses, long-pole acrobatics, terraced architecture for tombs, bronze chariots, bar-shaped bricks,...