.@gregladen @JenniferRaff very well informed speculation. nothing wrong with that. in fact, i think i'll called it: theory building.
@pseudoerasmus @JayMan471 yes. cousin marriage is pretty common around the world, and mother's brother's daughter (mbd) is most common.
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@hbdchick@JayMan471 you can argue ex simple history that most golden age figures are (1) converts or (2) not from the Arabian peninsula -
@pseudoerasmus@hbdchick But I'm curious about this Mongol thing. Where did the golden age figures go? -
@JayMan471@hbdchick killed. Cf. sack of baghdad -
@pseudoerasmus@hbdchick So you're saying the Mongol conquest wiped out the intelligentsia? -
@JayMan471@hbdchick why do people find it implausible genocide can truncate the right tail ? -
@JayMan471@hbdchick if 1 milllion died in siege of baghdad more than than the tiny fraction represented by 130 -
@JayMan471@hbdchick it's also not 1 shot : Mongols, plague (not same thing!), then Tamurlane, all combined took millions in ME - 2 more replies
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