"The failure of State Shinto also shows that you can’t make up a state religion just like that." dammit https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/shinto/ …
@Jayarava I could see that applying to Mesopotamia or Egypt but I'm not sure that's what you mean!
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@sarahdoingthing I mean that ca 552 CE Buddhism became the state religion of Japan and that lasted for > 1000 years. -
@Jayarava true! and a lot of "importing" is really synthesizing new institutions in that case, maybe? - 1 more reply
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