Pashtun Warriors [I Love History]

@Elevatorpitches I think the distant ancestry of both was probably similar; somewhere on the Asian Steppes - and that is only a guess. I have no detailed knowledge of either.

@helensusanswift I have seen your writing before...your images/concepts are spectacular🥰

@Elevatorpitches Thank you. If the photos are any good, then my husband took them! If they are old, I probably copied and pasted from a uni archive or the internet! No credit to me.

@helensusanswift Yur writing is dense and transporting!

@helensusanswift The Native Americans are thought to have originated in Mongolia, crossing the Bering land bridge in several waves starting 20,000 years ago.

@Elevatorpitches Thank you, Kittymoondrop. I am grateful for the thought! ♥️

@LeopoldBloom thank you!

@Elevatorpitches Yes...except horses only arrived in North America with the Spanish. The changes they led to in the lives of the Plains tribes was cataclysmic. But because this is when white people encountered them, it was assumed that this was their natural state, when in fact it was a relatively recent development.

@LeopoldBloom wasn't about the horses..

When I decided to select a Plains Indian pic I saw sev. dozen in a few seconds and only wanted one that reflected that proud fierce spirit... and the one I instantly found...had three figures again and different headdresses and garments but mostly the vigilance and alertness and pride and angles...felt reminiscent. So I put it up. Its down now, felt like removing it