When conquerors seized new territories, they did not just extract surplus - they also crafted new administrations and alliances, new pathways to patronage and prestige.
This is an amazing piece, thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. I'm an architect working on (writing about) the connection between architectural design and social systems, focusing on periods of upheaval and trauma. I've traveled to this part of the world and studied its architecture, but had not made the connections you are making about gender (and related seclusion/ hierarchy/ dominance etc) as it is embedded in architectural design. Will this be part of your upcoming book?
This is an amazing piece, thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. I'm an architect working on (writing about) the connection between architectural design and social systems, focusing on periods of upheaval and trauma. I've traveled to this part of the world and studied its architecture, but had not made the connections you are making about gender (and related seclusion/ hierarchy/ dominance etc) as it is embedded in architectural design. Will this be part of your upcoming book?