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Is Shu from china?

PostPosted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:57 pm
by Steven
In River God that guy Shu says he was from a land a "year from the Euphrates" and since his name sounds Asian-ish, do you think hes from China? And were there Chinese people in Egypt back then?

EDIT: Sorry, I just realised I accidentally put this in the wrong forum.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:36 pm
by Nefer
I'm totally ashamed to say I don't remember a Shu!

Do recall a Huw, and I always figured 'year from the Euphrates' to be India.

And unless I'm very mistaken, this is the right forum :)

PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:54 pm
by Steven
Or was it Hui, I thought it was a Shu.. damn. I'm prolly getting things mixed up from when I read some Chinese book awhile ago..

PostPosted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:31 am
by Matbow
Nefer wrote:And unless I'm very mistaken, this is the right forum :)


I moved it :)

And I don't remember a Shu either!

PostPosted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:21 am
by WSI
Steven wrote:Or was it Hui, I thought it was a Shu.. damn. I'm prolly getting things mixed up from when I read some Chinese book awhile ago..


The only Hui I remember is in Sunbird: Hui Ben-Amon

PostPosted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:17 pm
by Steven
Whoever this guy was, was the shrike that they spared in RG.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:56 pm
by i_heart_nefie
I remember a Hui in River God who helped Taita with all the horses?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:04 am
by Steven
Thats the one!

PostPosted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:05 pm
by Nefer
Well I found a map to help illuminate :)

Euphrates is in the Iraq-Iran area, and a year from the river back in the day, travelling by horse would end you up in India as per this map.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:11 am
by i_heart_nefie
Thats the one!


Yay!

PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 4:40 am
by Egyptian Eyes
I dont know about Shu, but in the quest there were 2 women mentioned who seemed to be from China - Dr. Rei and one of the girls at the temple of saraswati at the beginning of the book (forget her name). Interesting how WS incorporates other cultures into his books.

PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 5:26 pm
by memnon
Yeah, now i'm reading the quest and i remember those two girls, the ones who show to Meren the "love arts" jajaja. But i don't remember their namer but they seem to be from Asia