Is Shu from china?

[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.

[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

[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..

[Matbow]

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

I moved it

And I don't remember a Shu either!

[WSI]

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

[Steven]

Whoever this guy was, was the shrike that they spared in RG.

[i_heart_nefie]

I remember a Hui in River God who helped Taita with all the horses?

[Steven]

Thats the one!

[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.

[i_heart_nefie]

Thats the one!

Yay!

[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.

[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