My article, "How Wide Spans the Ocean Sea", has been published in a Russian literary magazine, The Captain's Cabin, N 25, 2020. I believe it will be available to several thousand readers.
I'm developing good working relations with the editor who looked through the abstract of my second paper and endorsed it for publication in the next issue of the magazine. This paper, "Beyond the Pillars of Hercules", explains the significance of Gibraltar Strait for launching new shipping lanes across Western Europe. Besides, the 'opening' of the Strait can be viewed as the threshold to oceanic ventures. I'm going to upload the English version of this article on my site.
My next research is focused on the Canary Archipelago. I will try to extend the story beyond the discovery (a tricky subject in itself) and cover the conquest and colonization of the islands.
I have also decided to collect data on the following topic: social inequality in Chalcolithic Mesopotamia. If I succeed, it will be a study on the emergence of pristine urban communities throughout Greater Mesopotamia (not only the alluvial plain, like in my book, "Dawn and Sunset"). I will also delve into the issue of the leadership of these nascent societies.
That's all for now. I wish I could expose more.
