Talk:Sino-Babylonianism
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Sino-Egyptian hypothesis
editThe article in its current form treats Sun Weidong's Egyptian origin theory as an offshoot to the Sino-Babylonianism theory (and this article from Foreign Policy does so as well), but it seems that the theory of an Egyptian origin of Chinese civilization predates Sino-Babylonianism. [1] Is there a relation between these two theories? Perhaps we should start a separate article about Egypt. _dk (talk) 20:42, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
The Sino-Babylonian hypothesis is an offshoot of the Sino-Egyptian hypothesis developed by Athanasius Kircher in several books, especially "China illustrata" in the middle of the 17th century. This hypothesis was continued by de Guignes and others down to the beginning of the 20th century, when it fell out of favour with all diffusionist theories.--36.97.187.211 (talk) 05:13, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
The whole theory is called "heliocentric diffusionism" (cf. Trans-cultural diffusion). The original idea came from the book Genesis, where the brothers Sem, Ham and Japhet spread after the deluge. Kircher, de Guignes, Grafton Elliot Smith and William James Perry saw the centre in Egypt and Schlegel saw the centre in India.--36.97.187.211 (talk) 05:32, 15 April 2019 (UTC)