JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES _____________________________________________________________________________________ Journal of the Gábor Bálint de Szentkatolna Society Founded: 2009. Internet: www.federatio.org/joes.html _____________________________________________________________________________________ Volume II., Issue 3. / July — September 2010 ____________________ ISSN 1877-4199 July-September 2010 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume II., Issue 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Publisher Foundation 'Stichting MIKES INTERNATIONAL', established in The Hague, Holland. 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A brief (max. 10 sentences long) professional CV in English. NEWS BRIEF The news brief section features the latest news from the past three months prior to publication of each Journal of Eurasian Studies issue in the areas of anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, folklore, genetics, and linguistics with a special focus on Asia and the interaction between various European and Asian peoples. News pieces outside the three-month period or our scope of focus may also be included if they are found to be of great value and relevance by our editorial board. Please submit a short summary of those newsbytes (max. 100 words) in English to the following email-address: [email protected] , indicating the source as well (also URL if applicable). The column is edited by Andor Zombori . If the original news is only available in hardcopy, please send us a copy to the following address: Journal of Eurasian Studies, P.O. Box 10249, 2501 HE, Den Haag, Holland . The names of the contributors will be published in the journal unless they ask otherwise. _____________________________________________________________________________________ © Copyright Mikes International 2001-2010 3 July-September 2010 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume II., Issue 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________ EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief FARKAS, Flórián The Hague, Holland Deputy Editor-in-Chief OBRUSÁNSZKY, Borbála Budapest, Hungary Editors ALIMBAY, Nursan Almaty, Kazakhstan ARADI, Éva Budapest, Hungary BÉRCZI, Szaniszló Budapest, Hungary BÍRÓ, András Budapest, Hungary CSORNAI, Katalin Budapest, Hungary CZEGLÉDI, Katalin Pécs, Hungary ERDÉLYI, István Göd, Hungary HORVÁTH, Izabella Hangzhou, China KARATAY, Osman İzmir, Turkey MAHAPATRA, Debidatta Aurobinda Mumbai, India MARÁCZ, László Amsterdam, Holland MARCANTONIO, Angela Rome, Italy MURAKEÖZY, Éva Patrícia The Hague, Holland SECHENBAATAR Hohhot, China UCHIRALTU Hohhot, China ZOMBORI, Andor Nagoya, Japan _____________________________________________________________________________________ © Copyright Mikes International 2001-2010 4 July-September 2010 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume II., Issue 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS Dear Reader,.............................................................................................................................................7 Our Authors .............................................................................................................................................8 NEWS BRIEF................................................................................................... 13 HISTORY.......................................................................................................... 22 BENCZE, Mihály Katyn Seen with Hungarian Eyes...................................................................................................23 MARÁCZ, László Multilingualism in the Hungarian Kingdom (1867-1918): Language Policy and Practice .27 OBRUSÁNSZKY, Borbála Silk Road – Then and Now..............................................................................................................62 LINGUISTICS ................................................................................................. 69 WINTERS, Clyde Greek Influence on Sanskrit Language.........................................................................................70 LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES........................................ 78 MOLNÁR, Zsolt & MOLNÁRNÉ CZEGLÉDI, Cecília The Creative Hungarian Language and Its Special Teaching Method Part 5.: Relators in the Structure of Sentences..............................................................................79 ANCIENT WRITING SYSTEM RESEARCH.............................................. 84 MELLÁR, Mihály From a Kafkania Pebble to the Staff of Asclepios.......................................................................85 ETHNOGRAPHY............................................................................................ 90 TODORIKI, Masahiko Tuwa-Ren: The Emerging Ethnic Identity of the Altai-Tuvans in Xinjiang..........................91 GEOSTRATEGY............................................................................................ 104 ABILOV, Shamkhal Historical Development of the Azerbaijan Oil Industry and the Role of Azerbaijan in Today's European Energy Security..........................................................................................105 _____________________________________________________________________________________ © Copyright Mikes International 2001-2010 5 July-September 2010 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume II., Issue 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________ MAHAPATRA, Debidatta Aurobinda Post-Cold War World Order and Ideal Human Unity: A Perspective from Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy ..........................................................................................................142 LITERATURE & ARTS ................................................................................ 153 EKUKLU, Bülent Zeki Demirkubuz ve “Kader” .......................................................................................................154 EKUKLU, Bülent : Zeki Demirkubuz ........................................................................................................................... 158 MURAKEÖZY, Éva Patrícia A propos d’une exposition: Hans Bellmer — Louise Bourgeois Double Sexus .................159 TRAVELOGUE.............................................................................................. 163 TAPON, Francis The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us ................................................164 BOOK (P)REVIEW....................................................................................... 175 BÉRCZI, Szaniszló Etruscan, Roman and Toscan Art..................................................................................................176 CLASSICAL WRITINGS ON EURASIA................................................... 183 HIRTH, Friedrich Die chinesischen annalen als Quelle zur Geschichte asiatischer Völker.............................184 _____________________________________________________________________________________ © Copyright Mikes International 2001-2010 6 July-September 2010 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume II., Issue 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________ DEAR READER , PALIMPSEST This is the title of Gore Vidal´s famous memoir. The author identifies its way of writing his memoir with the definition of the word, which is: “1. Paper, parchment, etc., prepared for writing on and wiping out again, like a slate. 2. A parchment, etc., which has been written upon twice; the original writing having been rubbed out.” Thinking of the history and heritage of Eurasia (and of the world in general), it is probably the best term to use. This beautiful and exciting nature of mankind´s history and cultural heritage was oversimplified and shadowed during the Cold War in the 20 th century. In the battle of good versus evil (depending on where you stood or where you were placed) there was not too much room