SC - What is "period"? - long

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/4/00 7:16:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
JGedney at dictaphone.com writes:

> 
>  The Corpora is usually used to refer to the governing documents of the 
SCA, 
>  but these actually consist of the Bylaws, the Corpora, and the Governing 
and 
> Policy 
>  Decisions. 
>  In corpora the relevant statements are :
>  "A. SOCIETY EVENTS DEFINED. The term "Society event" refers to 
>  tournaments, feasts, and other activities whereby participants can display 
>  the results of their researches into period culture and technology in an 
>  environment which evokes the atmosphere of the Middle Ages and 
>  Renaissance." 
>   - -This passage specifically refers to the "Middle Ages and 
>  Rennaissance" which were inarguably European phenomena.
    <big, informative snip>

Okay.  That's what I thought.  Now, will anybody hazard a guess as to the 
dividing line between Western and Eastern Culture?

Balthazar of Blackmoor