Dr. @BretDevereaux covers the effectiveness of horse-borne nomads here:
https://acoup.blog/2020/02/28/collections-the-fremen-mirage-part-iv-desert-power/ …
He notes that there was something particularly effective about pastorialist *methods* of warfare (enabled by their way of life), rather than their lifestyles making them extra tough.
Absolutely the classification of dynasties is intended to be very rough around the edges and noted as such. The point was merely to push back against the popular misconception I have encountered from readers/students that China was *normally* ruled from outside.
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I certainly had more to say on Ibn Khaldun, but the context of a blog post that is fundamentally about the modern reception of a Greek and Roman (and not Arab) literary topos (filtered through later Europe), I thought 1,800 words on Ibn Khaldun was about as much as I could afford
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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