Steppe peoples and agricultural empires have historically been in structural conflict, with China and Persia building walls and fortifications against them.
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Agricultural Empires
Steppe peoples and agricultural empires have historically been in structural conflict, with China and Persia building walls and fortifications against them.
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After the Mongols and Timur, gunpowder, technology, and mass armies allowed agricultural empires, especially Russia, to repel and then colonize the steppes.
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"...people of the steppes have always been in conflict with the agricultural empires. So... In response, the agricultural empires, China and the Persians, they..."
"...the last great conqueror from the steppes. After Timur Lane. The agricultural empires will develop the technology. To repel the steppe invasion. The invaders...."
"...the world, okay? They could come in and conquer all the agricultural empires. This will include the Yamnaya, which we talked about, but it'll..."
"...I said last class is the steppe people are always invading agricultural empires. So the Turks, they are based in Central Asia. And then..."
"...a response, okay? So even though the steppe people and their agricultural empires have always been in conflict, the Mongols have had a unique..."
"...Western steppes is it will slowly acclimatize itself to the surrounding agricultural empires. And slowly, the... Western steppes will become integrated into the agricultural......"
"...successful iteration of the steppe people. And their conflicts with the agricultural empires. So the Mongol Empire is the second largest empire ever in..."
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