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The speed advantage discipline gives an army, including the ability to reach and besiege a city before reinforcements arrive.
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The speed advantage discipline gives an army, including the ability to reach and besiege a city before reinforcements arrive.
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The landlord class solves revolt risk by moving capital elsewhere until exhausted peasants are ready to rebuild.
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Capital has three defining traits: everyone wants it, it stores wealth, and it can move at little cost.
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Jiang argues that disciplined training transforms armies by producing mobility, coordination, and later flexibility.
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The third major innovation is horse domestication, which Jiang says took at least 3,000 years because horses are hardwired to flee humans.
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Horse plus wheel creates the wagon, and the wagon makes a nomadic pastoral economy possible because herders can move with their cattle as grass is consumed.
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"nothing and nothing, okay? So think of someone like Jack Ma, who has more money than he can possibly spend, and what does he..."
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"And it's really relevant for us to understand. Because many scholars have compared the Bronze Age world to our world. Because our world is..."
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"...And the third thing about capital that's very important is... It's mobility. Okay? Mobility. Meaning I can take this thing and then transport it..."
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"...The first major strength that you have is the idea of mobility, speed. And what this means is your army can march much faster..."
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"So the traditional warfare in Greece at this time. It's called a phallax. Right? The hoplite phallax. Okay? So remember, it is like a..."
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"What happens to your body? Exactly, okay? You become very tall, very strong, okay? So because of these two innovations, the people in the..."
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"But they kept on trying because the ability to ride horses was very important for their society and their economy. And so now they..."
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Relevant Lectures And Readings
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Bronze begins as a weapon, becomes status, hardens into currency, and then teaches the world the dangerous rhythm of capital: rapid growth, total interconnection, elite consolidation, and sudden collapse.
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Greek culture did not spread because everyone recognized its beauty.
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Old Europe begins as a Mother Goddess world of agriculture, unity, women, peace, and art.
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