Jan 30, 2015
Trans-Eurasian Royal Culture
The economist and sociologist Joseph Schumpeter argued that modern imperialism was driven not only by economics, as Marxists believed, but by an object-less desire for conquest on the part of the ruling class socially and ideologically descended from medieval knights. Even in the twentieth century this aristocracy clung to the psychologically and atavistic passion of a bygone time - including horses and hunts. Arab , Persian, and Mongol horsemen, he wrote, along with the feudal European society shared similar monarchical identity rooted in the war and horsemanship - that is " Trans-Eurasian royal culture".
James A.Millward - The Silk Road
Written by : Shahab Shafe