One is reminded in this context of Owen Lattimore’s admonition that the great walls of China were built as much to keep Chinese taxpayers in as to keep the barbarians out.
Nomad
Yerleşik Hayat Göçebelikten Gerçekten İyi mi?
civilizational narrative is so deep as to be invisible; fish don’t talk about water! It is simply assumed that weary Homo sapiens couldn’t wait to finally settle down permanently, could not wait to end hundreds of millennia of mobility and seasonal movement. Yet there is massive evidence of determined resistance by mobile peoples everywhere to permanent settlement, even under relatively favorable circumstances.
Her göçebe asker doğar
Göçebe, “asker doğmuş” bir kimsedir. Gündelik olanaklarıyla, yani atı, teçhizatı ve yedek yiyeceğiyle sefere çıkmaya her zaman hazırdır.