Assabiyah & Meta-Ethnic Frontiers
Assabiyah: Arabic, “Social cohesion”
- Required trust
- Familiarity
- Shared value / way of thinking
Common struggle & common enemy
Pastoral Nomads vs “Civilization”
No agriculture or urbanization
Different way of thinking and value
China’s enemies before WW2 is central Asia
Meta-Ethnic Frontiers
Not just a boarder but a entirely different of life within society
Cross the frontiers builds up the Assabiyah
Not for today but common in history
Greek? - Low
Roman - high
Mogolian
Temujin (Genghis Khan) (Temüjin)
Leadership
Based on loyalty, Willing to do anything for the society, High level of trust
High organization
Luck (Maybe)
Strategies
Conquered people incorporated into the army
Take one city, kill everybody (Strategy)
Support traders
Culture tolerence (if no threat)
Kubilai & Yuan
Hulegu
Military Power have short-term benefits
Importance
Trade (disease spread as well)
cross cultural exchange & tech exchange