HIST 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Santa Barbara City College, Li Bai, Umayyad Caliphate
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The nomads will usally establish themselves on top of agrarian pyramid after. They become part of the elites, then stop being nomadic. Then another nomadic group will emerge and do the same old thing being paid off for awhile. Sometimes hailed as a chinese golden empire, but the ruler actually was part. Both the chinese ruler title, and the nomadic ruler title. Nomadic culture was a big part of the empire. Starts in nw china compels them to do so. Then they move out to conquer because the combo of nomads/sedentary. As they conquer they"re more open to foreign goods and ideas. Held the dynasty for 40 years, which is crazy. Because nomadic culture has loose gender hierarchy especially for a woman back then. Islam unites the tribes of the arab bedouins. Nomads conquer the rich sedentary neighbors because islam brought the unity to the nomads that they needed to conquer better.
