Silk Road to Ruin

[selfishgene]

In Empires of the Silk Road the author maintains that the internal economic collapse of the Roman Empire not only allowed the 'barbarian' invasions but caused them indirectly. Since the Eurasian tribes depended on trade with the Romans, the failure of the Roman economy led to a failure of the tribal economies also. This gave them an incentive to

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[john_j_enright]

Good points.

[spotboy]

like I'm not depressed enough about the future already.