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Jared Diamond, in The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
David Graeber • The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
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conquering their empire, not only had the Mongols revolutionized warfare, they also created the nucleus of a universal culture and world system. This new global culture continued to grow long after the demise of the Mongol Empire, and through continued development over the coming centuries, it became the foundation for the modern world system with
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(Kandiaronk had a point, as we’ve seen in the last chapter; settlers adopted into indigenous societies almost never wanted to go back.)
David Graeber • The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
This delayed transition, intended to create a permanent state of childlike compliance in adults, was developed from farming techniques used to break horses and to domesticate animals.