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REVIEWING THE CAUSES THAT LED TO THE END OF NOMADIC CIVILISATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE MONGOLIAN CASE
2006-07-19T14:46:19Z
Editor(s)
Claval, Paul
Pagnini, Maria Paola
Scaini, Maurizio
Abstract
The beginning of the end of nomadic civilisations can be dated from the first colonisations
carried out by European countries and peoples from a sedentary background, mainly engaged
in agriculture, but lacking in sufficient extensions of land to guarantee for their survival. The
cause is to be sought in the mainly feudal structure of Europe in 1500, that concentrated vast
territories in the hands of few noble big landowners.
In addition to the above, one should take into consideration the poverty of huge masses of
Europeans, who would urbanise in the towns that were becoming more and more populated
with the consequent risk of riots, therefore endangering the constituted order.
The lack of land extensions sufficient to survival of all was one of the reasons that drove
European sovereigns to promoting exploring campaigns first, and violent conquests
(subjugation) after, all to enable the transfer of landless Europeans in less inhabited territories
and anyhow taken forcedly away from their legitimate owners.
Journal
Proceedings of the Conference THE CULTURAL TURN IN GEOGRAPHY, 18-20th of September 2003 - Gorizia Campus
Part VII: Cultural Geography and Geopolitics
Languages
en
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