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THE DESERT
- not sufficient resources to support creation of a start state-less society members of tribe hierarchical head was a sheikh power to coerce lesser tribesmen very limited impact such a fragmentary society could make on well-organised fertile states of the fertile crescent Possible religious leader, economics of oases
- powerful confederations have been created inherent logic desert undermines authority - no sufficient pasture to support large groups bought together small groups each competing for scarce resources. Camels mobile and difficult to discipline desert not enough surplus to which would enable higher authority external source of wealth to reward followers create a military force bound by its leader by non-tribal ties 0 conquering part of fertile crescent for oneself or persuading one of settled states to accept Arab state as a client to be subsidied or granted territory not surprising that many Arab states have not originated in the desert, but on margins of fertile crescent only assts world of desert had to achieve unity and wealth was its military ability.
- Bedouin needed settled world but not vice versa. Some times ignore the Bedouin and at other times demanded attention
FALL OF THE OLD ORDER
- Iime to re-establish complicated structure of administrative and personal ties which bound the provinces to the capital.
- Defeat Persia vindication of the Christian Empire require time to recover from strains of war and set about realising the opportunities of the post war world.
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