The Eternal War Between Farmers and Nomads | Professor Jiang

Why do settled empires and steppe peoples always collide?

Professor Jiang reveals the ancient tension that has shaped human history — between the farmers who build and the nomads who destroy. Agricultural civilizations create order, hierarchy, and control. Steppe cultures value movement, freedom, and chaos.

This conflict isn’t just geographical — it’s spiritual. The farmer fears disorder; the nomad despises confinement. Yet both need each other: without destruction, order stagnates; without order, freedom dissolves.

From the Persians and Scythians to Rome and the Huns, from China and the Mongols to the modern world — the same battle repeats under new masks.

This lecture uncovers the deep psychology of civilization’s enemies — and how their clash continues to shape our politics, our cities, and our souls.

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