1800年以前, 世界的军事优势一直控制在生活在亚欧大陆腹地的游牧民族手中。在此前两千五百多年间, 游牧民族曾经在亚欧大陆纵横驰骋,东亚、南亚、西亚和欧洲的许多农业帝国纷纷被来自草原的游牧民族所吞并, 其原因何在呢? 本文认为, 这正是游牧民族独特的生产方式赋予游牧民族的灵活的机动性所致。 1800 years ago, the military superiority of the world has been controlled by nomadic peoples living in the hinterland of the Eurasian continent. In the past two and a half years, nomadic herdsmen had traveled across the Eurasian continent, and many agricultural empires in East Asia, South Asia, West Asia and Europe were swallowed up by nomadic peoples from grasslands. What is the reason for this? It is a result of the flexible mobility of nomadic peoples caused by the unique mode of production of nomadic peoples.