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How Warfare Shaped History – History and War (wordpress.com)
Warfare has shaped society from its inception. It may not be something many people are comfortable thinking about, but modern society was created by a series of wars. Impact of warfare on human society could be compared to impact of geography, climate, natural resources, economics and ideas.
Even events that had happened hundreds or thousands of years ago still revebrate to this day. Roman expansion brought the Empire into contact – and conflict – with Persia. Those two empires waged a series of wars, last and greatest of which left them both exhausted and vulnerable to expansion of Islam. And Islam expanded almost exclusively through warfare, especially in its first centuries, conquering wast swathes of territory – from Gibraltar to India, from Kazakhstan to Indonesia. Expansion of Islam brought it into contact with many peoples, including Turks – who would proceed to capture Roman Anatolia. This in turn caused Romans to turn to West for help, and this cry for help prompted the Pope to call for the First Crusade. But the Fourth Crusade would sack Constantinople, causing the Roman Empire to fragment – and while Constantinople would be recaptured, fragmentation of the Empire would endure. Eventually, constant infighting would cause Romans to turn to Ottoman Turks as mercenaries, but the Ottomans soon turned against the Empire, capturing its territories one by one. Eventually, they would set their sights on Constantinople.
Warfare has shaped society from its inception. It may not be something many people are comfortable thinking about, but modern society was created by a series of wars. Impact of warfare on human society could be compared to impact of geography, climate, natural resources, economics and ideas.
Even events that had happened hundreds or thousands of years ago still revebrate to this day. Roman expansion brought the Empire into contact – and conflict – with Persia. Those two empires waged a series of wars, last and greatest of which left them both exhausted and vulnerable to expansion of Islam. And Islam expanded almost exclusively through warfare, especially in its first centuries, conquering wast swathes of territory – from Gibraltar to India, from Kazakhstan to Indonesia. Expansion of Islam brought it into contact with many peoples, including Turks – who would proceed to capture Roman Anatolia. This in turn caused Romans to turn to West for help, and this cry for help prompted the Pope to call for the First Crusade. But the Fourth Crusade would sack Constantinople, causing the Roman Empire to fragment – and while Constantinople would be recaptured, fragmentation of the Empire would endure. Eventually, constant infighting would cause Romans to turn to Ottoman Turks as mercenaries, but the Ottomans soon turned against the Empire, capturing its territories one by one. Eventually, they would set their sights on Constantinople.