these and other barbarians were pastoralism and a nomadic way of life. Lifestyle, not race, says Jones, defined barbarian man.
The Central Asian nomads eventually found themselves in hostile climates and environments and were forced to adopt more "civilized" forms of economic and social organization. the early Middle Ages, the distinctions between "civilized" and "barbarian" cultures had be- come artificial. Yet cultural prejudice continued to cause civilized men to...