{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Eurasia hasn\u2019t had any good steppe hordes in a while.\r\n Hmm.", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/87921134263/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://bloodandhedonism.tumblr.com/post/87649664018/eurasia-hasnt-had-any-good-steppe-hordes-in-a\" target=\"_blank\">bloodandhedonism</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Eurasia hasn\u2019t had any good steppe hordes in a while.</p>\n<p>Hmm.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>As in a power that manages to unite the disparate tribes of the Eurasian plains, allowing it to field enough forces to conquer and extract tribute from central-eastern Europe through sheer weight of massed cavalry, inspiring credible fear among the western Mediterranean and Atlantic powers?<br/><br/>How about the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army\" target=\"_blank\">Red Army</a>?</p>"}