On the Issue of Forms of Exploitation and Social Dependence among the Ancient Turks of the 6th–11th Cen turies: A Historiographical Aspect

Abstract

The article traces the development of scholarly views of exploitation among the nomads, taking the ancient Turks of the 6th-11th centuries as a case. The improbability of existence of developed forms of exploitation in nomadic societies is generally considered proven in today’s ethnographic literature. Exploitation among the nomads rested on the foundation of a mechanism rooted in the strict subordination of social organization segments. Still, the nature of that mechanism may be open to different interpretations.