Trying to make a point about Afghanistan as an entity across 3000 years is exactly the kind of sillyness these analysis leads to. Yes, there are macros, but th

Trying to make a point about Afghanistan as an entity across 3000 years is exactly the kind of sillyness these analysis leads to. Yes, there are macros, but the point is that there are hundreds of them, they are all interconnected. If you pick just one you either make wrong implications (like the silk road region Afghanistan being isolated or lacking fast travel) or extremely trivial (like mountains being advantageous tageous for defenders in war)