On a larger scale, the society of the Middle East itself originated from the tribes, and the structure and institutions of the tribes have accompanied the development process of Middle Eastern society since ancient times, and at the same time deeply affected all aspects of the Middle East region.

To use a proverb that has been passed down in the Middle East for thousands of years, this tribal relationship is well illustrated: I am against my brother, I am against my cousin, and I, my brother and my cousin are against the whole world.

In general, such tribal characteristics promote the unity of the tribe in the harsh living environment, and in some cases it is only possible to survive by uniting together to defend against the enemy.

But on a negative level, such a tribal identity itself has brought about bloody conflicts for a long time.

The perennial turmoil in the Middle East cannot be said to have nothing to do with such tribal characteristics, and with this turmoil, the tribal problem has also become aggravated.

In terms of national security and regional security, tribal conflict is an important trigger for social unrest and an indirect opportunity for terrorists to take advantage of.

The clan armament in Iraq also evolved under such a social structure, and there is no difference in nature.

But compared to those big tribes in the Middle East, such clan arming is simply a small fight.

The Silk Road tribes are different from such traditional tribes and clan armies, or there are essential differences.

At the foot of the northern mountains of Salah al-Din province, behind the marshy areas of the north, the roads crisscross the province and a large number of vehicles come and go, presenting a very prosperous picture.

This is in Iraq. It's almost a rare picture, with heavy traffic and even frequent traffic congestion. There are also many good cars that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and luxury cars that cost millions of dollars.

Compared to the war-torn areas in the south, there are hardly any traces of war here.

But in fact, the busy traffic is surrounded by various guard posts and guard towers. It is not uncommon to see heavily armed soldiers patrolling the side of the road.

Almost every soldier was armed to the teeth. No less than the equipment of those special forces of various countries.

The busy traffic converges into a small town with high-rise buildings, which is said to be a small town, but the scale of this town is like a small metropolis. There are all kinds of entertainment venues inside. There are also large-scale arms and weapons shops, bars, casinos, dance halls, large shopping malls and various luxury hotels.

For the whole of Iraq, it is like a real paradise, and this place has never appeared in any newspapers, but in fact, it has long been the most prosperous place for international trade in the whole of Iraq.

This town has stood here for more than a thousand years. On the Silk Road that runs through the East and West, this town has always been the largest distribution center in Iraq.

Once the Silk Road. Merchants who come and go will come and go with a large number of goods here, and then purchase the goods they need here and sell them at the next distribution center.

The Silk Road was not strictly a road, but a seemingly road that ran through the Middle East to Europe and then to the Far East.

The merchants on this trade road did not mean that they carried a large number of goods all over the trade road.

Rather, every merchant only travels between the two distribution centers, and does not go to other places that he does not know.

Under the drive and circulation of these merchants, the goods of each distribution center are all connected.

According to historical records, hundreds of years before silk really appeared on this trade route, a large number of bamboo products from the southeast of his hometown had been circulating here.

Silk craftsmanship, thousands of years ahead of the West, was immediately favored by the royal families of Europe and the Middle East when it appeared on this trade route, and later it was the German Emperor Wilhelm II who, under the blockade of the British all-out maritime competition, planned to build a railway from Germany to Qingdao in the Far East, and the route planned by the Germans was this Silk Road, and since then, this road has been officially called the Silk Road.

This super-prosperous town in Salah al-Din province was eventually passed down by the tribe that served as a trading point on the entire trade route.

Today, this trade route, which has been passed down for more than 1,000 years, still exists today, and a large number of them may still travel between Europe and the Far East, where they are distributed and transported to a large number of cities in Iraq.

There is a huge amount of material flow every day, and even now you can see a large number of fleets of future transport companies coming in and out here, and there is also a very large freight distribution center on the edge of the town.

It was full of high stacked containers and all sorts of heavy trucks.

The people who come and go here are not all Middle Easterners, there are many foreigners, and there are hardly any journalists here, and it is outside the jurisdiction of the Iraqi government, and there is only one tax department of the Iraqi government in the whole town.

And no matter what forces get the power of this place, almost no one rushes to interfere with the normal business operation and order here.

Even the original ****** countries did not dare to offend this place, including those extremist organizations, even if it was the original branch of the base in Iraq, they must maintain enough respect for this place.

Because if you offend these tribes, the direct result is that you don't even want to get anything that is transported from outside.

And the tribes of the Silk Road from the entire Middle East are all the same here, including the Taliban region, the most dangerous area in Pakistan, and the two tribes of the Silk Road are also very transcendent.

The Taliban also need to buy a lot of supplies from these tribes, and no one will be embarrassed by fair deals.

After all, war is war, and if the goods are not circulated, no one can do it, so no matter what period of war it is, it generally does not embarrass those merchants who go south and north.

The tribe of the Silk Road in Iraq is controlled by a whole tribe, but now it is rarely called a tribe, and it is replaced by a family, which has trading companies in all major countries of the world, transiting all kinds of goods and goods from all over the world.

This is the family's base camp, and the soldiers around it are all armed with the family.

The Asimo family, which has been inherited here for more than 1,000 years, has been entrenched here for more than 1,000 years, and in the field of global commerce, although it is not as good as Maersk and Mitsui & Co. and other hegemonic enterprises, it is also a very important existence in the trade between the Middle East and the world. (To be continued.) )