Historical Roots of Euroasian Civilization is a book written by Dimitri Lebedev. It outlines the proof of existence of Euroasian civilization beyond Russian civilization and advocates its continuity. According to Dimitri Euroasian civilization had existed beyond Russian civilization, a novel thought in contrast to the established historical narrative advocates the concept of Russian world, or stand alone Russian civilization.
According to Lebedev Euroasian Civilization and European Civilization are sister civilizations that have the same roots in Hellenistic Greece, later Greco-Roman civilization all the way until the fall of Western Roman Empire in 476 AD which saw many barbaric tribes setting up their own Kingdoms that would later come to become Western Europen states that would define European civilization. But for Lebedev true roots of Euroasian Civilization lie in East and Eastern Roman that would following Arab conquests of Sassanid Empire and much of Roman Africa and Levant signal end of antiquity and beginnings of Greek dominated Euroasian Civilization centered in Asia Minor and the Balkans. This civilization would be defined by Ortodox faith and Greek alphabet , these would later find its way into various Slavic tribe's with Cyrillic alphabet being based on Greek alphabet and with conversion of Slavic tribe's, most importantly Kievan Rus under Vladimir the Great to Ortodox faith.
This religious and cultural uniqueness is what differentiate Euroasian Civilization from Europen civilization, besides geographic position of Euroasian civilization on the edges of European Continent and this difference would be a basis for conflict between these two civilizations as they competed for influence and resources against European civilization and against each others. Another point for Euroasian Civilization was its conquest by Mongols for Kievan Rus and Ottomans for Eastern Roman Empire. This would result in Orthodox part of Euroasian civilization to be cut away from European civilization and while it would mean prolonged period of decline it would also help these society's to develop independently. This would also result in cultural exchange between conquered and the conquerors that would later form basis for Euroasination of various Turkic people's as according to Lebedev Central Asian steppes had a touch with both European and Asian civilizations making them into a periphery of Euroasian Civilization.
Mongol conquest of Kievan Rus would also be a finalization of shift of Eastern Slavic centre of civilization from South ( Kiev ) to Novograd and later Moscow forming unique Russian identity down the line.
This would brings us into the Russian epoch of Euroasian Civilization which would take the centre of Euroasian civilization away from Constantinople Balkans and Asia Minor into the Eastern Europe. Russia would later in its later incarnations define Euroasian culture and spread it across much of Northern Euroasia and bring the southern periphery of Central Asia firmly into the Euroasian sphere through conquests, this predominantly Russian, Pan Slavic form of Euroasian Civilization would remain all until Bolshevik revolution of 1917 and it can be sumerized in three periods. Muscovy period where Euroasian Civilization was freely practiced by the elites , this period would last all the way until ascension of Peter the Great where we would enter Imperial, or Western period with attempt of Russia to Westernize by following in footsteps of European Civilization and denying its Euroasian heritage, but it would still hold on its Euroasian character regardless. Following Crimean War and Berlin Congress we would see awakening of Euroasian thought in Russian and beginnings of early Euroasian philosophical though, something which would end with coming of Communists to power.
Communist Period would give a new chapter to Euroasian civilization which would result in a partial shift away from Ortodox , Pan Slavic and Russian centric Euroasianism and result in partial revival of other Euroasian cultures within the borders of Soviet Union (this period would also be significant for birth of identity of Central Asian states and spread of Cyrillic alphabet to these state's). But this period would also be defined by religious and cultural suppression where Communism would seek to become a unifying force for various Euroasian cultures as well as period of attempted Sovietization of Euroasian culture with occasional reversals that would result in partial revival of national freedoms, this would ultimately end with fall of Soviet Union after which newly reborn Russian State would once again become centre of Euroasian civilization.
Well here's promised outline of Euroasian Civilization and my attempt to compress over thousand years of history into one coherent whole
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