The Slavs : The myth of the docile peasants, slavic

, slavia, slavic, Slavicworld, Slavs, SlavicBrotherhood, SlaviaPatriotism, Slavism There would be some pretty simple questions to ask on this subject. Why would a docile peasant people have a warrior god or deities Why would simple peasants have been hired as mercenaries among others by the Romans or the Arabs In the 6 centuries the khagan Bayan knew that the Slavs had amassed great wealth after having repeatedly plundered the Byzantine provinces of the Balkans. So when the khagan sent an embassy to Slavs asking to accept Avar s suzerainty and pay homage to them, here is what their slavic leader Dobreta replied: We are the ones who are in the habit of taking over the land of others; it is not the contrary. Of that, we are certain, as long as there is around the world, war, and swords. The Slavic chief did not say, as long as there are around the world, the plow, and the oxen. But as long as there is war