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"Under its strong integrating dynamics on the one hand and the impacts of change it transmitted on the other, tribal societies previously living in isolation along the Silk Road or pastoralists who were of barbarian cultural development were drawn to the riches and opportunities of the civilizations connected by the Silk Road, taking on the trades of marauders or mercenaries. Many barbarian tribes became skilled warriors able to conquer rich cities and fertile lands, and forge strong military empires."--Sholem Stein

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A mercenary is a person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain.

A mercenary (sometimes shortened to merc) -- also called a soldier of fortune, a hired gun, or, archaically, a sellsword -- is a private individual who joins a military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mercēnārius (“hired for money”), from mercēs (“reward, wages, price”).

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