Eternal war would turn men into wild beasts, and eternal peace into beasts of burden. David Hume It is generally accepted that the military organization of the state, the people (in the early history - the union of tribes) reflects the features of the state, administrative, political structure, management system, military-technical means, which are determined by the level of economic development, the social structure of the population, historically formed social relations and geographical conditions. In ancient times and the Middle Ages, it was mainly natural habitat conditions, the organization of economic life and the accompanying occupation that formed the economic structure of society and determined the determinant of social development. The whole complex of available materials on the natural, geographical and ecological conditions of habitat and the system of material production of nomads of Central Asia indicates a close interaction between the development of nomadic cattle breeding and hunting both at the stage of formation and in the process of further evolution of nomadism. Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in hunting and hunting culture all over the world. At the end of the 19th century, a fundamental 4-volume book was published by Major General N. I. Kutepov, head of the economic part of the imperial hunt in tsarist Russia, covering the period from antiquity to modern times (Kutepov, 2005). It systematically covers the development of hunting, describes the special subtleties of dog and bird hunting, tells about hunting life, equipment, beliefs and spells, breeds of dogs and horses, hunting grounds, the composition of the ranks and servants of the royal hunt, its utilitarian and political significance. The recently published book by Professor T. T. Allsen comprehensively analyzes the royal hunt from the first information about it to the 19th century, which was an indispensable component of the political cultures of the Middle East, India, C ... Read more