The replacement of the bourgeois by the proletarian state is impossible without a violent revolution. the abolition of the proletarian state, i. e., of all states, is only possible through 'withering away.' . ." — v. i. lenin, state and revolution, 1917 this quotation is associated with the principles of

the mongolian invasion of china and central asia resulted in a disruption of the silk road as the chinese garrisons lost support from the chinese kingdoms which fell under the mongols. however, as the mongols established a formal dynasty in china, the successors of genghis khan restored the garrisons along the silk road allowing the safe travel caravans again.