Nomads as Agents of Cultural Change : : The Mongols and Their Eurasian Predecessors / / ed. by Reuven Amitai, Anand A. Yang, Michal Biran.
Since the first millennium BCE, nomads of the Eurasian steppe have played a key role in world history and the development of adjacent sedentary regions, especially China, India, the Middle East, and Eastern and Central Europe. Although their more settled neighbors often saw them as an ongoing threat...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Perspectives on the Global Past
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 14 b&w illustrations, 5 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Dates and Transliterations
- 1. Introduction: Nomadic Culture
- 2 Steppe Land Interactions and Their Effects on Chinese Cultures during the Second and Early First Millennia BCE
- 3. The Scythians and Their Neighbors
- 4 From Steppe Roads to Silk Roads: Inner Asian Nomads and Early Interregional Exchange
- 5 The Use of Sociopolitical Terminology for Nomads: An Excursion into the Term Buluo in Tang China
- 6. Population Movements in Mongol Eurasia
- 7. The Mongols and Nomadic Identity: The Case of the Kitans in China
- 8. Persian Notables and the Families Who Underpinned the Ilkhanate
- 9. The Mongol Empire and Its Impact on the Arts of China
- 10. The Impact of the Mongols on the History of Syria: Politics, Society, and Culture
- 11. The Tatar Factor in the Formation of Muscovy's Political Culture
- 12. Mongol Historiography since 1985: Th e Rise of Cultural History
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index