The Eurasian Steppe : : People, Movement, Ideas / / Warwick Ball.
Tells the story of the Eurasian steppe, from legends of Amazons and Gog and Magog to its effects on Europe in the 21st centuryShows how the history, languages, ideas, art forms, peoples, nations and identities of the steppe have shaped almost every aspect of the life of EuropeExplores the history of...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (424 p.) :; 25 B/W illustrations; 200 colour illustrations; 200 colour illustrations, 25 b&w illustrations and 20 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- About the Author
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 THE NATURE OF THE STEPPE Some Geographical Observations
- CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNINGS OF EURASIA Permanence, Movement and Prehistory
- CHAPTER 3 INDO-EUROPE Prehistory and Language
- CHAPTER 4 HISTORY AND MYTH Cimmerians, Scythians and Sarmatians; Gog, Magog and Excalibur
- CHAPTER 5 AMAZONS Women of the Steppe and the Idea of the Female Warrior
- CHAPTER 6 THE ART OF THE STEPPE From Animal Style to Art Nouveau
- CHAPTER 7 TWILIGHT OF THE GODS The Huns, Attila and the End of Antiquity
- CHAPTER 8 DESCENDANTS OF THE SHE-WOLF The Emergence of Turkish-speaking Peoples
- CHAPTER 9 EUROPEAN NATIONS FROM THE STEPPE Nomads and Early Medieval Europe
- CHAPTER 10 THE ATLANTIS OF THE STEPPE The Khazar Empire and its Legacy
- CHAPTER 11 THE ‘MEN FROM HELL’ Setting the West Ablaze: The Mongols in Europe
- CHAPTER 12 GOLDEN HORDES The Tatar Khanates of Russia
- CHAPTER 13 A MODERN STEPPE EMPIRE Russian Identity and the Steppe
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index