Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire
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Köp båda 2 för 679 kr"Overall, this is an excellent book. It is rich in detail and has a good blend between description and history. It is everywhere fair and balanced in its interpretations. It is well written and well produced with good illustrations, maps, a useful chronology which divides the region into west, centre and east, and an excellent and extensive, albeit overwhelmingly English-language bibliography. Perhaps most important of all, although the histories of the various areas of concern to this book are reasonably well trodden paths, it crafts a new interpretation by taking up a distinct area of focus - inner Eurasia - and succeeds admirably in convincing the reader of the significance and interest of that region's history. I strongly recommend the book." Asian Ethnicity Journal "Well-written, impressive and bold synthesis ... One looks forward eagerly to volume 2." The Russian Review "Big picture history requires energy, openness and risk taking, a willingness to escape from the well-worn grooves of academe ... Christian has effected a great escape." Journal of Asian Studies
David Christian is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Macquarie University, Sydney where he has taught since 1975. His BA and DPhil are from Oxford University. His previous publications include Bread and Salt: A Social and Economic History of Food and Drink in Russia (1982), Living Water: Vodka and Russian Society on the Eve of Emancipation (1990) and Imperial and Soviet Russia: Power, Privilege and the Challenge of Modernity (1997).
List of Plates vii List of Figures viii List of Maps ix List of Tables x Series Editors Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii Introduction xv Part I the Geography and Ecology of Inner Eurasia 1 1 The Geography and Ecology of Inner Eurasia 3 Part II Prehistory: 100,0001000 BCE 21 2 First Settlers: The Old Stone Age 23 3 Hunters and Gatherers after the Ice Age 46 4 The Neolithic Revolution: Seventh to Third Millennia BCE 69 5 The Bronze Age: 30001000 BCE 99 Part III the Scythic and Hunnic Eras: 1000 Bce500 Ce 121 6 The Scythic Era: 1000200 BCE 123 7 Outer Eurasian Invasions and their Aftermath 163 8 The Hsiung-nu Empire 183 9 Barbarian Invasions before 500 CE 209 Part IV Turks, Mawaran-nahr and Rus: 5001200 245 10 Turkic Empires of the East 247 11 Turkic Empires of Western Inner Eurasia 277 12 Mawaran-nahr: Islamic Civilization in Central Asia 304 13 The Origins of Rus 327 14 Before the Mongols: 10001220 353 Part V the Mongol Empire: 12001260 383 15 Chinggis Khan 385 16 The Mongol Empire and a New World System 409 Conclusion 430 Chronology 432 Bibliography 437 Index 460