Format:
pages cm
ISBN:
9780824839789
,
0824839781
Series Statement:
Perspectives on the global past
Content:
Introduction: nomadic culture / Michal Biran -- Steppe land interactions and their effects on Chinese cultures during the second and early first millennia BCE / Gideon Shelach-Lavi -- The Scythians and their neighbors / Anatoly Khazanov -- From steppe roads to silk roads: inner Asian nomads and early interregional exchange / William Honeychurch -- The use of sociopolitical terminology for nomads: an excursion into the term buluo in Tang China / Isenbike Togan -- Population movements in the Mongolian era / Thomas T. Allsen -- The Mongols and nomadic identity: the case of the Kitans in China / Michal Biran -- Persian notables and the families which underpinned the Ilkhanate / George Lane -- The Mongol empire and its impact on the arts of China / Morris Rossabi -- The impact of the Mongols on the history of Syria: politics, society, and culture / Reuven Amitai -- The Tatar factor in the formation of Muscovy's political culture / Istvan Vasary -- Mongol historiography since 1985: the rise of cultural history / David Morgan
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction: nomadic culture
,
The Scythians and their neighbors
,
From steppe roads to silk roads: inner Asian nomads and early interregional exchange
,
The use of sociopolitical terminology for nomads: an excursion into the term buluo in Tang China
,
Population movements in the Mongolian era
,
The Mongols and nomadic identity: the case of the Kitans in China
,
Persian notables and the families which underpinned the Ilkhanate
,
The Mongol empire and its impact on the arts of China
,
The impact of the Mongols on the history of Syria: politics, society, and culture
,
The Tatar factor in the formation of Muscovy's political culture
,
Mongol historiography since 1985: the rise of cultural history
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
Eurasien
;
Nomade
;
Kulturwandel
;
Geschichte Anfänge-1500
;
Mongolen
;
Geschichte 1200-1400
;
Aufsatzsammlung
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=44679
Author information:
ʿAmitai-Prais, Reʾuven 1955-
