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1 online resource (1 PDF (v, 180 pages)) |
| Series |
The "civilization dimension" series ; v. 5 |
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Serii︠a︡ "T︠S︡ivilizat︠s︡ionnoe izmerenie" ; t. 5.
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Preface -- Introduction : social evolution, alternatives, and nomadism / Dmitri M. Bondarenko, Andrey V. Korotayev and Nikolay N. Kradin -- Nomads of the Eurasian steppes in historical retrospective / Anatoly Khazanov -- Typology of pre-states and statehood systems of nomads / Sergey A. Vasjutin -- Cultural capital, livestock raiding, and the military advantage of traditional pastoralists / William Irons -- Nomadic empires : origins, rise, decline / Nikolay N. Kradin -- Peculiarities of social development of the Sarmato-Alans and their image in the evidence of other cultures / Sergey A. Yatsenko -- The development of hierarchical structures in the Bronze and Early Iron Age societies of the South of Eastern Europe / Allexander P. Medvedev -- Penetration of nomads to the Arabian South and formation of tribal organization among the North-East Yemen agricultural population / Andrey V. Korotayev -- Modes of politogenesis among the Tswana of South Africa / Alexander A. Kazankov -- Power among Mongol nomads of Chinggis Khan's epoch / Tatyana D. Skrynnikova -- Political culture of the Turkic-Mongolian nomads in historical and ethnological perspective / Sergey V. Dmitriev -- The Chinggisids and their status in Central Asia and East Europe / Dmitri Yu. Arapov -- Government of the Turkistan region native population in the Russian Empire / Dmitri V. Vassiliev -- Conclusion / Thomas J. Barfield |
| Summary |
The book is written by anthropologists, historians, and archaeologists specializing in nomadic studies. All the chapters presented here discuss various aspects of one significant problem: how could small nomadic peoples at the outskirts of agricultural civilizations subjugate vast territories between the Mediterranean and the Pacific? What was the impetus that set in motion the overwhelming forces of the nomads which made tremble the royal courts of Europe and Asia? Was it an outcome of any predictable historical process or a result of a chain of random events? A wide sample of nomadic peoples is discussed, mainly on the basis of new data |
| Notes |
Reprint. Originally published: Moscow : Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003, in series, Civilization dimension, volume 5 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Social evolution.
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Nomads.
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nomadism.
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nomads.
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Nomads
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Social evolution
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Barfield, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1950- editor.
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Bondarenko, D. M., editor
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Kradin, N. N., editor
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T︠S︡entr t︠s︡ivilizat︠s︡ionnykh i regionalʹnykh issledovaniĭ (Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk), issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9780994032577 |
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0994032579 |
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0994032560 |
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9780994032560 |
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