Title Sui-Tang China and its Turko-Mongol neighbors : culture, power, and connections, 580-800 / Jonathan Karam Skaff

Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps Series Oxford studies in early empires Oxford studies in early empires. Contents Part I: Historical and geographical background. Eastern Eurasian geography, history and warfare ; China-Inner Asian borderlands: discourse and reality -- part II: Eastern Eurasian society and culture. Power through patronage: patrimonial political networking ; Ideology and interstate competition ; Diplomacy as Eurasian ritual. -- Part III: Negotiating diplomatic relationships. Negotiating investiture ; Negotiating kinship ; Horse trading and other material bargains ; Breaking bonds Summary This publication challenges the notion that inhabitants of medieval China and Mongolia were irreconcilably different from each other. The author upends the notion that inhabitants of China and Mongolia were irreconcilably different and hostile to each other Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 24, 2012) Subject Balance of power -- History -- To 1500 Borderlands -- China -- History -- To 1500 Borderlands -- Asia, Central -- History -- To 1500 Mongols -- Asia, Central -- History -- To 1500 Turkic peoples -- Asia, Central -- History -- To 1500 Nomads -- Asia, Central -- History -- To 1500 Balance of power Borderlands Mongols Nomads International relations Tang Dynasty (China) Turkic peoples SUBJECT Asia, Central -- Relations -- China China -- History -- Sui dynasty, 581-618. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024058 China -- History -- Tang dynasty, 618-907. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024059 China -- Relations -- Asia, Central Subject Central Asia China Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199950195 0199950199

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