Nomadic Empires sheds new light on 2,000 years of military history and geopolitics. The Mongol Empire of Genghis-Khan and his heirs was the greatest empire in world history. For 2,000 years, from the fifth century B.C. to the fifteenth century A.D., the steppe areas of Asia, from the borders of Manchuria to the Black Sea, were a one of turbulence, threatening settled peoples from China to Russia and Hungary, including Iran, India, the Byantine empire, and even Syria. It was a true world stage that was affected by these destructive nomads variously called Indo-Europeans, Turkic peoples, or Mongols. Now in paperback, this cogent, well-written volume examines these nomadic people,