Beatrice Forbes Manz (Massachusetts Tufts University)

Broschiertes Buch

Nomads in the Middle East

Beschreibung

A history of pastoral nomads in the Islamic Middle East from the rise of Islam to the decline of nomads in the twentieth century. This offers a vivid insight into the role of nomads in war, trade, and state-building throughout history, and their impact on the politics, culture, and ideology of the region.

Autor

Beatrice Forbes Manz is Professor of History at Tufts University where she teaches the history of the Middle East and Inner Asia, with a particular interest in pastoral nomads. She is the author of The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane and Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2007) which was awarded the Houshang Pourshariati Book Award in Iranian Studies, and the best-seller The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane (Cambridge University Press, 1989). She is also the author of numerous articles and chapters in collected words on the history of the Timurids, the Mongol Empire and nomad societies, including in The New Cambridge History of Islam, The Cambridge History of Inner Asia and The Cambridge History of War.

Produktdetails

• Themes in Islamic History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 203mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780521531634
• ISBN-10: 0521531632
• Artikelnr.: 62110256