Bryan K. Miller

Xiongnu (eBook, ePUB)

The World's First Nomadic Empire

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book raises the case of the world's first nomadic empire, the Xiongnu, as a prime example of the sophisticated developments and powerful influence of nomadic regimes. Launching from a reconceptualization of the social and economic institutions of mobile pastoralists, Bryan K. Miller traces the course of the Xiongnu Empire from before its initial rise to after its eventual fall.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190083717
• Artikelnr.: 72257212

Autorenporträt

Bryan K. Miller is Assistant Professor of Central Asian Art & Archaeology in History of Art and Assistant Curator of Chinese Archaeology at the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology at the University of Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
1. Nomad Protagonists
2. Kingdoms of Those Who Draw the Bow
3. Masters of the Steppe
4. Rule by the Horse
5. Of Wolves and Sheep
6. Masters of the Continental Worlds
7. Hunnic Heritage
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Appendix
Index