Author:
Miller, Bryan Kristopher, author.
ImprintNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Descriptionxvii, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Note:Nomad protagonists -- Kingdoms of those who draw the bow -- Masters of the Steppe -- Rule by the horse -- Of wolves and sheep -- Masters of the Continental worlds -- Hunnic heritage.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-354) and index.
Note:"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, the collective chapters trace the course of the Xiongnu Empire from before its initial rise to after its eventual fall. By weaving together archaeological examinations with historical investigations, the book presents a more complex and nuanced narrative of how an empire based firmly in the steppe over two thousand years ago managed to formulate a robust political economy and a complex political matrix that capitalized on mobilities and alternative forms of political participation in order to dominated vast realms of central Eurasia and the many worlds around them."-- Provided by publisher.
