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020			_a9781526630414
037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books, Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_a950 _bHAR/EM
100			_aKenneth W Harl
245			_aEMPIRES OF STEPPES _bHistory of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
250			_a1
260			_aUK _bBloomsbury _c2024
300			_g572
500			_aA narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped world civilization. The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced some of the world’s greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, among others. Their deeds still resonate today. Indeed, these nomads built long-lasting empires, facilitated the first global trade of the Silk Road and disseminated religions, technology, knowledge and goods of every description that enriched and changed the lives of so many across Europe, China and the Middle East. From a single region emerged a great many peoples—the Huns, the Mongols, the Magyars, the Turks, the Xiongnu, the Scythians, the Goths—all of whom went on to profoundly and irrevocably shape the modern world. In this new, comprehensive history, Professor Kenneth W. Harl vividly re-creates the lives and world of these often-forgotten peoples from their beginnings to the early modern age. Their brutal struggle to survive on the steppes bred a resilient, pragmatic people ever ready to learn from their more advanced neighbors. In warfare, they dominated the battlefield for over fifteen hundred years. Under charismatic rulers, they could topple empires and win their own.
505			_aEurasian Steppes, Scythians, Great King of Persia, Alexander the Great, Modu Chanyu, Great Wall of China, Xiongnu. Silk Road, Parthians, Northern Wei, Hephthalites, Turkish Kaghans, Tang Emperors, Turks and Caliphate, Seljuk Turks, Prester John, Gurkhans of Cathay, Temujin, Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Marco Polo, Tamerlane
650			_aHistory & geography
650			_aHistory of Asia
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999			_c194522 _d194522