Inner Asia and the Spatial Politics of Empire

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Honeychurch, William	-
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-30T06:17:31Z	-
dc.date.available	2018-10-30T06:17:31Z	-
dc.date.issued	2015	-
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4939-1815-7	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/15653	-
dc.description	This book explores the lesser known side of the Inner Asian frontier, a world of nomadic societies representing a different kind of civilization that arose from lifeways of herding and movement across the landscape. These mobile peoples built expansive polities that challenged, conquered, and ruled many of the great civilizations of the Old World. Although histories recount these exploits as the workings of great leaders who were as ruthless as they were charismatic, in fact, steppe history is not just a narrative of kings, emperors, and aristocratic elite. It is a narrative that cannot be told without the common herders, farmers, hunters, and crafts people who made up the diverse communities of the Eurasian steppe. From these grasslands comes a mystery that continues to perplex historians and anthropologists to this day. How did these people—who lived primarily as nomads, moving their animals with the seasons, and living in tents	-
dc.language	en	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer	en_US
dc.subject	Spatial Politics	en_US
dc.title	Inner Asia and the Spatial Politics of Empire	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US
Appears in Collections:	Archeology and Heritage Management

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