By Steppe, Desert and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia

by: Cunliffe, B.

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 The story of the peoples of Eurasia, from the birth of farming to the expansion of the Mongols in the thirteenth century. An immense historical panorama set on a huge continental stage, this is also the story of how humans first started building the global system we know today

The land and the people
The domestication of Eurasia, 10,000-5000 BC
Horses and copper : the centrality of the steppe, 5000-2500 BC
The opening of the Eurasian steppe, 2500-1600 BC
Nomads and empires : the first confrontations, 1600-600 BC
Learning from each other : interaction along the interface, 600-250 BC
The continent connected, 250 BC-AD 250
The age of perpetual war, AD 250-650
The beginning of a new world order, AD 650-840
The disintegration of empires, AD 840-1150
The steppe triumphant, AD 1150-1300
Looking back, looking forwards

Originally published 2015

Subjects:
Antiquities
Civilization
Eurasia
Eurasia Antiquities
Eurasia Civilization
Eurasia History
Écologie humaine Eurasie
Êtres humains Eurasie Migrations
HISTORY Civilization
HISTORY Oceania
History
Human beings Eurasia Migrations
Human beings Migrations
Human ecology
Human ecology Eurasia
International relations
International relations History
LITERARY CRITICISM Subjects & Themes Historical Events

xi, 530 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 25 cm

By Steppe, Desert and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia

by: Cunliffe, B.

• ISBN-13: 9780199689187 / 978-0-19-968918-7
• ISBN-03: 0199689180 / 0-19-968918-0
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017

Price: 25,00 EURO

1 copy in stock