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By steppe, desert, and ocean : the birth of Eurasia / / Prof Sir Barry Cunliffe
| By steppe, desert, and ocean : the birth of Eurasia / / Prof Sir Barry Cunliffe |
| Autore | Cunliffe Barry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (541 p.) |
| Disciplina | 930 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-100336-0
0-19-100335-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; 1: The Land and the People ; Prime Movers; The Land of Eurasia; The Mountain Skeleton; The Steppe Corridor; The Deserts; The Ocean; Intensifying Connectivity; Regions of Precocious Development; The South West Asian Homeland; The East Asian Homeland; Geography Matters; 2: The Domestication of Eurasia,10,000-5000 BC ; The Changing Environment of the Fertile Crescent; New Strategies for Subsistence; The Beginnings of Agriculture; Relocation and a New Stability, 6900-5400 BC
Out of South West AsiaTo the Nile Valley; To Baluchistan and the Indus; To the Fringes of the Deserts of Central Asia; By Sea to the Islands and to Europe; Across the European Peninsula; Into the Steppe; The East Asian Cradle; The Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Yangtze Valley; The Origins of Millet Cultivation in the Yellow River Region; The Steppe Corridor: Some Possibilities; Retrospect; 3: Horses and Copper: The Centrality of the Steppe, 5000-2500 BC ; Herders and Farmers on the Pontic-Caspian Steppe, 5200-4500 BC; Whence Came Woolly Sheep?; The Horse The Steppe Interface with Europe, 4300-3500 BCThe Caucasian Barrier; The Late Uruk Expansion; Uruk and the Maikop Elite, 3700-3100 BC; Back to the Steppe: The Yamnaya Complex, 3300-2800 BC; Covered Wagons; Across the Kazakh Steppe; Into Transcaucasia, 3000-2500 BC; Coloured Stones and Glittering Copper; The Carpathian-Balkan Achievement; The Adoption of Copper Technology throughout the Steppe; Perspective; 4: The Opening of the Eurasian Steppe, 2500-1600 BC ; Mesopotamia, 2900-1600 BC; Across the Iranian Plateau; The Indus Valley; The Desert Cities of Western Central Asia Chariot Warriors on the Steppe: The Sintashta CultureAcross the Deserts of Central Asia; The Western Steppe in the Early Second Millennium; From the Altai to the Tarim Basin; The Gansu Corridor; 5: Nomads and Empires: The First Confrontations, 1600-600 BC; Band of Brothers: The Great Powers in the Near East, 1500-1200 BC; The Collapse of the Regional Kingdoms, 1200-900 BC; The Assyrian Empire: Its Rise and Fall, 900-612 BC; Maritime Systems in the West, 1000-600 BC; The Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, 1500-600 BC; Medes and Persians on the Iranian Plateau, 1400-600 BC China and the Early States, 1700-481 BCChinese Chariots; The Steppe Corridor; The Altai-Sayan region; The Nomads of the Pontic-Caspian Steppe; Who Were the Scythians?; Steppe Culture and the Western Sedentary States, 800-600 BC; Nomads and the Chinese States, 800-600 BC; Nomads and Empires; 6: Learning from Each Other: Interaction along the Interface, 600-250 BC ; The Rise of the Persian Empire; An Empire of Provinces; The European Opposition and the Rise of Macedon; Alexander: The Last King of Persia; Hellenism in the East; The Indian Interface and the Beginnings of Ocean Trade Scythians on the Pontic Steppe and in Europe, 600-300 BC |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461114303321 |
Cunliffe Barry
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| New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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By steppe, desert, and ocean : the birth of Eurasia / / Prof Sir Barry Cunliffe
| By steppe, desert, and ocean : the birth of Eurasia / / Prof Sir Barry Cunliffe |
| Autore | Cunliffe Barry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (541 p.) |
| Disciplina | 930 |
| ISBN |
0-19-100336-0
0-19-100335-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; 1: The Land and the People ; Prime Movers; The Land of Eurasia; The Mountain Skeleton; The Steppe Corridor; The Deserts; The Ocean; Intensifying Connectivity; Regions of Precocious Development; The South West Asian Homeland; The East Asian Homeland; Geography Matters; 2: The Domestication of Eurasia,10,000-5000 BC ; The Changing Environment of the Fertile Crescent; New Strategies for Subsistence; The Beginnings of Agriculture; Relocation and a New Stability, 6900-5400 BC
Out of South West AsiaTo the Nile Valley; To Baluchistan and the Indus; To the Fringes of the Deserts of Central Asia; By Sea to the Islands and to Europe; Across the European Peninsula; Into the Steppe; The East Asian Cradle; The Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Yangtze Valley; The Origins of Millet Cultivation in the Yellow River Region; The Steppe Corridor: Some Possibilities; Retrospect; 3: Horses and Copper: The Centrality of the Steppe, 5000-2500 BC ; Herders and Farmers on the Pontic-Caspian Steppe, 5200-4500 BC; Whence Came Woolly Sheep?; The Horse The Steppe Interface with Europe, 4300-3500 BCThe Caucasian Barrier; The Late Uruk Expansion; Uruk and the Maikop Elite, 3700-3100 BC; Back to the Steppe: The Yamnaya Complex, 3300-2800 BC; Covered Wagons; Across the Kazakh Steppe; Into Transcaucasia, 3000-2500 BC; Coloured Stones and Glittering Copper; The Carpathian-Balkan Achievement; The Adoption of Copper Technology throughout the Steppe; Perspective; 4: The Opening of the Eurasian Steppe, 2500-1600 BC ; Mesopotamia, 2900-1600 BC; Across the Iranian Plateau; The Indus Valley; The Desert Cities of Western Central Asia Chariot Warriors on the Steppe: The Sintashta CultureAcross the Deserts of Central Asia; The Western Steppe in the Early Second Millennium; From the Altai to the Tarim Basin; The Gansu Corridor; 5: Nomads and Empires: The First Confrontations, 1600-600 BC; Band of Brothers: The Great Powers in the Near East, 1500-1200 BC; The Collapse of the Regional Kingdoms, 1200-900 BC; The Assyrian Empire: Its Rise and Fall, 900-612 BC; Maritime Systems in the West, 1000-600 BC; The Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, 1500-600 BC; Medes and Persians on the Iranian Plateau, 1400-600 BC China and the Early States, 1700-481 BCChinese Chariots; The Steppe Corridor; The Altai-Sayan region; The Nomads of the Pontic-Caspian Steppe; Who Were the Scythians?; Steppe Culture and the Western Sedentary States, 800-600 BC; Nomads and the Chinese States, 800-600 BC; Nomads and Empires; 6: Learning from Each Other: Interaction along the Interface, 600-250 BC ; The Rise of the Persian Empire; An Empire of Provinces; The European Opposition and the Rise of Macedon; Alexander: The Last King of Persia; Hellenism in the East; The Indian Interface and the Beginnings of Ocean Trade Scythians on the Pontic Steppe and in Europe, 600-300 BC |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797427303321 |
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Cunliffe Barry
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| New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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By steppe, desert, and ocean : the birth of Eurasia / / Prof Sir Barry Cunliffe
| By steppe, desert, and ocean : the birth of Eurasia / / Prof Sir Barry Cunliffe |
| Autore | Cunliffe Barry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (541 p.) |
| Disciplina | 930 |
| ISBN |
0-19-100336-0
0-19-100335-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; 1: The Land and the People ; Prime Movers; The Land of Eurasia; The Mountain Skeleton; The Steppe Corridor; The Deserts; The Ocean; Intensifying Connectivity; Regions of Precocious Development; The South West Asian Homeland; The East Asian Homeland; Geography Matters; 2: The Domestication of Eurasia,10,000-5000 BC ; The Changing Environment of the Fertile Crescent; New Strategies for Subsistence; The Beginnings of Agriculture; Relocation and a New Stability, 6900-5400 BC
Out of South West AsiaTo the Nile Valley; To Baluchistan and the Indus; To the Fringes of the Deserts of Central Asia; By Sea to the Islands and to Europe; Across the European Peninsula; Into the Steppe; The East Asian Cradle; The Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Yangtze Valley; The Origins of Millet Cultivation in the Yellow River Region; The Steppe Corridor: Some Possibilities; Retrospect; 3: Horses and Copper: The Centrality of the Steppe, 5000-2500 BC ; Herders and Farmers on the Pontic-Caspian Steppe, 5200-4500 BC; Whence Came Woolly Sheep?; The Horse The Steppe Interface with Europe, 4300-3500 BCThe Caucasian Barrier; The Late Uruk Expansion; Uruk and the Maikop Elite, 3700-3100 BC; Back to the Steppe: The Yamnaya Complex, 3300-2800 BC; Covered Wagons; Across the Kazakh Steppe; Into Transcaucasia, 3000-2500 BC; Coloured Stones and Glittering Copper; The Carpathian-Balkan Achievement; The Adoption of Copper Technology throughout the Steppe; Perspective; 4: The Opening of the Eurasian Steppe, 2500-1600 BC ; Mesopotamia, 2900-1600 BC; Across the Iranian Plateau; The Indus Valley; The Desert Cities of Western Central Asia Chariot Warriors on the Steppe: The Sintashta CultureAcross the Deserts of Central Asia; The Western Steppe in the Early Second Millennium; From the Altai to the Tarim Basin; The Gansu Corridor; 5: Nomads and Empires: The First Confrontations, 1600-600 BC; Band of Brothers: The Great Powers in the Near East, 1500-1200 BC; The Collapse of the Regional Kingdoms, 1200-900 BC; The Assyrian Empire: Its Rise and Fall, 900-612 BC; Maritime Systems in the West, 1000-600 BC; The Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, 1500-600 BC; Medes and Persians on the Iranian Plateau, 1400-600 BC China and the Early States, 1700-481 BCChinese Chariots; The Steppe Corridor; The Altai-Sayan region; The Nomads of the Pontic-Caspian Steppe; Who Were the Scythians?; Steppe Culture and the Western Sedentary States, 800-600 BC; Nomads and the Chinese States, 800-600 BC; Nomads and Empires; 6: Learning from Each Other: Interaction along the Interface, 600-250 BC ; The Rise of the Persian Empire; An Empire of Provinces; The European Opposition and the Rise of Macedon; Alexander: The Last King of Persia; Hellenism in the East; The Indian Interface and the Beginnings of Ocean Trade Scythians on the Pontic Steppe and in Europe, 600-300 BC |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828712303321 |
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Cunliffe Barry
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| New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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On the ocean : the Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500 / / Barry Cunliffe
| On the ocean : the Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500 / / Barry Cunliffe |
| Autore | Cunliffe Barry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (642 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 909.09 |
| Soggetto topico | Ocean and civilization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN |
0-19-107534-5
0-19-107533-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; 1. Those in peril on the sea -- ; 2. The combat that is called navigation -- ; 3. Taking to the sea -- ; 4. Two seas, many responses, 5300-1200 BC -- ; 5. The eastern Mediterranean cauldron, 5300-1200 BC -- ; 6. Exploring the ends of the world, 1200-600 BC -- ; 7. Of ships and sails: a technical interlude -- ; 8. Exploring the outer ocean, 600-100 BC -- ; 9. The Atlantic community, 100 BC -- AD 500 -- ; 10. An end and a beginning, 300-800 -- ; 11. The age of the Northmen, 780-1100 -- ; 12. The new European order, 1100-1400 -- ; 13. The ocean conquered, 1400-1510 -- ; 14. Reflections on the ocean -- Glossary of nautical terms. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796388203321 |
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Cunliffe Barry
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| London, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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On the ocean : the Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500 / / Barry Cunliffe
| On the ocean : the Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500 / / Barry Cunliffe |
| Autore | Cunliffe Barry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (642 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 909.09 |
| Soggetto topico | Ocean and civilization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN |
0-19-107534-5
0-19-107533-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; 1. Those in peril on the sea -- ; 2. The combat that is called navigation -- ; 3. Taking to the sea -- ; 4. Two seas, many responses, 5300-1200 BC -- ; 5. The eastern Mediterranean cauldron, 5300-1200 BC -- ; 6. Exploring the ends of the world, 1200-600 BC -- ; 7. Of ships and sails: a technical interlude -- ; 8. Exploring the outer ocean, 600-100 BC -- ; 9. The Atlantic community, 100 BC -- AD 500 -- ; 10. An end and a beginning, 300-800 -- ; 11. The age of the Northmen, 780-1100 -- ; 12. The new European order, 1100-1400 -- ; 13. The ocean conquered, 1400-1510 -- ; 14. Reflections on the ocean -- Glossary of nautical terms. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811470403321 |
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Cunliffe Barry
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| London, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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