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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 |
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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-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 |
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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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Reimagining the Silk Roads : Interactions and Perceptions Across Eurasia
| Reimagining the Silk Roads : Interactions and Perceptions Across Eurasia |
| Autore | Henderson Julian |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 pages) |
| Disciplina | 950 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
L. MorganStephen
SaloniaMatteo |
| ISBN |
1-04-027281-9
1-003-34870-X 1-04-027274-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Reimagining the 'Silk Roads' : an introduction / Julian Henderson, Stephen L. Morgan and Matteo Salonia -- Climates of the Silk Road through the common era / Matt Jones -- Ecological variability and early agriculture along the proto-Silk Roads / Tengwen Long -- Diseases and the medieval Silk Roads / Chris King -- Roman palmyra as a hub of trade and commerce : material, epigraphic and numismatic evidence / Andreas Kopp -- Abbasid Caliphate and Tang Dynasty in the ninth and tenth centuries : trade, acculturation, and transformation / Julian Henderson -- Natron glass and the silk roads in the first millennium BCE / Qin-Qin Lü -- A 'lion' on the Silk Road / Gilberto Artioli et al. -- Buddhist missionaries at medieval Chinese courts : state ideologists and soul savers / Junqing Wu -- The Sogdians, the 'cultural bees' of Eurasia / Pin Lyu -- Huns and Romans in the fourth century / George Woudhuysen -- Christianity on the Silk Roads / Teng Li -- Dzhankent (Kazakhstan) - an early medieval trading node on the northern Silk Road / Irina Arzhantseva and Heinrich Haerke -- Replacing the Silk Road? Central Asian merchants between China and Scandinavia, 840-1000 CE / Marek Jankowiak -- Slavery and human trafficking along the medieval Silk Roads, c. 800 to c.1350 / Claire Taylor -- Mapping Knowledge about the Eurasian Silk Roads in the fifteenth century / Georg Schindler -- The Silk Road in Northeast Asia : courtly gift-giving, 668-1449 / James Fujitani -- Iberian Silk Roads : spices, silver and souls / Matteo Salonia -- Southeast Asia, China, and the 'maritime silk roads', c.900-1650 / Stephen L. Morgan -- The birth of Silk Road studies in China : Hedin, Andersson and Sino-Swedish collaboration in Republican China / Jan Romgard -- The Belt and Road Initiative at ten (2013-2023) : a crucial juncture for China's infrastructure geopolitics / Benjamin Barton -- The road which binds : the BRI, nationalism, and the securitization of Xinjiang / David O'Brien, Melissa Shani Brown -- Visualising the Silk Roads / Julian Henderson, Stephen L. Morgan and Matteo Salonia -- Conclusion : questioning and recovering the Silk Roads / Matteo Salonia, Stephen L. Morgan and Julian Henderson. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910917489603321 |
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Henderson Julian
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| Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Trajectories of State Formation across Fifteenth-Century Islamic West-Asia : Eurasian Parallels, Connections and Divergences / / Jo Van Steenbergen
| Trajectories of State Formation across Fifteenth-Century Islamic West-Asia : Eurasian Parallels, Connections and Divergences / / Jo Van Steenbergen |
| Autore | Van Steenbergen Jo |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brill, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 905 |
| Collana | Rulers & Elites |
| Soggetto topico | History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Regional & national history
Asian history |
| ISBN | 90-04-43131-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- List of Figures, Tables and Maps -- List on Contributors -- Introduction: State Formation in the Fifteenth Century and the Western Eurasian Canvas: Problems and Opportunities -- Jo Van Steenbergen -- Maps -- Part 1: Whither the Fifteenth Century? -- 1 From Temür to Selim: Trajectories of Turko-Mongol State Formation in Islamic West-Asia’s Long Fifteenth Century -- Jo Van Steenbergen -- 2 Studying Rulers and States across Fifteenth Century Western Eurasia -- Jan Dumolyn and Jo Van Steenbergen -- Part 2: From Cairo to Constantinople: The Construction of West-Asian Centers of Power -- 3 The Road to the Citadel as a Chain of Opportunity: Mamluks’ Careers between Contingency and Institutionalization -- Kristof D’hulster -- 4 The Syro-Egyptian Sultanate in Transformation, 1496–1498: Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad b. Qaytbay and the Reformation of mamlūk Institutions and Symbols of State Power -- Albrecht Fuess -- 5 Tales of Viziers and Wine: Interpreting Early Ottoman Narratives of State Centralization -- Dimitri Kastritsis -- Part 3: From Khwaf to Alexandria: The Accommodation of West-Asian Peripheries of Power -- 6 Iranian Elites under the Timurids -- Beatrice F. Manz -- 7 The Judges of Mecca and Mamluk Hegemony -- John L. Meloy -- 8 The Syrian Commercial Elite and Mamluk State-Building in the Fifteenth Century -- Patrick Wing -- 9 Settling Accounts with the Sultan: Cortesia , Zemechia and Venetian Fiscality in Fifteenth Century Alexandria -- Georg Christ -- Index. |
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Van Steenbergen Jo
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| Brill, 2020 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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