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Ancient China and its enemies : the rise of nomadic power in East Asian history /

Relations between Inner Asian nomads and Chinese are a continuous theme throughout Chinese history. By investigating the formation of nomadic cultures, by analyzing the evolution of patterns of interaction along China's northern frontiers, and by exploring how this interaction was recorded in e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Di Cosmo, Nicola, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Steppe Highway: Rise of Pastoral Nomadism as a Eurasian phenomenon
  • Bronze, Eron and Gold: Evolution of nomadic cultures on the Northern frontier of China
  • Beasts and birds: Historical context of early Chinese perceptions of northern peoples
  • Walls and horses: Beginning of historical contacts between horse-riding Nomads and Chinese states
  • Those who draw the bow: Rise of the Hsiung-nu Nomadic Empire and the political unification of the Nomads
  • From peace to war: China's shift from appeasement to military engagement
  • In search of grass and water: Ethnography and history of the North in the Historian's Records
  • Taming the North: Rationalization of the nomads in Ssu-ma Ch'ien's historical thought Conclusion.