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By steppe, desert, and ocean : the birth of Eurasia /

By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage, from Europe to China, it is a tale covering over 10,000 years, from the origins of farming around 9000 BC to the expansion of the Mong...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cunliffe, Barry W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Land and the People
  • 2. The Domestication of Eurasia, 10,000
  • 5000 BC
  • 3. Horses and Copper: The Centrality of the Steppe, 5000
  • 2500 BC
  • 4. The Opening of the Eurasian Steppe, 2500
  • 1600 BC
  • 5. Nomads and Empires: The First Confrontations, 1600
  • 600 BC
  • 6. Learning from Each Other: Interaction along the Interface, 600
  • 250 BC
  • 7. The Continent Connected, 250 BC
  • AD 250
  • 8. The Age of Perpetual War, AD 250
  • 650
  • 9. The Beginning of a New World Order, AD 650
  • 840
  • 10. The Disintegration of Empires, AD 840
  • 1150
  • 11. The Steppe Triumphant, AD 1150
  • 1300
  • 12. Looking Back, Looking Forwards.