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BY STEPPE, DESERT, AND OCEAN: THE BIRTH OF EURASIA

by Barry Cunliffe

Published by Oxford University Press. Circa. 2015

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. How humankind first started building the globalized world we know today. A tale of war, invasion, migration and the rise and fall of empires, covering a vast historical canvas from China to the Atlantic world. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ix and 530 pages including index.

Fourth impression. Text block faintly grubby else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny nick to top rear panel edge.

ISBN: 9780199689170
Stock no. 1830240

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Contents

  • 1 The Land and the People
  • 2 The Domestication of Eurasia: 10,000-5,000BC
  • 3 Horses and Copper: The Centrality of the Steppe, 5000-2500BC
  • 4 The Opening of the Eurasian Steppe, 2500-1600BC
  • 5 Nomads and Empires: The First Confrontations, 1600-600BC
  • 6 Learning from Each Other:
  • Interaction along the interface, 600-250BC
  • 7 The Continental Connected, 250BC-AD250
  • 8 The Age of Perpetual War, AD250-650
  • 9 The Beginning of a New World Order, AD650-840
  • 10 The Disentegration of Empires, AD840-1150
  • 11 The Steppe Triumphant, AD1150-1300
  • 12 Looking Back, Looking Forwards
  • A Guide to Further Reading
  • Illustration Sources
  • Index

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