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

by Barry Cunliffe

Published by Oxford University Press. 1st. 2015

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.

Light edge-creasing to wrapper.

ISBN: 9780199689170
Stock no. 2122105

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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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