{"product_id":"nomadic-cultures-in-the-mega-structure-of-eurasian-world-9781618115522","title":"Nomadic Cultures in the Mega-Structure of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo major dividing lines have formed the megastructure of Eurasia, determining the historical epochs of the continent’s peoples. The first, vertical (longitudinal) line has separated East and West since the Paleolithic Age. The East was dominated by Mongol peoples speaking Sino-Tibetan, Manchu-Tungus, and Altaic languages. The Caucasoid peoples of the West spoke mostly Indo-European, Semite, and Finno-Ugric languages. The second line divided the continent horizontally (by latitude) into North and South. This division was closely connected with the Eurasian Steppe Belt. To the north of it lay the world of hunter-gatherers and fishermen. To the south, settled agriculture was dominant. The Steppe Belt itself was the domain of pastoralists, the nomadic and semi-nomadic herders. These lines converged at the entrance to the Great Silk Road. With the swift development of horse domestication and horseback riding, the nomads moved – from the Early Metal Age (V–IV BCE) to the Genghis Khan's and Genghisids Great  Empire (13–15 cents. AD) – to the forefront of Eurasian history as their world became increasingly involved in dramatic and sometimes tragic relationships with their southern neighbors. This book focuses on the tangle of problems of these nomadic peoples’ history.  ​\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Chernykh’s work has a number of qualities that make it a valuable addition to the histories of Eurasia. [...] Every chapter is more extensively illustrated than any other history of Eurasia with color photographs, drawings, maps and charts that make the complex information in that chapter extremely clear. [...] In short, for anyone, student or scholar, with an interest in the history of Eurasia and its place in world history this is a valuable work that can be highly recommended.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e - International Journal of Russian Studies (2018) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Tragic Century . . .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Every Earth Zone . . .”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarth . . . the Progenitor of all Things\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. The Steppe Belt in the Mega-Structure of the Eurasian World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. The Formation of the Eurasian World \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStructure and Mega-Structure in Eurasian Geoecology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCulture and Subsistence Strategy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Long Road to a Continental Mega-Structure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour Continental “Enclaves”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Transitions from North to South: Geoecology, Subsistence and the Eurasian Steppe Belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorth–South, East–West \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Geoecological “Cake” of Eurasia \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDifferences between the Domains\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Geoecology of the Eurasian Steppe Belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe West-Eurasian Steppe and Its Borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dzungarian Gate and Mongolian Mountain Steppe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArabian Desert Plateaus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Domain of Nomadic Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Transitions from East to West: Across the Layers of the Eurasian Geoecology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe East in Eurocentric Perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDividing Lines and Defining Borders: The Mountains between East and West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Line between Asia and Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWest and East Beyond the Geoecological Framework\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnthropology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLinguistics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeological Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. The Archaeology of Nomadic Cultures \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Archaeology and History: Sources of Difference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchaeology and History: Pre-Literate and Literate \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstanding Differences in Method and Approach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterpreting Archaeological Sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Complexity of Burial Structures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchaeologists as the Denizens of the Afterworld\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe “Mongolian Syndrome” of Nomadic Cultures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. “Gifts” from the Nomads: Pastoral Contributions to World History \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-Perception and the Perception of Others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerception of the Steppe Nomads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorse Riding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonotheism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMounds and Mausoleums \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe “Bridge” between East and West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tides of Cultural Influence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Nomadic Cultures in the Early Metal Age: Archaeological Time, Technology, and Territor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Duration of Archaeological Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRiders and Metal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetal and the “Ages” of Prehistory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt the Origins of Metallurgy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOther Innovations of the Early Metal Age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccepted Norms and Acceptable Industries \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly Metal Age as a Eurasian Phenomenon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTerritorial “Leaps” of Early Metal Age Cultures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Problem of Spatial Stagnation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. The “Proto-Metal” Age in Eurasia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Roots of the Early Metal Age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEastern Anatolia: Çayönü Tepesi,  Tell Halula, Nevali Çori and Göbekli Tepe, Körtik Tepe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCentral Anatolia: Asikli-Höyük, Çatal-Höyük\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Levant: Jericho and Tell Aswad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe End of the “Proto-Metal” Age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. Metallurgical Revolution in the Carpatho-Balkan Region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeginning of the Metal Age: Chalcolithic\/Eneolithic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Balkan Neolithic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Structure of the Carpatho-Balkan Metallurgical Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Central Block: The Varna Necropolis, the Ai Bunar Copper Mine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Second Block: The Tripolye Community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Third Block: Herders in the Steppe \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultural Continuity in the Steppe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDriving Change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9. The Origins of the Circumpontic Metallurgical Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Emergence of a New Province and the Start of the Early Bronze Age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mounds of the “Maykop”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Maykop” Settlements and Economy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mysteries of the “Maykop”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10. The Circumpontic Metallurgical Province and Caucasian “Corridor” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Turn of the Middle Bronze Age in the Southern Domain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe “Occupation” of the Carpatho-Balkan Zone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArslantepe: The “Hall of Weapons” and the “Royal Tomb”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Metal in Arslantepe and Its Parallels \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraces of the South in the “Maykop” North\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the Proto-Circumpontic to the Circumpontic Metallurgical Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Drift of Gold around the Black Sea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorthern Axes in the South\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11. The Circumpontic Province and the Nomads of the Steppe Belt \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Middle Bronze Age in the Northern Domain \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree Groups of North-Caucasian Cultures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Impulse to the North: The Steppe Kurgan Cultures \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe “Yamna” Archaeological Community \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe “Pioneers” of Mining-Metallurgical Industries in the Steppe \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe First Wave of Nomadic Migration from West to East \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Catacomb Archaeological Community \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Radiocarbon Chronology of Steppe Cultures \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMontelius’s Morphological Paradigm and the Steppe Communities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12. Great Leap and Great Stagnation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Late Bronze Age \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Genie, Bursting out of the Furnace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefining the Great Stagnation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cultural Core of Eurasia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13. The Second Millennium: Revolutionary Changes in the Eurasian Steppe \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the Ruins of the Circumpontic Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe West-Asian (Eurasian) Metallurgical Province: Change in the Character of Cultures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe “Democratic” Character of the Steppe Cultures \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dawn of the West-Asian Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe West-Asian Province: The Period of Stabilization \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Kargaly Mining-Metallurgical Center Phenomenon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Disintegration of the West-Asian Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Second and Third Waves from the West to the East\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Peculiarities of the West-Asian Province and a Number of Unanswerable Questions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14. The Neighbours of the West-Asian Metallurgical Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Formation of New Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe European Metallurgical Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Caucasian Metallurgical Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe West-Asian, European and Caucasian Provinces: The Differences in Focus \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Iranian-Anatolian Metallurgical Province \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hyksos–Manetho–Josephus Flavius \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15. From the Center of Asia to the West: The Forerunners of Genghis Khan?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Seima-Turbino Transcultural Phenomenon \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCemeteries or Memorial Sanctuaries? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Metal of “Seima-Turbino” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChemical-Metallurgical Groups \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnimal Images on the “Seima-Turbino” Metalwork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Caravan of Animals: The “Hallmarks” of Strangers from the East \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cultures of Central Asia and the “Mongolian Syndrome” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeign Warriors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe End of the Seima-Turbino Phenomenon \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16. East Asian Steppe and Ancient Chinese Metallurgical Provinces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Search of “Seima-Turbino” Heritage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Karasuk Culture and the East Asian Steppe Metallurgical Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ancient Chinese (Shang-Zhou) Metallurgical Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17. At the Roots of the Age of Iron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fifth Age of Metal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Spatial and Chronological Framework of the Iron Age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Periodization of Technological and Social Development: The Problem of Coordination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18. The Scythian World through the Eyes of Herodotus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Scythians: Who Are They?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Origins of the Scythians According to Herodotus \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Funerals of Kings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Scythians and the Hellenes: Inter-Perceptions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19. The Scythian World through the Eyes of Archaeologists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Scythians: Who Are They (Archaeologically)?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Thousand Years On: The Heirs of the “Maykop” Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Greatness of Scythian Burial Mounds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Royal Kurgans and Their Geography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScythian Metals and Their Sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScythian Gold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Rejection of the Old World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Irrational Aspect of Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sarmatians Replace the Scythians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III. Nomadic Culture in Historical Context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20. The Transformation of the Pastoralists of Arabia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Sources of Revelation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Battle of Badr and the Beginning of the Muslim Conquests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Wave of Conquests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecond Wave of Conquests: Iberian Peninsula\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBattle of Talas and Dzungarian Gate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 21. A Collision of Worlds: Islam and Catholicism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntellectual Rise in Arab Caliphates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeographical Lore in Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEurope Aims at Palestine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe People’s Crusade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Capture of Jerusalem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Further Adventures of the Cross\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 22. The First Wave from the East: the Huns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollapse of the Pillars of Stability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Huns in the West \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAttila the Hun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfter Attila\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 23. The “Huns” in the East\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere Are Their Roots? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Xiongnu and the Han: The Reliability of Chinese Texts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Pendulum of Victory and Defeat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeak Han, Strong “Huns”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Telling Exchange between Chanyu and Emperor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnticing the Xiongnu: The Advice of Jia Yi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Importance of Military Organization: The Advice of Chao Cuo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrong Han, Weak “Huns”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tombs of the Eastern “Huns”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 24. A Second Wave from the East: The Turks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChaos in Peoples, Chaos in Chronicles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Successors of the Xiongnu: Rouran and Xianbei\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurkic Khanates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRhythms of Victory and Defeat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Turkic World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Search of Correspondence between Written and Archaeological Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 25. The Heirs of the Western Turkic Khanate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho are the Bulgars? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKhazars and Their Khanate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Oghuz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 26. The Third Wave from the East: China and the Mongols\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe “Secret History” of the Mongols\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMengda Beilu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDynastic Histories and Chronicles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildhood and Adolescence of Temujin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe First Steps of Genghis Khan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Year of the Tiger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Conquest of Tangut: The Western Xia Dynasty and the Death of Genghis Khan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Defeat of the Jurchen Jin \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Demise of the Song Dynasty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mongols in Tibet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCentaurs with Ballistae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Great Wall of China\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 27. Third Wave from the East: The Mongols and the World of Islam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeginning: The First Mongol Campaign to the West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fall of Khwarezm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Samarkand to Kalka and Back to Mongolia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Hatred to Flattery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 28. A Third Wave from the East: The Mongols and the Christian World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnexpected Strangers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Second Expedition to the West: A Decision to Conquer the World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEndangered Rus’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Catholic World Alerted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAttempts to Organize Collective Resistance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatholics Take a More Rationalized Approach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam of Rubruck and Marco Polo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 29. The Fall of the Great Mongol Empire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Apogee of an Empire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMicroscopic Polygon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree Generations of Conquerors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefeats without Battles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAntaeus and Odysseus \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Softening of Brutal Souls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 30. An Eastern Millennium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree Eastern Waves: Similarities and Differences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten Sources and Their Advantages and Disadvantages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Realities and the “Mongolian Syndrome”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat Silk Way and Archeology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fate of Mongolian Cities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IV. Rus’, Russia, and the Nomadic World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 31. Why Only Rus’?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory and Archaeology Revisited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Historians of the Kievan Rus’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Bad Environment, Bad Neighbours”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 32. From the Avars to the Time of Troubles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvars, Khazars, and Pechenegs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cumans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mongols: The Kalka River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour Years and Four Waves of Batu Khan’s Conquests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mongol Yoke and the Russian Princes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Kulikovo Battle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Weakening of the Horde\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the Great Standoff on the Ugra River to Ivan the Terrible \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Ivan the Terrible to the Time of Troubles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 33. The Early Modern Period: Rupturing of the Borders of the Eurasian Nucleus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClimatic Centuries in the Transition to the Early Modern Period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Rupture in the West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Iberian Wave and the Dream of the Indies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerigo Vespucci and America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Gold of South America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe British Wave and the Global Dream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptain Hudson and New Amsterdam \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThirteen British Colonies and the Origins of the Independence of America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe British Empire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 34. Sarmatia Asiatica and Sarmatia Europeana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvaluation of the Events of Two Centuries Ago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe “Barrier” of Kazan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the Urals to Cape Dezhnyov\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncounters on the Amur: The Manchus \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeaceful Assimilation?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFurs Instead of Gold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Steppe Belt and China\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Colonization of Northern Eurasia and the Blockade of the Steppe Belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 35. Breaking Borders: Colonization in Principle and Practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Burden of “Civilization” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Worlds, New Opportunities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSources of Pleasure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Modes of Russian Colonization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrossing Continents: Russian America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fate of the Colonized \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 36. An Assault on the Steppe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Crimean Thorn: The “Fortress” of the Southwestern Steppe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Prince of Tauris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Ural Foothold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKirilov’s Window\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRychkov: Ethnographer, Historian, and Accountant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInto the Kazakh Steppes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Last Days of the Kazakh Khanate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt the Gates of Bukhara \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Zheltorossii”: The Manchurian Project\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe End of the Insuperable Steppe World?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 37. The Soviet Steppe \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Short Road to the Soviet Empire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Unbreakable Union of Freeborn Republics . . .”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Immediate Tasks of the Soviet Government\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuccesses and Achievements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSetbacks and Failures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Bulwark of Peoples in Brotherhood Strong . . .”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCentral Asia: A Century Later\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImpressions of Mongolia: 60 Years Later\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Field and the Harvest of Sorrow \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Steppe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart V. In Place of an Epilogue: Difficult Questions and Complex Problems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 38. Reflections on Life among Complex Problems \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThirty Years on . . .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Periodization of the Early Metal Age \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRadiocarbon-Based Chronology and the Paradigm of the Contemporary Archaeology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModels of Development: Transformation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlows to Montelius’s Ideas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModels of Development: Leaps, Surges, and Explosions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Search of the Origins of Technological Innovations and the Issue of Migration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 39. Ideology and Culture \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Normative Factor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Normative Factor and the Religious Principles of the East and the West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Normative Factor and Funerary Rites \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 40. Self-Sufficency and Historical Development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetallurgy as a Marker of Transformation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-Sufficiency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEurasia and Africa: The Fate of the Ancestral Homeland of Humankind \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Colonization and Re-Colonization of Australia \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix 1. Radiocarbon Chronology of the Early Metal Cultures in Western Eurasia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 2. In Thirst of Immortality: Genghis Khan and the Mission of Changchun the Monk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 3. Marriott Hotel and Batu Khan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 4. The Last Descendant of Genghis Khan?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 5. The Great Silk Road and the Secret Mission of Chokan Valikhanov\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359752421719,"sku":"9781618115522","price":142.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781618115522.jpg?v=1754125603","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nomadic-cultures-in-the-mega-structure-of-eurasian-world-9781618115522","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}