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Zusatztext offers a broad historical synthesis of pastoralism across the ages, accompanied by extensive bibliographic notes. It addresses a general need for more accessible literature on the political role of nomads, and includes considerable detail on specific transformative moments in the history of Iranian nomadism ... timely and engaging. The accessibility of Potts's book underlines that there is no longer any excuse to omit case-studies of Eurasian transhumant populations from discussions of global political development. Informationen zum Autor D. T. Potts is Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University. Klappentext The classic images of Iranian nomads in circulation today and in years past suggest that Western awareness of nomadism is a phenomenon of considerable antiquity. Though nomadism has certainly been a key feature of Iranian history, it has not been in the way most modern archaeologists have envisaged it. Nomadism in Iran recasts our understanding of this "timeless" tradition. Zusammenfassung The classic images of Iranian nomads in circulation today and in years past suggest that Western awareness of nomadism is a phenomenon of considerable antiquity. Though nomadism has certainly been a key feature of Iranian history, it has not been in the way most modern archaeologists have envisaged it. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations List of tables Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Maps 1 Nomadism: Concepts and archaeological evidence 2 The Coming of the Iranians 3 Iranian nomads in the Achaemenid, Seleucid and Arsacid periods 4 Late Antiquity 5 Fom the Islamic Conquest to the Oghuz infiltration 6 The Mongols and Timurids 7 The Aq Qoyunlu and Safavids 8 From Karim Khan Zand to World War I 9 From World War I to the Present 10 On Nomadism in Iran through Time Appendix 1. The Position of Nomadism on the Social Evolutionary Ladder Bibliography Index ...
