Nomads As Agents of Cultural Change - The Mongols and Their Eurasian Predecessors

Brings together a distinguished group of scholars from different disciplines and cultural specializations to explore how nomads played the role of "agents of cultural change". The comparative approach of this study, encompassing both a lengthy time span and a vast region, enables a clearer understanding of the key role that Eurasian pastoral nomads played in the history of the Old World.

Summary

Brings together a distinguished group of scholars from different disciplines and cultural specializations to explore how nomads played the role of "agents of cultural change". The comparative approach of this study, encompassing both a lengthy time span and a vast region, enables a clearer understanding of the key role that Eurasian pastoral nomads played in the history of the Old World.

Product details

• Authors: Reuven (EDT)/ Biran Amitai
• Assisted by: Reuven Amitai (Editor), Michal Biran (Editor), Anand A Yang (Editor), Anand A. Yang (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780824875084
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-7508-4
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Perspectives on the Global Pas; Perspectives on the Global Past; Perspectives on the Global Past; Perspectives on the Global Pas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous