Origins of Complex Political Organisation in Ancient Inner Asia - East Eurasia, Cimmerians and Scythians

This book explores the origins of complex political organisation in Inner Asia which enabled mighty empires, proto-state entities and confederacies such as the Cimmerians, Scythians and the Xiongnu Huns to emerge and dominate large swathes of the Eurasian continent during antiquity.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Cimmerians and Scythians; 3. 'Classical' Scythians and the Saka; 4. Political Organisation of the Scythians and the wider Iranian world; 5. The Shang Political System; 6. The First Steppe Empire? Origins of East Eurasian 'Feudalism'; Conclusion.

About the author

Hyun Jin Kim is a professor of classics in the discipline of classics and archaeology at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of nine books, including The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe (2013) and The Huns (2016).
Selim Ferruh Adal¿ is a professor of ancient history in the department of history at the Social Sciences University of Ankara, Türkiye. He has authored multiple articles and books, including The Scourge of God (2011) and 'Cimmerians and the Scythians' in Eurasian Empires in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (2017).

Product details

• Authors: Selim Ferruh Adalı, Hyun Jin Kim, Hyun Jin (Univ. Of Melbourne Kim
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032004495
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3200449-5
• No. of pages: 124
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Europe, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Medieval History, Regional Studies, Ancient History, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, History and Archaeology, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Middle & Near Eastern archaeology