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.

A propos de l'auteur

Reuven Amitai is Eliyahu Elath Professor for Muslim history, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Michal Biran is Max and Sophie Mydans Foundation Professor in the Humanities, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Reuven (EDT)/ Biran Amitai
• Collaboration: Reuven Amitai (Editeur), Michal Biran (Editeur), Anand A Yang (Editeur), Anand A. Yang (Editeur)
• Edition: University of hawaii press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780824875084
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-7508-4
• Pages: 360
• Thèmes: Perspectives on the Global Pas; Perspectives on the Global Past; Perspectives on the Global Past; Perspectives on the Global Pas
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays