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The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China (Studies in Social Discontinuity)
The Perilous Frontier Nomadic Empires and China - Studies in Social Discontinuity
Author: Thomas J. Barfield
Around 800 BC, the Eurasian steppe underwent a profound cultural transformation that was to shape world history for the next 2,500 years: the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Asia invented cavalry which, with the use of the compound bow, gave them the means to terrorize first their neighbors and ultimately, under Chingis Khan and his descendants, the w...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781557863249
ISBN-10: 1557863245
Publication Date: 2/1992
Pages: 325
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Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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