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The world of the Huns : studies in their history and culture / by Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen ; edited by Max Knight.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maenchen-Helfen, Otto.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Huns.
- Attila, -453.
- Attila.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 602 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 1973.
- Contents:
- Literary evidence. Demonization ; Equations ; Ammianus Marcellinus ; Cassiodorus, Jordanes
- History. From the Don to the Danube ; The Huns at the Danube ; The invasion of Asia ; Uldin ; Charaton ; Octar and Ruga ; Attila ; Attila's kingdom ; The Huns in Italy ; Collapse and aftermath ; The first Gotho-Hunnic war ; The second Gotho-Hunnic war ; The end
- Economy. Camels ; Hunnic agriculture? ; Housing ; Income in gold ; Trade ; Silk ; Wine
- Society. Aristocracy ; Slaves
- Warfare. General characteristics ; Horses ; Bows and arrows ; Swords ; Lances ; The lasso ; Armor ; Huns in the Roman army
- Religion. The Huns and Christianity ; Seers and shamans ; Divine kingship? ; Strava ; The sacred sword ; Masks and amulets ; Eidola
- Art. Gold diadems ; Cauldrons ; Mirrors ; Personal ornaments
- Race. The Hsiung-nu ; Europoids in East Asia
- Language. Speculations about the language of the Huns ; Transcriptions ; Etymologies ; Germanized and Germanic names ; Iranian names ; Turkish names ; Names of undetermined origin ; Hybrid names ; Tribal names ; Conclusions
- Early Huns in Eastern Europe
- Appendixes. The chronicle of 452 ; Armenian sources ; Figures in Olympiodorus ; The alleged loss of Pannonia Prima in 395 ; Religious motifs in Hunnic art?
- Background: the Roman Empire at the time of the Hunnic invasions / by Paul Alexander.
- Notes:
- Maps on lining papers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-578) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0520015967
- 9780520015968
- OCLC:
- 801712
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