Xiongnu : the world's first nomadic empire / Bryan K. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Bryan Kristopher, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in early empires.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in early empires

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xiongnu (Asian people)--History.

Xiongnu (Asian people).

Xiongnu (Asian people)--Antiquities.

Nomads--Asia, Central--History.

Nomads.

Horses--Asia, Central--History.

Horses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This text raises the case of the world's first nomadic empire, the Xiongnu, as a prime example of the sophisticated developments and powerful influence of nomadic regimes. Launching from a reconceptualization of the social and economic institutions of mobile pastoralists, the collective chapters trace the course of the Xiongnu Empire from before its initial rise, traversing the wars that challenged it and the reformations that made it stronger, to the legacy left after its eventual fall.

Contents:

Nomad protagonists

Kingdoms of those who draw the bow

Masters of the Steppe

Rule by the horse

Of wolves and sheep

Masters of the Continental worlds

Hunnic heritage.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 20, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Miller, Bryan K. Xiongnu

ISBN:

0-19-008372-7

0-19-008370-0

0-19-008371-9

OCLC:

1409529761