Nomads in the Sedentary World

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-7007-1370-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

Studies the role played by nomads in the political, linguistic, socio-economic and cultural development of the sedentary world around them. Spans regions from Hungary to Africa, India and China, and periods from the first millennium BC to early modern times.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Khazanov, Anatoly M.

Wink, Andre

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Nomads in the History of the Sedentary World 2 Nomads in the Sedentary World: The Case of Pre-Chinggisid Rus' and Georgia 3 The Khazar Qaghanate and Its Impact on the Early Rus' State: The Translatio Imperii from Ïtil to Kiev 4 Cuman Integration in Hungary 5 The Influence of Pastoral Nomad Populations on the Economy and Society of Post-Safavid Iran 6 Turko-Mongolian Nomads and the Iqtä' System in the Islamic Middle East (ca. 1000-1400 AD) 7 Sharing out the Empire: Apportioned Lands under the Mongols 8 Nomads in the Tangut State of Hsi-Hsia (982-1227 AD) 9 India and the Turko-Mongol Frontier 10 Steppe Empires, China and the Silk Route: Nomads as a Force in International Trade and Politics 11 The Nomadic Factor in Africa: Dominance or Marginality 12 Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

ANATOLY M. KHAZANO, FBA, is Ernest Gellner Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ANDRÉ WINK is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin- Madison.