{"product_id":"a-history-of-russia-central-asia-and-mongolia-volume-i-inner-eurasia-from-prehistory-to-the-mongol-empire-paperback-softback-9780631208143","title":"A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, Volume I; Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631208143","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, Volume I\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Christian (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631208143, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 November 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e496 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 17.1 x 2.8 cm, 0.862 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Overall, this is an excellent book. It is rich in detail and has a good blend between description and history. It is everywhere fair and balanced in its interpretations. It is well written and well produced with good illustrations, maps, a useful chronology which divides the region into west, centre and east, and an excellent and extensive, albeit overwhelmingly English-language bibliography. Perhaps most important of all, although the histories of the various areas of concern to this book are reasonably well trodden paths, it crafts a new interpretation by taking up a distinct area of focus - inner Eurasia - and succeeds admirably in convincing the reader of the significance and interest of that region's history. I strongly recommend the book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsian Ethnicity Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Well-written, impressive and bold synthesis ... One looks forward eagerly to volume 2.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Russian Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Big picture history requires energy, openness and risk taking, a willingness to escape from the well-worn grooves of academe ... Christian has effected a great escape.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a history of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia from the time of the first inhabitants of the region up to the break up of the Mongol Empire in 1260 AD. Inner Eurasia, as the author defines it, comprises most of the former Soviet Union and Russia's huge territories in Siberia; Russia's former empire in Central Asia; China's central Asian empire; and Mongolia, both the parts within China and those within the Mongolian People's Republic. The author presents Inner Eurasia as a coherent region with an underlying unity in geography and history despite its cultural and ecological variety.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume, the first of two surveying this region, charts developments from the Old Stone Age, through changes under such peoples as the Scythians, the Huns and the Turks, to the emergence of an identifiable \"Rus\" - the society from which modern Russia and Ukraine have evolved. The book sets political events in the broadest context of social and economic change, linking evolution to the vast geography of the territories it describes. Together with volume II covering the period up to the present, the work represents the most thorough, up-to-date study of this fascinating and much misunderstood region of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Blackwell History of the World Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe goal of this ambitious series is to provide an accessible source of knowledge about the entire human past, for every curious person in every part of the world. It will comprise some two dozen volumes, of which some provide synoptic views of the history of particular regions while others consider the world as a whole during a particular period of time. The volumes are narrative in form, giving balanced attention to social and cultural history (in the broadest sense) as well as to institutional development and political change. Each provides a systematic account of a very large subject, but they are also both imaginative and interpretative. The Series is intended to be accessible to the widest possible readership, and the accessibility of its volumes is matched by the style of presentation and production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Plates vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I the Geography and Ecology of Inner Eurasia 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Geography and Ecology of Inner Eurasia 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Prehistory: 100,000–1000 BCE 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 First Settlers: The Old Stone Age 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Hunters and Gatherers after the Ice Age 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Neolithic Revolution: Seventh to Third Millennia BCE 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Bronze Age: 3000–1000 BCE 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III the Scythic and Hunnic Eras: 1000 Bce–500 Ce 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The ‘Scythic’ Era: 1000–200 BCE 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Outer Eurasian Invasions and their Aftermath 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Hsiung-nu Empire 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 ‘Barbarian’ Invasions before 500 CE 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Turks, Mawara’n-nahr and Rus’: 500–1200 245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Turkic Empires of the East 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Turkic Empires of Western Inner Eurasia 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Mawara’n-nahr: Islamic Civilization in Central Asia 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Origins of Rus’ 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Before the Mongols: 1000–1220 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V the Mongol Empire: 1200–1260 383\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Chinggis Khan 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Mongol Empire and a New ‘World System’ 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 460\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501137457432,"sku":"9780631208143","price":37.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631208143.jpg?v=1786211888","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-russia-central-asia-and-mongolia-volume-i-inner-eurasia-from-prehistory-to-the-mongol-empire-paperback-softback-9780631208143","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}