{"product_id":"empires-and-exchanges-in-eurasian-late-antiquity-rome-china-iran-and-the-steppe-ca-250-750-hardback-9781107094345","title":"Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity; Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250–750 (Hardback) 9781107094345","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEmpires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250–750\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book offers an integrated picture of Rome, China, Iran, and the Eurasian Steppes during a formative period of World History.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicola Di Cosmo (Edited by), Michael Maas (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107094345, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e538 pages, 39 b\/w illus.  9 maps\u003cbr\u003e26.2 x 18.5 x 2.7 cm, 1.27 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'… Di Cosmo and Maas' volume makes a convincing case for historians and archaeologists to take a Eurasian perspective when studying their particular regions or sites.' Arezou Azad, Medieval Archaeology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEmpires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity offers an integrated picture of Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppes during a formative period of world history. In the half millennium between 250 and 750 CE, settled empires underwent deep structural changes, while various nomadic peoples of the steppes (Huns, Avars, Turks, and others) experienced significant interactions and movements that changed their societies, cultures, and economies. This was a transformational era, a time when Roman, Persian, and Chinese monarchs were mutually aware of court practices, and when Christians and Buddhists criss-crossed the Eurasian lands together with merchants and armies. It was a time of greater circulation of ideas as well as material goods. This volume provides a conceptual frame for locating these developments in the same space and time. Without arguing for uniformity, it illuminates the interconnections and networks that tied countless local cultural expressions to far-reaching inter-regional ones.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Historical Thresholds: 1. How the steppes became Byzantine: Rome and the Eurasian Nomads in historical perspective Michael Maas\u003cbr\u003e 2. The relations between China and the steppe from the Xiongnu to the Türk Empire Nicola Di Cosmo\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sasanian Iran and the projection of power in Late Antique Eurasia: competing cosmologies and topographies of power Matthew P. Canepa\u003cbr\u003e 4. Trade and exchanges along the silk and steppe routes in Late Antique Eurasia Richard Lim\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sogdian merchants and Sogdian culture on the silk road Rong Xinjiang\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Charismatic' goods: commerce, diplomacy, and cultural contacts along the silk road in Late Antiquity Peter Brown\u003cbr\u003e 7. The synthesis of the Tang Dynasty: the culmination of China's contacts and communication with Eurasia Valerie Hansen\u003cbr\u003e 8. Central Asia in the Late Roman mental map, second to sixth centuries Giusto Traina\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Movements, Contacts, and Exchanges: 9. Genetic history and migrations in Western Eurasia Patrick Geary\u003cbr\u003e 10. Northern invaders: migration and conquest as scholarly topos in Eurasian history Michael Kulikowski\u003cbr\u003e 11. Chinese and inner Asian perspectives on the history of the Northern dynasties (386–589 CE) in Chinese historiography Luo Xin\u003cbr\u003e 12. Xiongnu and Huns: archaeological perspectives on a centuries-old debate about identity and migration Ursula Brosseder\u003cbr\u003e 13. Ethnicity and empire in the Western Eurasian Steppes Walter Pohl\u003cbr\u003e 14. The languages of Christianity on the silk roads and the transmission of Mediterranean culture into central Asia Scott Fitzgerald Johnson\u003cbr\u003e 15. The spread of Buddhist culture to China between the third and seventh century Max Deeg\u003cbr\u003e 16. The circulation of astrological lore and its political use between the Roman East, Sasanian Iran, Central Asia, and the Türks Frantz Grenet\u003cbr\u003e 17. Luminous markers: pearls and royal authority in Late Antique Iran and Eurasia Joel Walker\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Empires, Diplomacy, and Frontiers: 18. Byzantium's Eurasian policy in the age of the Türk Empire Mark Whittow\u003cbr\u003e 19. Sasanian Iran and its northeastern frontier: offense, defense, and diplomatic Daniel T. Potts\u003cbr\u003e 20. Infrastructures of legitimacy in inner Asia: the Early Türk Empires Michael R. Drompp\u003cbr\u003e 21. The stateless Nomads of Central Eurasia Peter B. Golden\u003cbr\u003e 22. Aspects of elite representation among the sixth- to seventh-century Türks Sören Stark\u003cbr\u003e 23. Patterns of Roman diplomacy with Iran and the steppe peoples Ekaterina Nechaeva\u003cbr\u003e 24. Collapse of a Eurasian hybrid: the case of the northern Wei Andrew Eisenberg\u003cbr\u003e 25. Ideological interweaving in Eastern Eurasia: simultaneous kingship and dynastic competition Jonathan Karam Skaff\u003cbr\u003e 26. Followers and leaders in northeastern Eurasia, ca. seventh to tenth centuries Naomi Standen\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue Averil Cameron.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e], Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e], 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":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265600606488,"sku":"9781107094345","price":103.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107094345i.jpg?v=1696792192","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/empires-and-exchanges-in-eurasian-late-antiquity-rome-china-iran-and-the-steppe-ca-250-750-hardback-9781107094345","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}