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EMPIRES OF THE STEPPES - KENNETH W HARL KARTONI...

An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world. 'A
rollercoaster of historical narration' History Today 'This is a history of epic scope that
brings together the empires of the steppe land with the caravan cities of the Silk Road and
imperial China' Martyn Rady  author of The Middle Kingdoms 'A sweeping account of forty-five
centuries of nomadic tribes' Gillian Tett  Financial Times 'Flips the script to present the
booted  felt-capped  leather-trousered and kaftan-wearing nomads as the bearers of civilisation
. . . Harl's exhaustively researched book will ensure they rejoin the narrative of world
history' Marc David Baer  Guardian The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes played a
decisive role in world history  but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These
tribes produced some of the world's greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun  Genghis Khan and
Tamerlane  among others. And their deeds still resonate today. Indeed  these nomads built
long-lasting empires  facilitated the first global trade of the Silk Road and disseminated
religions  technology  knowledge and goods of every description that enriched and changed the
lives of so many across Europe  China and the Middle East. From a single region emerged a great
many peoples - the Huns  the Mongols  the Magyars  the Turks  the Xiongnu  the Scythians  the
Goths - all of whom went on to profoundly and irrevocably shape the modern world. In this
enthralling new history  Professor Kenneth W. Harl draws on a lifetime of scholarship to
vividly recreate the lives of these peoples from their beginnings to the early modern age.
Their brutal struggle to survive on the steppes bred a resilient  pragmatic people ever-ready
to learn from their neighbours. In warfare  they dominated the battlefield for over fifteen
hundred years. Under charismatic rulers  they could topple empires and win their own.

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