"This is the first in a trilogy of books to explore the Eurasian borderlands as contested 'shatter zones' which have generated some of the world's most significant conflicts. Analysing the struggles of the Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman, Iranian and Qing Empires, Alfred Rieber surve…
"This is the first in a trilogy of books to explore the Eurasian borderlands as contested 'shatter zones' which have generated some of the world's most significant conflicts. Analysing the struggles of the Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman, Iranian and Qing Empires, Alfred Rieber surve…
This book explores the Eurasian borderlands as contested "shatter zones" which have generated some of the world' most significant conflicts. Analyzing the struggles of the Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman, Iranian, and Qing empires, Alfred J. Rieber surveys the period from the rise of…
"This is the first in a trilogy of books to explore the Eurasian borderlands as contested 'shatter zones' which have generated some of the world's most significant conflicts. Analysing the struggles of the Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman, Iranian and Qing Empires, Alfred Rieber surve…
"This book brings together archaeological investigations of Eurasian regimes and revolutions ranging from the Bronze Age to the modern day." "For thousands of years, the geography of Eurasia has facilitated travel, conquest, and colonization by various groups, from the Huns in …
"This book brings together archaeological investigations of Eurasian regimes and revolutions ranging from the Bronze Age to the modern day" "For thousands of years, the geography of Eurasia has facilitated travel, conquest, and colonization by various groups, from the Huns in a…
"This book brings together archaeological investigations of Eurasian regimes and revolutions ranging from the Bronze Age to the modern day"-- "For thousands of years, the geography of Eurasia has facilitated travel, conquest, and colonization by various groups, from the Huns in…
"This book brings together archaeological investigations of Eurasian regimes and revolutions ranging from the Bronze Age to the modern day"-- "For thousands of years, the geography of Eurasia has facilitated travel, conquest, and colonization by various groups, from the Huns in…
As a cultural antithesis, the Orient is a site of projections for European mind-sets and fantasies. Since the 19th century, it has been an omnipresent subject, particularly in francophone literature and art. The contributions to this volume uncover these constructions of the Ori…
"Prince, Pen, and Sword offers a synoptic interpretation of rulers and elites in Eurasia from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. Four core chapters zoom in on the tensions and connections at court, on the nexus between rulers and religious authority, on the status, functi…
The Origins and Spread of Proto-Indo-European -- The Kurgan Theory and the Taming of Horses -- Warfare in Western Eurasia in the Third and Early Second Millennium BC -- Chariot Warfare, the Beginning of Militarism, and its Indo-European Connection -- The Beginnings of Militarism…
The idea of long-term European dominance is characteristic of most evolutionary theories of human culture and society in the 19th century. It was commonly believed that there was a natural progression from antiquity through feudalism to capitalism which could not have taken plac…
