By steppe, desert, and ocean : the birth of Eurasia / Barry Cunliffe.
By steppe, desert, and ocean : the birth of Eurasia / Barry Cunliffe.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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G 2016/2200
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 530 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 26 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1.The Land and the People -- 2.The Domestication of Eurasia, 10,000--5000 BC -- 3.Horses and Copper: The Centrality of the Steppe, 5000--2500 BC -- 4.The Opening of the Eurasian Steppe, 2500--1600 BC -- 5.Nomads and Empires: The First Confrontations, 1600--600 BC -- 6.Learning from Each Other: Inter...
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage, from Europe to China, it is a tale covering over 10,000 years, from the origins of farming around 9000 BC to the expansion of the Mongols in the thirteenth century AD. An unashamedly '...
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By steppe, desert, and ocean : the birth of Eurasia / Barry Cunliffe.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2015.
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G 2016/2200
Record Identifier
74VKVP06gQ6d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVP06gQ6d
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ISBN
0199689172 (hardback)
9780199689170 (hardback)
DDC
950
MMS ID
991023996115102626
