Ancient Nomads Of The Eurasian And North American Grasslands
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| Author | : Elena Ponomarenko |
| Publisher | : Canadian Museum of History |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Eurasia |
| ISBN | : 9780660197715 |
Nomadic lifestyles dependent on herd animals developed independently on the grasslands of Eurasia and North America about 5,000 years ago. The landscapes that these peoples occupied were generally similar, but the basis of their nomadism was quite different. Eurasian steppe nomads relied on domestic sheep, goats, cattle and horses for their subsistence and on horses, cattle and, to a limited extent, camels for their travel; North American prairie nomads relied on wild bison for subsistence and on themselves and dogs for travel. In comparing the two lifestyles, this study shows that certain features, such as the use of circular portable dwellings, seasonal rhythms of movement, and minimalist material cultures, were quite similar; but other features, such as the use of metals, access to urban civilizations, the nature and scale of warfare, and overall population sizes, were very different. Yet, both kinds of nomadism dominated their respective landscapes until being supplanted by European or EuroAmerican expansionism between about 300 to 150 years ago.
| Author | : Mariya Ivanova |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 467 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Black Sea Region |
| ISBN | : 1107241669 |
This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the Black Sea region in the prehistoric period.
| Author | : Peter Mitchell |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 477 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 019870383X |
The Native American on a horse is an archetypal Hollywood image, but though such equestrian-focused societies were a relatively short-lived consequence of European expansion overseas, they were not restricted to North America's Plains. Horse Nations provides the first wide-ranging and up-to-date synthesis of the impact of the horse on the Indigenous societies of North and South America, southern Africa, and Australasia following its introduction as a result of European contact post-1492. Drawing on sources in a variety of languages and on the evidence of archaeology, anthropology, and history, the volume outlines the transformations that the acquisition of the horse wrought on a diverse range of groups within these four continents. It explores key topics such as changes in subsistence, technology, and belief systems, the horse's role in facilitating the emergence of more hierarchical social formations, and the interplay between ecology, climate, and human action in adopting the horse, as well as considering how far equestrian lifestyles were ultimately unsustainable.
| Author | : Tara Fenwick |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2011-08-18 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1136729348 |
This volume is unique in bringing together these wide-ranging issues of knowledge mobilization in education. The volume editors critically analyse these complex issues and also describe various efforts of knowledge mobilization and their effects. While the contributors themselves speak from diverse material, occupational and theoretical locations.
| Author | : Stephan Barisitz |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 297 |
| Release | : 2017-04-28 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 3319512137 |
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the pre-modern economic history of Central Asia and the Silk Road, covering several millennia. By analyzing an abundance of sources and materials, it illustrates the repeated economic heydays of the Silk Road, during which it linked the Orient and Occident for many centuries. Nomadic steppe empires frequently dominated Central Asia, molded its economy and influenced trade along the Silk Road. The book assesses the causes and effects of the wide-ranging overland trade booms, while also discussing various internal and external factors that led to the gradual economic decline of Central Asia and eventual demise of the Silk Road. Lastly, it explains how the economic decline gave rise to Chinese and Russian colonialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Detailed information, e.g. on the Silk Road’s trajectories in various epochs, is offered in the form of numerous newly drafted maps.
| Author | : Emma C. Bunker |
| Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 0300096887 |
This fascinating book examines the artistic exchange between the nomadic peoples of what is now Inner Mongolia and their settled Chinese neighbors during the first millennium B.C.
| Author | : Robert B. Marks |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 462 |
| Release | : 2011-12-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1442212772 |
This deeply informed and beautifully written book provides a comprehensive and comprehensible history of China from prehistory to the present. Focusing on the interaction of humans and their environment, Robert B. Marks traces changes in the physical and cultural world that is home to a quarter of humankind. Through both word and image, this work illuminates the chaos and paradox inherent in China’s environmental narrative, demonstrating how historically sustainable practices can, in fact, be profoundly ecologically unsound. The author also reevaluates China’s traditional “heroic” storyline, highlighting the marginalization of nature that followed the spread of Chinese civilization while examining the development of a distinctly Chinese way of relating to and altering the environment. Unmatched in his ability to synthesize a complex subject clearly and cogently, Marks has written an accessible yet nuanced history for any reader interested in China, past or present. Indeed he argues successfully that all of humanity has a stake in China’s environmental future.
| Author | : Craig Benjamin |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 317 |
| Release | : 2018-05-03 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1107114969 |
Introduces a crucial period of world history when the vast exchange network of the Silk Roads connected most of Eurasia.
| Author | : William R. Thompson |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 2021-07-04 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1000403009 |
Environmental factors in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have played a crucial role in the historical and social development of the region. The book delves into a broad set of historical literature from the past 15,000 years that neglected to consider environmental factors to their full effect. Beyond the broad historic analysis, the chapters derive conclusions for today’s debate on whether climate change leads to more social conflict and violence. Introducing a theoretical framework focused on adaptive cycling, this book probes and refines the role of climate in ancient and modern political-economic systems in the MENA region. It also underscores just how bad the 21st-century environment may become thanks to global warming. While the MENA region may not survive the latest onslaught of deteriorating climate, there is also some interest in how a region that once led the world in introducing all sorts of innovations thousands of years ago has evolved into a contemporary setting characterized by traditional conservatism, poverty, and incessant strife. Emphasizing regional dynamics, the book's central question deals with the role of climate change in the rise and decline of the MENA region. The book will be a key resource to students and readers interested in global warming, including academics and policymakers.
| Author | : Andrew C. Isenberg |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 801 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0190673486 |
The Oxford Handbook of Environmental History draws on a wealth of new scholarship to offer diverse perspectives on the state of the field.
