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Empires of the steppes : a history of the nomadic tribes who shaped civilization /

A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped world civilization.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harl, Kenneth W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Steppes > Asia, Central > History.
Grassland people > Asia, Central > History.
Grassland people > Eurasia > History.
Grassland people > Asia > History.
Mongols.
Huns.
HISTORY / World.
Creative nonfiction.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Attila on the road to Roma
  • The peopling of the Eurasian steppes
  • Surviving on the Eurasian steppes
  • Scythians and the Great King of Persia
  • Alexander the Great: walling off Gog and Magog
  • Modu Chanyu and the Great Wall of China
  • The Xiongnu and Chinese emperors at war
  • The Sons of Heaven and the Silk Road
  • The Parthians, nomadic foes of Imperial Rome
  • Heirs of the Xiongnu: the Northern Wei
  • The Hephthalites: Huns in Iran
  • Huns, allies and foes of Rome
  • Attila, the Scourge of God
  • The heirs of Attila and the New Rome
  • Turkish kaghans and Tang emperors
  • Turks and the Caliphate
  • The Seljuk Turks and their sultanate
  • The legend of Prester John and the Gurkhans of Cathay
  • From Temujin to Genghis Khan
  • Genghis Khan, the world conqueror
  • Batu and the Devil's Horsemen
  • The Mongol sack of Baghdad
  • Kublai Khan and the unification of China
  • Papal envoys, missionaries, and Marco Polo
  • Tamerlane, prince of destruction
  • Epilogue: Nomadic conquerors: achievements and legacies.