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Sabres on the Steppes

Author : John Ure
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1780331304
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Sabres on the Steppes written by John Ure and published by Constable. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in the day when men were men and Britain ruled the world, the two great world powers went head to head over control of central Asia - from the Caucasus to Kabul. This was the stage of open warfare but also espionage, subterfuge and reckless adventure. Following on from the derring do of Shooting Leave, John Ure tells the story of British soldiers, missionaries and mercenaries, horse traders and opportunists who travelled to make their name in the Great Game. Praise for Shooting Leave: 'Extremely entertaining ... deserves to be a surprise Christmas bestseller.' Robert Harris. 'Gripping stuff.' Peter Hopkirk. 'Anyone with red blood in his or her veins will be stirred by these stories ... The perfect read.' Country Life.

Vikings of the Steppe

Author : Csete Katona
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000685179
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Vikings of the Steppe written by Csete Katona and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between Vikings, Rus’ and nomadic (mostly Turkic) steppe dwellers during the course of the Viking Age (c. 750–1050) in a geographical area stretching from Eastern Scandinavia through the Kievan Rus’, Byzantium, the Islamic world to the Western Eurasian steppes. The primary focus is the steppe influence on the development of Scandinavian-Rus’ culture. It illustrates the effects of Turkic (nomadic) cultures on the evolving Scandinavian-Rus’ communities in their military technology and tactics, as well as in everyday customs, ritual traditions and religious perceptions, whilst paying attention to the politico-commercial necessities and possible communication channels tying these two cultures, normally considered to be distinct, together. The arguments are supported by a multi-disciplinary analysis of diverse historical and archaeological materials occasionally supplemented with linguistic evidence. The result is a comprehensive evaluation of the relations of the Scandinavians active in the ‘East’ with Turkic groups, and brings (the so far neglected) steppes into Viking studies in general. The book will fill a serious scholarly gap in the field of Viking studies and will be read by both academics and students interested in the archaeological and historical sources concerned with the traditions of the ‘Eastern Vikings’.

Arms of the Sakas and Other Tribes of the Central Asian Steppes

Author : Burchard Brentjes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Arms of the Sakas and Other Tribes of the Central Asian Steppes written by Burchard Brentjes and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Muslims on the Volga in the Viking Age

Author : Jonathan Shepard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755618181
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (556 download)

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Book Synopsis Muslims on the Volga in the Viking Age by : Jonathan Shepard

Download or read book Muslims on the Volga in the Viking Age written by Jonathan Shepard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 922 saw a series of remarkable face-to-face encounters in the steppes between Bukhara and the Middle Volga. Ibn Fadlan was an intrepid member of a diplomatic and religious mission from the distant caliphate in Baghdad to the ruler of the Volga Bulgars. His account gives a vivid eyewitness description of the peoples he came upon (whose appearance, rituals and filthy habits both fascinate and appal) and a famous depiction of a Viking Rus ship burial. It is unique testimony to burgeoning exchanges between several different cultures, and to the emergence of new political structures on the steppes. Yet the account survives only as part of a later composite work, raising questions of meaning and historical interpretation. This pioneering interdisciplinary study of Ibn Fadlan's text and the world he surveyed draws on a variety of specialists to give readers both 'the bigger picture' of cultural and economic change in Eurasia, Byzantium and the Muslim world, and hard facts, in the form of archaeological and numismatic data.

Avar-Age Polearms and Edged Weapons

Author : Gergely Csiky
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004304541
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Avar-Age Polearms and Edged Weapons written by Gergely Csiky and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Avar-Age Polearms and Edged Weapons, Gergely Csiky offers a presentation of close combat weapons of a nomadic population that migrated from Inner Asia to East-Central Europe. During the late 6th – early 7th centuries, the Avars led successful military campaigns against the Balkan realms of the Byzantine Empire, facilitated by their cavalry’s use of stirrups for the first time in Europe. Besides the classification, manufacturing techniques, fittings, suspension, distribution, and chronology of polearms and edged weapons known from Avar-age burials, a special emphasis is laid on the origins and cultural contacts of these weapons, among them the first edged weapons with curved blades: the sabres. The social significance and, function of these artefacts is discussed in order to place them in nomadic warfare.

Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian Steppe

Author : Harvey L. Dyck
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487504497
Total Pages : 751 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian Steppe written by Harvey L. Dyck and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Russian empire opened the grasslands of southern Ukraine to agricultural settlement. Among the immigrants who arrived were communities of Prussian Mennonites, recruited as "model colonists" to bring progressive agricultural methods to the east. Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian Steppe documents the Tsarist Mennonite experience through the papers of Johann Cornies (1789-1848), an ambitious and energetic leader of the Mennonite colony of Molochna. Cornies was well connected in the imperial government, and his papers offer a window not just into the world of the Molochna Mennonites, but also into the Tsarist state's relationship with the national minorities of the frontier: Mennonites, Doukhobors, Nogai Tatars, and Jews. This selection of his letters and reports, translated into English, is an invaluable resource for scholars of all aspects of life in Tsarist Ukraine and for those interested in Mennonite history.

The Khazars

Author : Mikhail Zhirohov
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472830113
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book The Khazars written by Mikhail Zhirohov and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Khazars were one of the most important Turkic peoples in European history, dominating vast areas of southeastern Europe and the western reaches of the Central Asian steppes from the 4th to the 11th centuries AD. They were also unique in that their aristocratic and military elites converted to Judaism, creating what would be territorially the largest Jewish-ruled state in world history. They became significant allies of the Byzantine Empire, blocking the advance of Islam north of the Caucasus Mountains for several hundred years. They also achieved a remarkable level of metal-working technology, and their military elite wore forms of iron plate armour that would not be seen in Western Europe until the 14th century. The Khazar state provided the foundations upon which medieval Russia and modern Ukraine were built. Fully illustrated with detailed colour plates, this is a fascinating study into the armies, organisation, armour, weapons and fortifications of the Khazars.

Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, Etc

Author : Xavier Hommaire de Hell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, Etc written by Xavier Hommaire de Hell and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Warriors and their Weapons around the Time of the Crusades

Author : David Nicolle
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040246702
Total Pages : 727 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Warriors and their Weapons around the Time of the Crusades by : David Nicolle

Download or read book Warriors and their Weapons around the Time of the Crusades written by David Nicolle and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The technological relationship between the three main civilizations of the Western world - Byzantium, the Islamic world and the West - most particularly in the area of arms, armour and military technology is a field of research for which Dr Nicolle is noted. This volume deals principally with Western Europe and Byzantium, which for many centuries learnt from the Muslims in these matters; several articles also focus on military interactions in the Crusader states. The work draws upon both written and archaeological sources, but above all makes use of the depictions of war and military equipment in contemporary art to examine the interconnections across the medieval world.

Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea

Author : Xavier Hommaire de Hell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea written by Xavier Hommaire de Hell and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Khazars

Author : Mikhail Zhirohov
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472830105
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Armies of the Volga Bulgars & Khanate of Kazan

Author : Viacheslav Shpakovsky
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782000801
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Armies of the Volga Bulgars & Khanate of Kazan written by Viacheslav Shpakovsky and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-20 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bulgars were a Turkic people who established a state north of the Black Sea. In the late 500s and early 600s AD their state fragmented under pressure from the Khazars; one group moved south into what became Bulgaria, but the rest moved north during the 7th and 8th centuries to the basin of the Volga river. There they remained under Khazar domination until the Khazar Khanate was defeated by Kievan Russia in 965. In the 1220s they managed to maul Genghis Khan's Mongols, who returned to devastate their towns in revenge. By the 1350s they had recovered much of their wealth, but they were caught in the middle between the Tatar Golden Horde and the Christian Russian principalities. They were ravaged by these two armies in turn on several occasions between 1360 and 1431. A new city then rose from the ashes – Kazan, originally called New Bulgar – and the successor Islamic Khanate of Kazan resisted the Russians until falling to Ivan the Terrible in 1552. The costumes, armament, armour and fighting methods of the Volga Bulgars during this momentous period are explored in this fully illustrated study.

The Diez Albums

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004323481
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Diez Albums written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five Diez albums in Berlin, acquired by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez in Constantinople around 1789, contain more than 400 figurative paintings, drawings, fragments, and calligraphic works originating for the most part from Ilkhanid, Jalayirid, and Timurid workshops. Gonnella, Weis and Rauch unite in this volume 21 essays that analyse their relation to their “parent” albums at the Topkapı Palace or examine specific works by reflecting upon their role in the larger history of book art in Iran. Other essays cover aspects such as the European and Chinese influence on Persianate art, aspects related to material and social culture, and the Ottoman interest in Persianate albums. This book marks an important contribution to the understanding of the development of illustrative imagery in the Persianate world and its later perception. Contributors are: Serpil Bağcı, Barbara Brend, Massumeh Farhad, Julia Gonnella, Claus-Peter Haase, Oliver Hahn, Robert Hillenbrand, Yuka Kadoi, Charles Melville, Gülru Necipoğlu, Bernard O'Kane, Filiz Ҫakır Phillip, Yves Porter, Julian Raby, Christoph Rauch, Simon Rettig, David J. Roxburgh, Karin Rührdanz, Zeren Tanındı, Lâle Uluç, Ching-Ling Wang, and Friederike Weis.

Monumental Polovtsian Statues in Eastern Europe

Author : Aneta Golebiowska-Tobiasz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110399350
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Monumental Polovtsian Statues in Eastern Europe written by Aneta Golebiowska-Tobiasz and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stone statues, indigenous to the early Turks, appeared in the vast territory of the Asian steppes, from Southern Siberia to Central Asia and across the foothills of the Ural Mountains. The custom originated among Cumans in Eastern Europe. The skill of erecting anthropomorphic stelae required proficiency in processing different kinds of stone and wood, and was characterized by artistic value of representations, as well as by the timeless aesthetics of the canon. The author presents the results of her formative studies into the collection of the Cuman sculptures of the Veliko-Anadol Forest Museum, Ukraine. The book delves into the history of research on Cuman stone stelae, resulting in great reading for all archeologists and historians alike.

Emergent Elites and Byzantium in the Balkans and East-Central Europe

Author : Jonathan Shepard
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040237657
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Emergent Elites and Byzantium in the Balkans and East-Central Europe written by Jonathan Shepard and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Byzantium's leaders, their imperial order anchored in Constantinople was the centre of excellence - spiritual, moral, material and aesthetic. They rewarded individuals willing to join, and favoured outside groupings prepared to cooperate militarily or politically. Interactions with outsiders varied over place and time, complicated by the sometimes differing priorities of Byzantine churchmen and monks on or beyond Byzantium's borders. These studies consider the dynamics of such interactions, notably the interrelationship between the Bulgarians and their Byzantine neighbour. The Bulgarians' reaction to Byzantium ranged from 'contrarianism' to the systematic adaptation of Byzantine religious orthodoxy, ideals of rulership and normative values after Khan Boris' acceptance of eastern Christianity. For their part, Byzantine rulers were readier to do business with their Bulgarian counterparts than official pronouncements let on, occasionally even adopting aspects of Bulgarian political culture. Byzantium's interrelationship with other ruling elites was less intensive, but the process of Christianisation and the need to format this in readily comprehensible terms could make even distant potentates look to the template of effective Christian sole rulership which Byzantium's rulers embodied. Hungarian and Rus leaders were of abiding geopolitical interest to imperial statecraft, and the studies here show how during the generations around 1000 Byzantine political imagery resonated throughout the region.

ARCHAEOLOGY – Volume I

Author : Donald L. Hardesty
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
ISBN 13 : 1848260024
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book ARCHAEOLOGY – Volume I written by Donald L. Hardesty and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology is a component of Encyclopedia of Social Sciences and Humanities in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. Archaeology is a road for traveling into the past that is independent of and complementary to documents and memory. The archaeological record provides historical perspectives on variability and change in human life support systems with the potential for use in planning for future sustainable development. The Theme is organized into four different topics which represent the main scientific areas of the theme: - Foundations of Archaeology; - The Archaeology of Life Support Systems; - World Cultural Heritage; - Preserving Archaeological Sites and Monuments which are then expanded into multiple subtopics, each as a chapter. The first topic deals with historical, methodological, and theoretical foundations of archaeology. The second topic explores the archaeological record of human life support systems and includes chapters on foraging, food production such as farming and nomadic lifestyles, civilizations, water-management systems, and sustainability. World cultural heritage is the third topic. Finally, the fourth topic covers the preservation of cultural memorials such as archaeological sites, landscapes, and monuments. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers, NGOs and GOs.

The Old Dragon’s Head

Author : Justin Newland
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789015820
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Old Dragon’s Head written by Justin Newland and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructed of stone and packed earth, the Great Wall of 10,000 li protects China’s northern borders from the threat of Mongol incursion. The wall is also home to a supernatural beast: the Old Dragon. The Old Dragon’s Head is the most easterly point of the wall, where it finally meets the sea. In every era, a Dragon Master is born. Endowed with the powers of Heaven, only he can summon the Old Dragon so long as he possess the dragon pearl. It’s the year 1400, and neither the Old Dragon, the dragon pearl, nor the Dragon Master, has been seen for twenty years. Bolin, a young man working on the Old Dragon’s Head, suffers visions of ghosts. Folk believe he has yin-yang eyes and other paranormal gifts.When Bolin’s fief lord, the Prince of Yan, rebels against his nephew, the Jianwen Emperor, a bitter war of succession ensues in which the Mongols hold the balance of power. While the victor might win the battle on earth, China’s Dragon Throne can only be earned with a Mandate from Heaven – and the support of the Old Dragon. Bolin embarks on a journey of self-discovery, mirroring Old China’s endeavour to come of age. When Bolin accepts his destiny as the Dragon Master, Heaven sends a third coming of age – for humanity itself. But are any of them ready for what is rising in the east?