Rethinking Prehistoric Central Asia

Author : Claudia Chang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351701587

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Rethinking Prehistoric Central Asia by Claudia Chang Pdf

The peoples of Inner Asia in the second half of the first millennium BC have long been considered to be nomads, engaging in warfare and conflict. This book, which presents the findings of new archaeological research in southeastern Kazakhstan, analyzes these findings to present important conclusions about the nature of Inner Asian society in this period. Pots, animal bones, ancient plant remains, and mudbricks are details from the material record proving that the ancient folk cultivated wheat, barley, and the two millets, and also husbanded sheep, goats, cattle, and horses. The picture presented is of societies which were more complex than heretofore understood: with an economic foundation based on both herding and farming, producing surplus agricultural goods which were exported, and with a hierarchical social structure, including elites and commoners, made cohesive by gift-giving, feasting, and tribute, rather than conflict and warfare. The book includes material on the impact of the first opening of the Silk Route by the Han emperors of China.

Author : Liang Emlyn Yang,Hans-Rudolf Bork,Xiuqi Fang,Steffen Mischke
Publisher : Springer
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030007287

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Socio-Environmental Dynamics along the Historical Silk Road by Liang Emlyn Yang,Hans-Rudolf Bork,Xiuqi Fang,Steffen Mischke Pdf

This open access book discusses socio-environmental interactions in the middle to late Holocene, covering specific areas along the ancient Silk Road regions. Over twenty chapters provide insight into this topic from various disciplinary angles and perspectives, ranging from archaeology, paleoclimatology, antiquity, historical geography, agriculture, carving art and literacy. The Silk Road is a modern concept for an ancient network of trade routes that for centuries facilitated and intensified processes of cultural interaction and goods exchange between West China, Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean. Coherent patterns and synchronous events in history suggest possible links between social upheaval, resource utilization and climate or environment forces along the Silk Road and in a broader area. Post-graduates in studying will benefit from this work, as well as it will stimulate young researchers to further explore the role played by the environment in long-term socio-cultural changes.

Author : Eugene N. Anderson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030168704

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The East Asian World-System by Eugene N. Anderson Pdf

This book studies the East Asian world-system and its dynastic cycles as they were influenced by climate and demographic change, diseases, the expansion of trade, and the rise of science and technology. By studying the history of East Asia until the beginning of the 20th century and offering a comparative perspective on East Asian countries, including China, Japan and Korea, it describes the historical evolution of the East Asian world-system as being the result of good or poor management of the respective populations and environments. Lastly, the book discusses how the East Asian regions have become integrated into a single world-system by a combination of trade, commerce, and military action. Given its scope, the book will appeal to scholars of history, sociology, political science and environmental studies, and to anyone interested in learning about the effects of climate change on the dynamic development of societies.

Author : Xinyi Liu,Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute,Shinya Shoda,Petra Vaiglova
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832519400

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Effects of novel environments on domesticated species by Xinyi Liu,Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute,Shinya Shoda,Petra Vaiglova Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004325470

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Fitful Histories and Unruly Publics: Rethinking Temporality and Community in Eurasian Archaeology by Anonim Pdf

Fitful Histories and Unruly Publics re-examines the relationship between Eurasia’s past and present, demonstrating that social life in ancient Eurasia was considerably more unruly than research has traditionally allowed.

Author : Kristian Kristiansen,Guus Kroonen,Eske Willerslev
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781009261746

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The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited by Kristian Kristiansen,Guus Kroonen,Eske Willerslev Pdf

The Indo-European dispersal inalterably shaped the Eurasian linguistic landscape. This book offers the newest insights into this dramatic prehistoric event.

Author : Sitta von Reden
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1131 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783110604931

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Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies by Sitta von Reden Pdf

The second volume of the Handbook describes different extractive economies in the world regions that have been outlined in the first volume. A wide range of economic actors – from kings and armies to cities and producers – are discussed within different imperial settings as well as the tools, which enabled and constrained economic outcomes. A central focus are nodes of consumption that are visible in the archaeological and textual records of royal capitals, cities, religious centers, and armies that were stationed, in some cases permanently, in imperial frontier zones. Complementary to the multipolar concentrations of consumption are the fiscal-tributary structures of the empires vis-à-vis other institutions that had the capacity to extract, mobilize, and concentrate resources and wealth. Larger volumes of state-issued coinage in various metals show the new role of coinage in taxation, local economic activities, and social practices, even where textual evidence is absent. Given the overwhelming importance of agriculture, the volume also analyses forms of agrarian development, especially around cities and in imperial frontier zones. Special consideration is given to road- and water-management systems for which there is now sufficient archaeological and documentary evidence to enable cross-disciplinary comparative research.

Author : Courtney Nimura,Helen Chittock,Peter Hommel,Chris Gosden
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781789253979

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Art in the Eurasian Iron Age by Courtney Nimura,Helen Chittock,Peter Hommel,Chris Gosden Pdf

Since early discoveries of so-called Celtic Art during the 19th century, archaeologists have mused on the origins of this major art tradition, which emerged in Europe around 500 BC. Classical influence has often been cited as the main impetus for this new and distinctive way of decorating, but although Classical and Celtic Art share certain motifs, many of the design principles behind the two styles differ fundamentally. Instead, the idea that Celtic Art shares its essential forms and themes of transformation and animism with Iron Age art from across northern Eurasia has recently gained currency, partly thanks to a move away from the study of motifs in prehistoric art and towards considerations of the contexts in which they appear. This volume explores Iron Age art at different scales and specifically considers the long-distance connections, mutual influences and shared ‘ways of seeing’ that link Celtic Art to other art traditions across northern Eurasia. It brings together 13 papers on varied subjects such as animal and human imagery, technologies of production and the design theory behind Iron Age art, balancing pan-Eurasian scale commentary with regional and site scale studies and detailed analyses of individual objects, as well as introductory and summary papers. This multi-scalar approach allows connections to be made across wide geographical areas, whilst maintaining the detail required to carry out sensitive studies of objects.

Author : Kate Franklin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520380936

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Everyday Cosmopolitanisms by Kate Franklin Pdf

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Widely studied and hotly debated, the Silk Road is often viewed as a precursor to contemporary globalization, the merchants who traversed it as early agents of cultural exchange. Missing are the lives of the ordinary people who inhabited the route and contributed as much to its development as their itinerant counterparts. In this book, Kate Franklin takes the highlands of medieval Armenia as a compelling case study for examining how early globalization and everyday life intertwined along the Silk Road. She argues that Armenia—and the Silk Road itself—consisted of the overlapping worlds created by a diverse assortment of people: not only long-distance travelers but also the local rulers and subjects who lived in Armenia’s mountain valleys and along its highways. Franklin guides the reader through increasingly intimate scales of global exchange to highlight the cosmopolitan dimensions of daily life, as she vividly reconstructs how people living in and passing through the medieval Caucasus understood the world and their place within it. With its innovative focus on the far-reaching implications of local practices, Everyday Cosmopolitanisms brings the study of medieval Eurasia into relation with contemporary investigations of cosmopolitanism and globalization, challenging persistent divisions between modern and medieval, global and quotidian.

Author : Kenneth M. Swope,Tonio Andrade
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315282794

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Early Modern East Asia by Kenneth M. Swope,Tonio Andrade Pdf

This book presents a great deal of new primary research on a wide range of aspects of early modern East Asia. Focusing primarily on maritime connections, the book explores the importance of international trade networks, the implications of technological dissemination, and the often unforeseen consequences of missionary efforts. It demonstrates the benefi ts of a global history approach, outlining the complex interactions between Western traders and Asian states and entrepreneurs. Overall, the book presents much interesting new material on this complicated and understudied period. .

Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317538318

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Tropical Warfare in the Asia-Pacific Region, 1941-45 by Kaushik Roy Pdf

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the land war during the Second World War in South-East Asia and the South and South-West Pacific. The extensive existing literature focuses on particular armies – Japanese, British, American, Australian or Indian – and/or on particular theatres – the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Malaya or Burma. This book, on the contrary, argues that warfare in all the theatres was very similar, especially the difficulties of the undeveloped terrain, and that there was considerable interchange of ideas between the allied armies which enabled the spread of best practice among them. The book considers tactics, training, technology and logistics, assesses the changing state of the combat effectiveness of the different armies, and traces the course of the war from the Japanese Blitzkrieg of 1941, through the later stalemate, and the hard fought Allied fightback. Although the book concentrates on ground forces, due attention is also given to air forces and amphibious operations. One important argument put forward by the author is that the defeat of the Japanese was not inevitable and that it was brought about by chance and considerable tactical ingenuity on the part of US and British imperial forces.

Author : Wicky W. K. Tse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315532318

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The Collapse of China's Later Han Dynasty, 25-220 CE by Wicky W. K. Tse Pdf

In the Later Han period the region covering the modern provinces of Gansu, southern Ningxia, eastern Qinghai, northern Sichuan, and western Shaanxi, was a porous frontier zone between the Chinese regimes and their Central Asian neighbours, not fully incorporated into the Chinese realm until the first century BCE. Not surprisingly the region had a large concentration of men of martial background, from which a regional culture characterized by warrior spirit and skills prevailed. This military elite was generally honoured by the imperial centre, but during the Later Han period the ascendancy of eastern-based scholar-officials and the consequent increased emphasis on civil values and de-militarization fundamentally transformed the attitude of the imperial state towards the northwestern frontiersmen, leaving them struggling to achieve high political and social status. From the ensuing tensions and resentment followed the capture of the imperial capital by a northwestern military force, the deposing of the emperor and the installation of a new one, which triggered the disintegration of the empire. Based on extensive original research, and combining cultural, military and political history, this book examines fully the forging of military regional identity in the northwest borderlands and the consequences of this for the early Chinese empires.

Author : Katheryn M. Linduff,Karen S. Rubinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429851537

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Pazyryk Culture Up in the Altai by Katheryn M. Linduff,Karen S. Rubinson Pdf

This book reconsiders the archaeology of the Pazyryk, the horse-riding people of the Altai Mountains who lived in the 4th–3rd centuries BCE, in light of recent scientific studies and excavations not only in Russia but also Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China, together with new theories of landscape. Excavation of the Pazyryk burials sparked great interest because of their wealth of organic remains, including tattooed bodies and sacrificed horses, together with superb wooden carvings and colorful textiles. In view of this new research, the role of the Pazyryk Culture in the ancient globalized world can now be more focused and refined. In this synthetic study of the region, the Pazyryk Culture is set into the landscape using recent studies on climate, technology, human and animal DNA and local resources. It shows that this was a powerful, semi-sedentary, interdependent group with contacts in Eurasia to their west, and to their east in Mongolia and south in China. This book is for archaeologists, anthropologists, art historians, social and economic historians as well as persons with general interests in mobile pastoralism, the emergence of complex societies, the social roles of artifacts and the diverse nature of an interconnected ancient world.

Author : Philip L. Kohl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317282259

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The Bronze Age Civilization of Central Asia by Philip L. Kohl Pdf

The Bronze Age Civilization of Central Asia edited by Philip L. Kohl collates translated articles from soviet findings of Bronze Age and Aenolithic remains in Central Asia. Originally published in 1981, these articles include the latest discoveries at the time of publication such as the Murghab Delta sites to build a clearer picture of civilizations and settlements in Bronze Age Southern Central Asia and their history and evolution for new English audiences. This title will be of interest to students of history, archaeology and anthropology.

Author : Swarajya Prakash Gupta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN : UOM:39015034348899

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Archaeology of Soviet Central Asia and the Indian Borderlands: Prehistory by Swarajya Prakash Gupta Pdf