Nomads and Their Neighbours in the Russian Steppe: Turks, Khazars and Qipchaqs (Variorum Collected Studies Series: Cs752) [Hardcover]

Peter B. Golden (Author)

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Series: Variorum Collected Studies Series: Cs752 | Publication Date: February 2003

The western steppelands of Central Eurasia, stretching from the Danube, through the modern Ukraine and southern Russia, to the Caspian, have historically been the meeting ground of Inner Asian pastoral nomads and the agrarian societies of Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. This volume deals, firstly, with the interaction of the nomads with their sedentary neighbours - the Kievan Rus' state and the mediaeval polities of Transcaucasia, Georgia in particular - in the period from the 6th century to the advent of the Mongols. Secondly, it looks at questions of nomadic ethnogenesis (Oghuz, Hungarian, Qipchaq) at the evolution of nomadic political traditions and the heritage of the Turk empire, and at aspects of indigenous nomadic religious traditions together with the impact of foreign religions on the nomads - notably the conversion of the Khazars to Judaism. A number of articles focus on the Qipchaqs, a powerful confederation of complex Inner Asian origins that played a crucial role in the history of Christian Eastern Europe and Transcaucasia and the Muslim world between the 11th and 13th centuries.

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• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Variorum (February 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0860788857
• ISBN-13: 978-0860788850
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Useful reference book for those intereste in the early medieval history of the Eastern Europ, December 3, 2008

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Author is well known and highly reputable specialist on the the early medieval Eastern Europe, and various turcic nomads, who shaped to the large extend the history of this region. The present issue is a collection of the articles published by author in various academic journals and compendiums on the subject. Unfortunately publisher had chosen not to reset the text, but used photocopies of the articles, which looks rather shoddy for the book at this price. Book would be of interest for specialists, students, and amateurs interested in the history of the Black Sea-Caspian steppe region, and interaction of the turcic nomads with thier nieghbours: Eastern Slavs, Byzantium, etc.