Hammer and Anvil: Nomad Rulers at the Forge of the Modern World

by Pamela Kyle Crossley

This groundbreaking book examines the role of rulers with nomadic roots in transforming the great societies of Eurasia, especially from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries. Distinguished historian Pamela Kyle Crossley, drawing on the long history of nomadic confrontation with Eurasia's densely populated civilizations, argues that the distinctive changes we associate with modernity were founded on vernacular literature and arts, rising literacy,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442214430
• ISBN13: 9781442214439
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"