The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China

by Thomas J. Barfield

Book Overview

Around 800 BC, the Eurasian steppe underwent a profound cultural transformation that was to shape world history for the next 2,500 years: the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Asia invented cavalry which,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557863245
• ISBN13: 9781557863249
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"