Bibliograph

Nomads, the wanderers who shaped our world, Anthony Sattin ; with illustrations by Sylvie Franquet

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Nomads, the wanderers who shaped our world, Anthony Sattin ; with illustrations by Sylvie Franquet

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-339) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nomads

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1344437252

Responsibility statement

Anthony Sattin ; with illustrations by Sylvie Franquet

Sub title

the wanderers who shaped our world

Summary

"The remarkable story of how nomads have fostered and refreshed civilization throughout our history. Moving across millennia, Nomads explores the transformative and often bloody relationship between settled and mobile societies. Often overlooked in history, the story of the umbilical connections between these two very different ways of living presents a radical new view of human civilization. From the Neolithic revolution to the twenty-first century via the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the great nomadic empires of the Arabs and Mongols, the Mughals and the development of the Silk Road, nomads have been a perpetual counterbalance to the empires created by the power of human cities. Exploring the evolutionary biology and psychology of restlessness that makes us human, Anthony Sattin's sweeping history charts the power of nomadism from before the Bible to its decline in the present day. Connecting us to mythology and the records of antiquity, Nomads explains why we leave home, and why we like to return again. This is the history of civilization as told through its outsiders"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Map 1: The Balancing Act: Eurasia to 453 CE -- Map 2: The Imperial Act: From the Rise of the Arabs to the Fall of the Mongols -- In the Zagros Mountains, Iran -- Part 1. The Balancing Act -- Part 2. The Imperial Act -- Part 3. The Act of Recovery

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