Abstract

World history looks different when viewed from the perspective of nomadic peoples. From the Scythians and the Xiongnu to the Turks, Uighurs, Khitai, and the Mongol Empire, this book uses a vast amount of original historical documents to redraw human history from the perspective of the peoples of the steppes. This is an expanded edition of a long-selling collection. One Thousand Books" in February this year.

1 Beyond Ethnicity and National Borders
　1 The Conception of Eurasian World History
　2 From the Nomadic World
2 Composition of Central Eurasia
　1 Looking at the Great Land
　2 The Western Half of Eurasia
3 In Search of the Original Nomadic State
　1 Herodotus Speaks
　2 Contemporaneous History as Seen by Shiba Qian
4 Waves of Change across the Steppes and China
　1 Two Empires in Conflict
　2 A Time of Turning
5 The Turks and Mongols Moving the World
　1 The Giant Turkic World
　2 Waves of Eurasian Reorganization
6 Mongol War and Peace
　1 The "World" as Seen from the Outside
　2 Why Did the Mongols Expand?
　3 The Great Eurasian Trading Bloc
　4 The Rise of Capitalism
　5 Watershed in World History
7 Questioning the Framework of Modern History
　1 The Age of the Sea and Firearms
　2 Rethinking Eurasia

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