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Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires - Softcover

Chaffetz, David

 
9781324110330: Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1324110333 ISBN 13: 9781324110330
Verlag: Norton & Company, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with a slight, shy animal hunted for food. Domesticating the horse allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe; later, their horses enabled new forms of warfare, encouraged long-distance trade routes and acquired cultural and religious significance. Over time, horses came to power empires in Iran, Afghanistan, China, India and Russia.

David Chaffetz tells the story of how the horse made rulers, raiders and traders interchangeable, providing a novel explanation for the turbulent history of the "Silk Road", which might be better called the Horse Road. Drawing on recent research in fields including genetics and forensic archaeology, Chaffetz presents a lively history of the great horse empires that shaped civilisation.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Chaffetz, Asian Review of Books contributor, member of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, and author of A Journey through Afghanistan and Three Asian Divas, has traveled in Asia for over forty years. He lives in Lisbon and Paris.

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A captivating history of civilisation that reveals the central role of the horse in culture, commerce and conquest

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Verlag
Norton & Company
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1324110333
ISBN 13 
9781324110330
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
448
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