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Introduction | |
Part I: 1. The Steppe Highway: the rise of pastoral nomadism as a Eurasian phenomenon | |
2. Bronze, iron and gold: the evolution of nomadic cultures on the northern frontier of China | |
Part II: 3. Beasts and birds: the historical context of early Chinese perceptions of northern peoples | |
4. Walls and horses: the beginning of historical contacts between horse-riding Nomads and Chinese states | |
Part III: 5. Those who draw the bow: the rise of the Hsiung-nu Nomadic Empire and the political unification of the Nomads | |
6. From peace to war: China's shift from appeasement to military engagement | |
Part IV: 7. In search of grass and water: ethnography and history of the North in the Historian's Records | |
8. Taming the North: the rationalization of the nomads in Ssu-ma Ch'ien's historical thought | |
Conclusion. |
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