Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Notes on Dates and Transliterations ix
5. 1. Introduction: Nomadic Culture 1
6. 2 Steppe Land Interactions and Their Effects on Chinese Cultures during the Second and Early First Millennia BCE 10
7. 3. The Scythians and Their Neighbors 32
8. 4 From Steppe Roads to Silk Roads: Inner Asian Nomads and Early Interregional Exchange 50
9. 5 The Use of Sociopolitical Terminology for Nomads: An Excursion into the Term Buluo in Tang China 88
10. 6. Population Movements in Mongol Eurasia 119
11. 7. The Mongols and Nomadic Identity: The Case of the Kitans in China 152
12. 8. Persian Notables and the Families Who Underpinned the Ilkhanate 182
13. 9. The Mongol Empire and Its Impact on the Arts of China 214
14. 10. The Impact of the Mongols on the History of Syria: Politics, Society, and Culture 228
15. 11. The Tatar Factor in the Formation of Muscovy’s Political Culture 252
16. 12. Mongol Historiography since 1985: Th e Rise of Cultural History 271
17. Bibliography 283
18. Contributors 331
19. Index 335