Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. About the Author ii
3. Contents v
4. Figures viii
5. Maps xvii
6. Note on Transliteration xviii
7. Introduction 1
8. CHAPTER 1 THE NATURE OF THE STEPPE Some Geographical Observations 6
9. CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNINGS OF EURASIA Permanence, Movement and Prehistory 40
10. CHAPTER 3 INDO-EUROPE Prehistory and Language 62
11. CHAPTER 4 HISTORY AND MYTH Cimmerians, Scythians and Sarmatians; Gog, Magog and Excalibur 81
12. CHAPTER 5 AMAZONS Women of the Steppe and the Idea of the Female Warrior 117
13. CHAPTER 6 THE ART OF THE STEPPE From Animal Style to Art Nouveau 136
14. CHAPTER 7 TWILIGHT OF THE GODS The Huns, Attila and the End of Antiquity 169
15. CHAPTER 8 DESCENDANTS OF THE SHE-WOLF The Emergence of Turkish-speaking Peoples 198
16. CHAPTER 9 EUROPEAN NATIONS FROM THE STEPPE Nomads and Early Medieval Europe 222
17. CHAPTER 10 THE ATLANTIS OF THE STEPPE The Khazar Empire and its Legacy 252
18. CHAPTER 11 THE ‘MEN FROM HELL’ Setting the West Ablaze: The Mongols in Europe 267
19. CHAPTER 12 GOLDEN HORDES The Tatar Khanates of Russia 291
20. CHAPTER 13 A MODERN STEPPE EMPIRE Russian Identity and the Steppe 314
21. Notes 346
22. Bibliography 368
23. Index 394