Nicola Di Cosmo
Autore di Ancient China and its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History
Sull'Autore
Nicola Di Cosmo is Luce Foundation Professor of East Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Study.
Opere di Nicola Di Cosmo
Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity: Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250–750 (2018) — A cura di — 9 copie
The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century China: "My Service in the Army", by Dzengseo (Routledge Studies in… (2006) 8 copie
La Cina 1 copia
Venezia e i Mongoli : commercio e diplomazia sulle vie della seta nel Medioevo (secoli XIII-XV) (2022) — Autore — 1 copia
Reiternomaden in Europa - Hunnen, Awaren, Ungarn — Autore — 1 copia
Opere correlate
Reiternomaden in Europa — Autore — 1 copia
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All Things China (1)
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- Opere
- 12
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 191
- Popolarità
- #114,255
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 28
- Lingue
- 3
As might be guessed from the use of "Inner Asia" rather than "Central Asia" or similar in the title, there is something of an eastern focus: Of the ten consistuent essays, six deals with events east of the Pamirs, one ranges across the entire Mongol Empire, and two deals with Mongols in the West. Only one, Golden on the pre-Mongol western steppes, deal with the western steppes in the absence of direct eastern influence.
Subjects dealt with varies from analysis of individual battles (Herat 1270 and Wadi-'l-Khaznadar 1299) to Qing military ceremonial.
As typical in this sort of collections, the interest varies considerably from essay to essay. But anyone interested in steppe warfare is likely to find something of interest here, particularly those interested in the Mongols and/or Manchus, who separately or together figure in seven out of ten essays.… (altro)