The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe

Name: The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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By Kim, Hyun Jin

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The Huns have often been treated as primitive barbarians with no advanced political organisation. Their place of origin was the so-called 'backward steppe'. It has been argued that whatever political organisation they achieved they owed to the 'civilizing influence' of the Germanic peoples they encountered as they moved west. This book argues that the steppes of Inner Asia were far from 'backward' and that the image of the primitive Huns is vastly misleading. They already possessed a highly sophisticated political culture while still in Inner Asia and, far from being passive recipients of advanced culture from the West, they passed on important elements of Central Eurasian culture to early medieval Europe, which they helped create. Their expansion also marked the beginning of a millennium of virtual monopoly of world power by empires originating in the steppes of Inner Asia. The rise of the Hunnic Empire was truly a geopolitical revolution.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 348
Release Date:: 2005-09-15
Publication Date:: 2014-06-11
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1107009065
ISBN13:: 9781107009066
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 655 g
Height:: 15.7 cm
Width:: 23.5 cm
Thickness:: 2.3 cm

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