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Roughly half the world s population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue and how did they manage to spread it around the globe. This title reveals how their... Lees meer.

Undoubtedly a masterpiece a sublime book Sunday TimesA dark and beautiful tale full of pain and longing introduced by Tim Parks Idealistic young officer Giovanni Drogo is full of determination to serve his country well. But when he arrives at a bleak border stat... Lees meer.

An epic history of how the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped the modern world. A rollercoaster of historical narration History Today This is a history of epic scope that brings together the empires of the steppe land with the caravan cities of the Silk Road... Lees meer.

Veroveraars van de steppe is een nieuwe geschiedenis van de Euraziatische Steppe van hoogleraar Kenneth Harl. In Veroveraars van de steppe een nieuwe geschiedenis van de Euraziatische Steppe van ruim voor onze jaartelling tot de vijftiende eeuw schetst professor K... Lees meer.

The story of the peoples of Eurasia from the birth of farming to the expansion of the Mongols in the thirteenth century. An immense historical panorama set on a huge continental stage this is also the story of how humans first started building the global system we kno... Lees meer.

The Scythians were warlike nomadic horsemen who roamed the steppe of Asia in the first millennium BC. Using archaeological finds from burials and texts written mainly by Greeks this book reconstructs the lives of the Scythians exploring their beliefs their burial p... Lees meer.

Veroveraars van de steppe is een nieuwe geschiedenis van de Euraziatische Steppe van hoogleraar Kenneth Harl. In Veroveraars van de steppe een nieuwe geschiedenis van de Euraziatische Steppe van ruim voor onze jaartelling tot de vijftiende eeuw schetst professor... Lees meer.

The vast remote Tibetan steppe the Chang Tang is home to a unique assemblage of large mammals including the Tibetan antelope gazelle argali sheep wild ass wild yak wolves and snow leopards. This text is the result of the author s research into the natural histor... Lees meer.

Primarily known as a dramatist Chekhov also wrote short stories. This selection of his work includes The Swedish Match Easter Eve Mire On the Road Verotchka Volodya The Kiss Sleepy and The Steppe .... Lees meer.

Wat is het hart van Kazachstan een land met een oppervlakte van vijf keer Frankrijk met eindeloze steppes en kilometershoge besneeuwde bergtoppen. Zit er een kern van waarheid in Borat de film van de Britse komiek Sacha Baron Cohen. Vind je het ware Kazachstan in d... Lees meer.

Gabriele Esposito presents an overview of the history organization and equipment of the military forces deployed by the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppes during the period from the appearance of the Huns in Eastern Europe to the death of Genghis Khan. Each chapte... Lees meer.

In Paard Ruiter komen de stepperuiters uit Mongoli aan bod een nomadisch volk in Centraal-Azi . Zij zijn in Europa vooral bekend door de veroveringstochten van Djenghis Khan die het Mongoolse rijk tot het grootste imperium uit de wereldgeschiedenis maakte. het str... Lees meer.

Young Giovanni Drogo arrives at the bleak border area of the Tartar Steppe where he is to take a short assignment at Fort Bastiani an encampment manned by veteran soldiers who have grown old without seeing a trace of the enemy. As his length of service stretches from m... Lees meer.

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This book explores the relationship between Vikings Rus and nomadic mostly Turkic steppe dwellers during the course of the Viking Age c. 750 1050 in a geographical area stretching from Eastern Scandinavia through the Kievan Rus Byzantium the Islamic world to the... Lees meer.