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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Hyun Jin Kim |
ISBN: | 9781107009066 1107009065 1107055407 9781107055407 |
OCLC Number: | 815873345 |
Description: | viii, 338 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Rome's inner Asian enemies before the Huns -- 3. The Huns in Central Asia -- 4. The Huns in Europe -- 5. The end of the Hunnic Empire in the West -- 6. The later Huns and the birth of Europe -- Conclusion. |
Responsibility: | Hyun Jin Kim. |
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Abstract:
Argues that the political culture of the Huns was more sophisticated than is often believed and reassesses their role in the creation of early medieval Europe. Their expansion also marked the beginning of a millennium of virtual monopoly of world power by empires originating in the steppes of Inner Asia.
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'Gets my vote for the freshness of its worldview.' Peter Heather, BBC History Magazine 'Kim argues that the Huns played a large and positive role in the fall of Rome and the birth of Europe ... This challenging reassessment ... should be in all research libraries. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' G. G. Guzman, Choice Read more...
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- Huns -- Asia, Central -- History.
- Huns -- Europe -- History.
- Asia, Central -- Civilization.
- Rome -- Civilization -- Asian influences.
- Europe -- Civilization -- Asian influences.
- Huns -- Asie centrale -- Histoire.
- Huns -- Europe -- Histoire.
- Asie centrale -- Civilisation.
- Rome -- Civilisation -- Influence asiatique.
- Europe -- Civilisation -- Influence asiatique.
- HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
- History.
- Civilization.
- Civilization -- Asian influences.
- Huns.
- Central Asia.
- Europe.
- Rome (Empire)
- Eroberung
- Hunnen
- Politische Kultur
- Europa
- Römisches Reich