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1、THECAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFEARLYINNERASIATheCambridgeHistoryofEarlyInnerAsiaintroducesthegeographicalsettingoftheregionandfollowsitshistoryfromthepaleolithiceratotheriseoftheMongolempireinthethirteenthcentury.FromearliesttimesInnerAsiahaslinkedandseparatedthegreatsedenta
2、rycivilisationsofEuropeandAsia.Inthepre-modernperioditwasdefinablemoreasaculturalthanageographicalentity,itsfrontiersshiftingaccordingtothechangingbalancesofpower.Beforetheadventofefficientfirearms,itwastheiralmostirresistiblelightcavalrywhichenabledthenomadicpeopl
3、eofthesteppestotakebyforcewhattheycouldneitherproducethemselvesnorprocurethroughtrade.Theirsedentaryneighboursretaliatedwithconstantattemptstodehumanisethisnomadenemy,andcreatedtheconceptofthe'barbarian'bentondestroyingthecivilisedworld.TheearlyhistoryofInnerAsiais
4、,therefore,thehistoryofthebarbarian.WrittenbydistinguishedinternationalscholarswhohavepioneeredtheexplorationofInnerAsia'spoorlydocumentedpast,thisbookchronologicallytracesthevaryinghistoricalachievementsofthedisparatepopulation-groupsintheregion.TheseincludetheScy
5、thiansandSarmatians,theHsiung-nu,theHunsandAvars,thepeopleoftheRussiansteppes,theTurkempire,theUighursandtheTibetanempire.Itistheeditor'shopethatthisbookwillbringInnerAsiamorecloselyintothefabricofworldhistory.CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008C
6、ambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008TheCambridgeHistoryofEarlyInnerAsiaEditedbyDENISSINORDistinguishedProfessorEmeritusofUralicandAltaicStudiesIndianaUniversity!CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008Published
7、bythePressSyndicateoftheUniversityofCambridgeThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,CambridgeCB21RP40West20thStreet,NewYork,NY10011-4211,USA10StamfordRoad,Oakleigh,Melbourne3166,Australia©CambridgeUniversityPress1990Firstpublished1990Reprinted1994BritishLibrarycatalogui
8、nginpublicationdataTheCambridgehistoryofearlyInnerAsia.FromearliesttimestotheriseoftheMongolsi.Asia.InnerAsia,to19871.Sinor,DenisLibraryofCongres
