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1、THECAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFEARLYINNERASIATheCambridgeHistoryofEarlyInnerAsiaintroducesthegeographicalsettingoftheregionandfollowsitshistoryfromthepaleolithiceratotheriseoftheMongolempireinthethirteenthcentury.FromearliesttimesInnerAsiahaslinkedandseparatedthegreatseden
2、tarycivilisationsofEuropeandAsia.Inthepre-modernperioditwasdefinablemoreasaculturalthanageographicalentity,itsfrontiersshiftingaccordingtothechangingbalancesofpower.Beforetheadventofefficientfirearms,itwastheiralmostirresistiblelightcavalrywhichenabledthenomadicp
3、eopleofthesteppestotakebyforcewhattheycouldneitherproducethemselvesnorprocurethroughtrade.Theirsedentaryneighboursretaliatedwithconstantattemptstodehumanisethisnomadenemy,andcreatedtheconceptofthe'barbarian'bentondestroyingthecivilisedworld.TheearlyhistoryofInner
4、Asiais,therefore,thehistoryofthebarbarian.WrittenbydistinguishedinternationalscholarswhohavepioneeredtheexplorationofInnerAsia'spoorlydocumentedpast,thisbookchronologicallytracesthevaryinghistoricalachievementsofthedisparatepopulation-groupsintheregion.Theseinclu
5、detheScythiansandSarmatians,theHsiung-nu,theHunsandAvars,thepeopleoftheRussiansteppes,theTurkempire,theUighursandtheTibetanempire.Itistheeditor'shopethatthisbookwillbringInnerAsiamorecloselyintothefabricofworldhistory.CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityP
6、ress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008TheCambridgeHistoryofEarlyInnerAsiaEditedbyDENISSINORDistinguishedProfessorEmeritusofUralicandAltaicStudiesIndianaUniversity!CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2
7、008PublishedbythePressSyndicateoftheUniversityofCambridgeThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,CambridgeCB21RP40West20thStreet,NewYork,NY10011-4211,USA10StamfordRoad,Oakleigh,Melbourne3166,Australia©CambridgeUniversityPress1990Firstpublished1990Reprinted1994BritishLi
8、brarycataloguinginpublicationdataTheCambridgehistoryofearlyInnerAsia.FromearliesttimestotheriseoftheMongolsi.Asia.InnerAsia,to19871.Sinor,DenisLibraryofCongres
