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The Origins of Complex Political Organisation in Ancient Inner Asia: East Eurasia, Cimmerians and Scythians

The Origins of Complex Political Organisation in Ancient Inner Asia: East Eurasia, Cimmerians and Scythians

Kim, Hyun Jin
Ferruh Adalı, Selim

Hardcover

Ancient History General

ISBN10: 1032004495
ISBN13: 9781032004495
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 6 2025
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book explores the origins of complex political organisation in Inner Asia, which enabled mighty empires, proto-state entities and confederacies such as the Cimmerians, Scythians and the Xiongnu Huns to emerge and dominate large swathes of the Eurasian continent during antiquity.

The volume provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the origins and development of the quasi-feudal system of political organisation, which prevailed in Inner Asia during antiquity, how this supported the formation of imperial polities in the steppe zone, and the impact the expansion of these polities had on the politics, history and culture of both ancient Inner Asia and also China, the Middle East and Europe. It examines the historical and archaeological evidence for the Cimmerians and Scythians and their geopolitical impact on western Eurasia, exploring whether the complex political organisation in Inner Asia - which we see later among the Xiongnu and the Huns - originated with them or had even earlier antecedents.

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