Nomadic Empires from Mongolia to the Danube FROM THE PUBLISHER
Nomadic Empires sheds new light on 2,000 years of military history and geopolitics. The Mongol Empire of Genghis-Khan and his heirs, as is well known, was the greatest empire in world history. For 2,000 years, from the fifth century B.C. to the fifteenth century A.D., the steppe areas of Asia, from the borders of Manchuria to the Black Sea, were a "zone of turbulence," threatening settled peoples from China to Russia and Hungary, including Iran, India, the Byzantine Empire, and even Syria. It was a true world stage that was affected by these destructive nomads.
SYNOPSIS
A specialist in conflicts, strategic problems, guerrillas, and terrorism, Chaliand (Ecole Nationale d'Administration and Collège Inter-armée de Défense, Paris) introduces the military history of the nomadic Altaic peoples of central Asia, and above all the impact they had on world history over the span of two millennia, from the fourth century BC to the 15th century AD. The Mongols and the Turks are the best known of them. He uses a geopolitical and strategic approach. No date or publisher is cited for the original Empires nomades de la Mongolie au Danube. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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