Военная история / The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China

Название: The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China
Автор: Christopher I. Beckwith
Издательство: Princeton University Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 417
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 54 MB

In the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE, Scythian warriors conquered and unified most of the vast Eurasian continent, creating an innovative empire that would give birth to the age of philosophy and the Classical age across the ancient world—in the West, the Near East, India, and China. Mobile horse herders who lived with their cats in wheeled felt tents, the Scythians made stunning contributions to world civilization—from capital cities and strikingly elegant dress to political organization and the world-changing ideas of Buddha, Zoroaster, and Laotzu—Scythians all. In The Scythian Empire , Christopher I. Beckwith presents a major new history of a fascinating but often forgotten empire that changed the course of history.