Ancient China and its Enemies
Subtitle: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780521770644
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; BCE to c 500 CE; History: World; Far East; History - General History; China; East Asia, Far East; Medieval; Ancient - General; Asia - China; China--History--To 221 B.C; History / Medieval; History; To 221 B.C
First sentence: The terminology for the regions inhabited by the nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples of Inner Asia in pre-historical and historical times is inherently unstable, given that geographic areas such as Central Asia, Inner Asia, the Northern Zone, and Central Eurasia are usually defined ad hoc.