Christopher I. Beckwith The Scythian Empire review, recensie en informatie boek over Centraal-Eurazië en de geboorte van de klassieke periode van Perzië tot China. Op 4 juni 2024 verschijnt bij Princeton University Press het boek van Christopher I. Beckwith, de hoogleraar Centraal-Euraziatische Studies aan de Universiteit van Indiana over de Scythen en de Scytische beschaving. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.
Christopher I. Beckwith The Scythian Empire review en recensie
- “The Scythian Empire is simply, dazzlingly original. . . . [Beckwith’s] curiosity, imagination and learning–from the Yellow River to the Danube, from archaeology to linguistics–do what every history ought to do but few achieve: compel the reader to think.” (Maxwell Carter, Wall Street Journal)
- “Often regarded by historians as a collection of savage tribes, the Scythians emerge as a pivotal force of the ancient world in this monumental history.” (The New Yorker)
- “Prodigiously learned … Full of hitherto unthought-of connections across the northern steppes. Not everyone will agree with Beckwith, but all will be challenged by his book which turns the classical world as we know it inside out.” (History Today)
The Scythian Empire
- Auteur: Christopher I. Beckwith (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: geschiedenis van de Scythen
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Princeton University Press
- Verschijnt: 4 juni 2024
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £ 20,00
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
Flaptekst boek van Christopher I. Beckwith over het Scythische Rijk
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.
At its height, the Scythian Empire stretched west from Mongolia and ancient northeast China to northwest Iran and the Danube River, and in Central Asia reached as far south as the Arabian Sea. The Scythians also ruled Media and Chao, crucial frontier states of ancient Iran and China. By ruling over and marrying the local peoples, the Scythians created new cultures that were creole Scythian in their speech, dress, weaponry, and feudal socio-political structure. As they spread their language, ideas, and culture across the ancient world, the Scythians laid the foundations for the very first Persian, Indian, and Chinese empires.
Filled with fresh discoveries, The Scythian Empire presents a remarkable new vision of a little-known but incredibly important empire and its peoples.
Christopher I. Beckwith is born on 23 October 1945 He is American philologist and distinguished Professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. His many books include Empires of the Silk Road, The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia, Greek Buddha, and Warriors of the Cloisters.