Description
This book is one of the first to systematically explore cultural interactions between the Northern Zone of China and the Eurasian Steppe, with a focus on the formation process of the Xiongnu Confederation and the Silk Road. Combining partition and staging analyses, the authors adopt a broad perspective, viewing the Northern Zone as part of the Eurasian Steppe and combining history with culture by investigating the spread of bronze artifacts. In addition, with more than three hundred figures and color photographs, it offers readers a uniquely grand panorama of two thousand years of cultural interactions between the Northern Zone of China and the Eurasian Steppe.
Table of Contents
Chapter One The Germination of Northern Bronzes.- Chapter Two.- The Expansion of the Steppe Culture During the Second Millennium B.C..- Chapter Three The Emergence and Expansion of Bronzes in the Northern Zone of China.- Chapter Four The Beginning of the Early Nomadic Age.- Chapter Five.- The Northern Zone of China and the Eurasian Steppe in the Early Iron Age.- Chapter Six.- Cultural Connections Bwtween the Northern Zone of China and the Eurasian Steppe in the Xiongnu Times.- Conclusion.
