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Post by Von K on Dec 16, 2023 20:12:00 GMT -5
Thanks Hun, looks stylish. Is it a hardcover?
Yeah, it is a hardcover., with a cloth front and back cover and no spine! The pages are not glued together and are in sewn binding so I'm a little apprehensive about reading it for now. I'm gonna pick up one of those clear book cover sleeves before diving in or at least be very careful if I cannot resist temptation. That's a unique format for a graphic novel!
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Post by hun on Dec 18, 2023 13:11:36 GMT -5
Interesting looking book on the 18th century Iranian conqueror Nader Shah. He was of Oghuz Turkic origin from the Avshar tribe. This guy beat everyone: the Uzbeks, the Afghans, the Mughals of India and the Ottoman Turks! He was also a big fan of Tamerlane and good ol' Genghis Khan:  The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant by Michael Axworthy Description:Nader Shah, ruler of Persia from 1736 to 1747, embodied ruthless ambition, energy, military brilliance, cynicism and cruelty. His reign was filled with bloodshed, betrayal and horror. Yet, Nader Shah is central to Iran's early modern history. From a shepherd boy, he rose to liberate his country from foreign occupation, and make himself Shah. He took eighteenth century Iran in a trajectory from political collapse and partition to become the dominant power in the region, briefly opening the prospect of a modernising state that could have resisted colonial intervention in Asia. He recovered all the territory lost by his predecessors, including Herat and Kandahar, and went on to conquer Moghul Delhi, plundering the enormous treasures of India. Nader commanded the most powerful military force in Asia, if not the world. He repeatedly defeated the armies of Ottoman Turkey, the preeminent State of Islam, overran most of what is now Iraq and threatened to take Baghdad on several occasions. But from the zenith of his success he declined into illness, insane avarice and horrific savagery, committing terrible atrocities against the Persian people, his friends, and even his family, until he finally died as violently as he had lived. The "Sword of Persia" recreates the story of a remarkable, ruthless man, capable of both charm and brutality. It is a rich narrative, full of dramatic incident, including much new research into original Iranian and other material, which will prove indispensable to historians and students. The book includes many contemporary illustrations, and maps.Amazon Links: www.amazon.com/Sword-Persia-Tribal-Warrior-Conquering/dp/1845119827/www.amazon.co.uk/Sword-Persia-Tribal-Warrior-Conquering/dp/1845119827/Did Harold Lamb ever write a biography of Nader Shah? I dunno it kinda feels like he did. |
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Post by hun on Jan 3, 2024 15:48:57 GMT -5
...a couple more from the Siberian group Otyken:
OTYKEN - KHAN BLUES
Ummet Ozcan X Otyken Altay
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Post by hun on Jan 3, 2024 16:05:47 GMT -5
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Post by hun on Jan 6, 2024 16:41:46 GMT -5
New book on the mighty Tamerlane by Peter Jackson(not that one):  From Genghis Khan to Tamerlane: The Reawakening of Mongol AsiaBy Peter Jackson Description:
An epic account of how a new world order under Tamerlane was born out of the decline of the Mongol Empire
By the mid-fourteenth century, the world empire founded by Genghis Khan was in crisis. The Mongol Ilkhanate had ended in Iran and Iraq, China’s Mongol rulers were threatened by the native Ming, and the Golden Horde and the Central Asian Mongols were prey to internal discord. Into this void moved the warlord Tamerlane, the last major conqueror to emerge from Inner Asia.
In this authoritative account, Peter Jackson traces Tamerlane’s rise to power against the backdrop of the decline of Mongol rule. Jackson argues that Tamerlane, a keen exponent of Mongol custom and tradition, operated in Genghis Khan’s shadow and took care to draw parallels between himself and his great precursor. But, as a Muslim, Tamerlane drew on Islamic traditions, and his waging of wars in the name of jihad, whether sincere or not, had a more powerful impact than those of any Muslim Mongol ruler before him.
Publisher : Yale University Press (12 Dec. 2023) Language : English Hardcover : 720 pages ISBN-10 : 0300251122 ISBN-13 : 978-0300251128 Dimensions : 16 x 4.7 x 23.7 cm Amazon links: www.amazon.co.uk/Genghis-Khan-Tamerlane-Reawakening-Mongol/dp/0300251122/www.amazon.com/Genghis-Khan-Tamerlane-Reawakening-Mongol/dp/0300251122/ |
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Post by hun on Jan 14, 2024 13:06:51 GMT -5
A couple of lectures by Kenneth W. Harl of Tulane University. Nomadic Tribes of Eastern Europe and the Steppes
This lecture deals with Iranian speaking Nomads of Eastern Europe. King Attila and the Huns
This lecture takes a special look at the Huns and their most famous King Attila and their role in breaking up the Empire and the shaping of the political and cultural landscape that followed. Could not help but notice in the Nomadic Tribes of Eastern Europe and the Steppes video the depiction of a cataphract, a heavily armoured warrior with lance and mounted on a charger. They seemed to have influenced the later European Knights, and Harl does note that Sarmatian Heraldry was passed on to the Romans and ultimately adopted in medieval Europe. The sculpture in the video was of a Sasanian cataphract in Taq-e Bostan, Iran: One of the oldest depictions of a cataphract.   Unfortunately, most of these videos seem to have disappeared on YouTube, but never fear you can read about the Empires of the Steppes in a new book by Kenneth W. Harl. A book very much in the tradition of Rene Grousset and Harold Lamb:  Empires of the Steppes: The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped CivilisationBy Kenneth W. Harl Description:
An epic and enthralling history of how Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world
The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced some of the world’s greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, among others. And their deeds still resonate today.
In this enthralling new history, Professor Kenneth Harl draws on a lifetime of scholarship to vividly recreate the lives and world of these often-forgotten peoples from their beginnings to the early modern age. Their brutal struggle to survive on the steppes bred a resilient, pragmatic people ever ready to learn from their more advanced neighbours. In warfare, they dominated the battlefield for over fifteen hundred years. Under charismatic rulers, they could topple empires and win their own.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing (17 Aug. 2023) Language : English Hardcover : 576 pages ISBN-10 : 1526630400 ISBN-13 : 978-1526630407 Dimensions : 15.3 x 4.55 x 23.4 cm Amazon Links: www.amazon.co.uk/Empires-Steppes-Nomadic-Tribes-Civilization/dp/1526630400/www.amazon.com/Empires-Steppes-Nomadic-Tribes-Civilization/dp/1526630400/ |
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Post by kemp on Jan 15, 2024 20:42:06 GMT -5
The book looks interesting from reading the blurb on amazon, seems to be very comprehensive, covering various steppe peoples. 'A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped world civilization. The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced some of the world's greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, among others. Their deeds still resonate today. Indeed, these nomads built long-lasting empires, facilitated the first global trade of the Silk Road and disseminated religions, technology, knowledge and goods of every description that enriched and changed the lives of so many across Europe, China and the Middle East. From a single region emerged a great many peoples--the Huns, the Mongols, the Magyars, the Turks, the Xiongnu, the Scythians, the Goths--all of whom went on to profoundly and irrevocably shape the modern world. In this new, comprehensive history, Professor Kenneth W. Harl vividly re-creates the lives and world of these often-forgotten peoples from their beginnings to the early modern age. Their brutal struggle to survive on the steppes bred a resilient, pragmatic people ever ready to learn from their more advanced neighbors. In warfare, they dominated the battlefield for over fifteen hundred years. Under charismatic rulers, they could topple empires and win their own.' www.amazon.com.au/Empires-Steppes-History-Nomadic-Civilization/dp/1335429271 |
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Post by hun on Jan 16, 2024 14:07:38 GMT -5
The book looks interesting from reading the blurb on amazon, seems to be very comprehensive, covering various steppe peoples. 'A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped world civilization. The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced some of the world's greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, among others. Their deeds still resonate today. Indeed, these nomads built long-lasting empires, facilitated the first global trade of the Silk Road and disseminated religions, technology, knowledge and goods of every description that enriched and changed the lives of so many across Europe, China and the Middle East. From a single region emerged a great many peoples--the Huns, the Mongols, the Magyars, the Turks, the Xiongnu, the Scythians, the Goths--all of whom went on to profoundly and irrevocably shape the modern world. In this new, comprehensive history, Professor Kenneth W. Harl vividly re-creates the lives and world of these often-forgotten peoples from their beginnings to the early modern age. Their brutal struggle to survive on the steppes bred a resilient, pragmatic people ever ready to learn from their more advanced neighbors. In warfare, they dominated the battlefield for over fifteen hundred years. Under charismatic rulers, they could topple empires and win their own.' www.amazon.com.au/Empires-Steppes-History-Nomadic-Civilization/dp/1335429271Yeah, I've read little snippets online and it seems like a good introduction to the Indo-European & Altaic warriors of the steppe. I managed to find a couple of Harl's lectures online: Proto Indo Europeans - Linguistics, Migrations, Yamnaya Culture, Horse Domestication (4000-500 BCE)
The Origin of Turks: Avars, Göktürks, and Uighurs |
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Post by kemp on Jan 16, 2024 18:15:25 GMT -5
Yeah, I've read little snippets online and it seems like a good introduction to the Indo-European & Altaic warriors of the steppe. I managed to find a couple of Harl's lectures online: Proto Indo Europeans - Linguistics, Migrations, Yamnaya Culture, Horse Domestication (4000-500 BCE)
The Origin of Turks: Avars, Göktürks, and UighursInformative run down about the early movements of the Indo European and Turkic peoples. You really can't underestimate the influence of these steppe horse riding cultures. The later Roman Byzantines adopted the stirrup from the Avars and eastern Goths for their own cavalry, allowed the rider more control in the saddle, using heavier weapons from horseback when engaging opponents without overly swinging or losing balance in the process. |
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Post by kemp on Jan 16, 2024 18:18:18 GMT -5
Sixth century Avar stirrups.  |
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Post by kemp on Jan 16, 2024 18:21:30 GMT -5
The Avar Khaganate at it's height.  |
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Post by hun on Jan 22, 2024 11:57:08 GMT -5
Cool looking new publication exploring recent finds dating from the Hyborian Age in Eastern Hyrkania through to the Hunnic (Xiongnu), Avar (Rouran), Turk (GokTurk) and Mongol age till the 19th century!  Continuity and Authority on the Mongolian Steppe: The Egiin Gol Survey 1997–2002by Joshua Wright (Author), William Honeychurch (Author), Chunag Amartuvshin (Author) Description:
The first published archaeological survey of the Egiin Gol valley of Mongolia, spanning the last 30,000 years and centering on the integration of local sites and landscape
This is the first complete intensive regional archaeological survey report for Mongolia to be published. It presents the experiences and results of groundbreaking fieldwork that detected ephemeral steppe settlement sites, extensive monumental constructions, and changing land use that span the last 30,000 years, from the late Upper Paleolithic to the nineteenth century. Extensive illustrations of monuments and ceramics provide comparative data and local detail in an integrated landscape- and settlement-based approach to the prehistory and history of eastern Eurasia.
The authors examine the place of Egiin Gol in the Xiongnu and Early Turkic polities and reveal the historical landscape of Buddhist monasteries and farms, highlighting this region of northern Mongolia as a historical breadbasket. Throughout, the focus is on the local and immediate archaeology of the Egiin Gol valley, the impetus for change and continuity, and how sites and features worked together to create past cultural landscapes.
This volume is aimed at Eurasian and Mongolian specialists, archaeologists in general, landscape archaeologists, historians of East Asia and Eurasia, environmental historians, and agrarian studies scholars interested in the history and study of pastoralism, including development and rangeland management.
Distributed for the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural HistoryPublisher : Yale University Publications in Anthropology (9 Jan. 2024) Language : English Paperback : 366 pages ISBN-10 : 0913516341 ISBN-13 : 978-0913516348 Dimensions : 16.51 x 1.91 x 24.13 cm Links: www.amazon.co.uk/Continuity-Authority-Mongolian-Steppe-Publications/dp/0913516341/www.amazon.co.uk/Continuity-Authority-Mongolian-Steppe-Publications/dp/0913516341/ |
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Post by kemp on Jan 31, 2024 17:46:10 GMT -5
Lets go Hyrkanian.
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Post by hun on Feb 1, 2024 12:02:39 GMT -5
Thanks Kemp. Here's another one from Uuhai of Mongolia: Khun Sureg (translates as Human Herd): |
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Post by kemp on Feb 1, 2024 18:08:26 GMT -5
Now that's truly epic.
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