The Huns, Rome and the birth of Europe [electronic resource] / Hyun Jin Kim.
2013
D141 .K59 2013
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Title
The Huns, Rome and the birth of Europe [electronic resource] / Hyun Jin Kim.
Author
Kim, Hyun Jin, 1982-
ISBN
9781107009066
9781107057593 (electronic book)
9781107057593 (electronic book)
Publication Details
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
viii, 338 p. : maps.
Call Number
D141 .K59 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
936/.03
Summary
"The Huns have often been treated as primitive barbarians with no advanced political organisation. Their place of origin was the so-called 'backward steppe'. It has been argued that whatever political organisation they achieved they owed to the 'civilizing influence' of the Germanic peoples they encountered as they moved west. This book argues that the steppes of Inner Asia were far from 'backward' and that the image of the primitive Huns is vastly misleading. They already possessed a highly sophisticated political culture while still in Inner Asia and, far from being passive recipients of advanced culture from the West, they passed on important elements of Central Eurasian culture to early medieval Europe, which they helped create"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Rome's inner Asian enemies before the Huns; 3. The Huns in Central Asia; 4. The Huns in Europe; 5. The end of the Hunnic Empire in the West; 6. The later Huns and the birth of Europe; 7. Conclusion.