Moving across millennia, Nomads explores the transformative and
often bloody relationship between settled and mobile societies.
Often overlooked in history, the story of the umbilical connections
between these two very different ways of living presents a radical
new view of human civilization. From the Neolithic revolution to
the twenty-first century via the rise and fall of the Roman Empire,
the great nomadic empires of the Arabs and Mongols, the Mughals and
the development of the Silk Road, nomads have been a perpetual
counterbalance to the empires created by the power of human cities.
Exploring the evolutionary biology and psychology of restlessness
that makes us human, Anthony Sattin’s sweeping history charts the
power of nomadism from before the Bible to its decline in the
present day. Connecting us to mythology and the records of
antiquity, Nomads explains why we leave home, and why we like to
return again. This is the history of civilization as told through
its outsiders.
General
| Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2024 |
| Authors: |
Anthony Sattin
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| Dimensions: |
210 x 140mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
368 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-324-07474-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-324-07474-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781324074748 |
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