Ancient China and its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History - Hardcover

Di Cosmo, Nicola

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521770645 ISBN 13: 9780521770644

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This comprehensive history of the northern frontier of China through the first millennium B.C. details the formation of two increasingly distinct cultural areas: the sedentary Chinese and the northern nomads. Nicola Di Cosmo explores the tensions existing between these two worlds as they became progressively more polarized, with the eventual creation of the nomadic Hsiung-nu empire in the north, and of the Chinese empire in the south. Di Cosmo investigates the origins of the antagonism between early China and its "barbarian" neighbors.

About this title

Book Description:

This is a comprehensive history of the northern frontier of China through the first millennium B.C. It details the formation of two increasingly distinct cultural areas: the sedentary Chinese and the northern nomads. The book explores the tensions existing between these two worlds as they became progressively more polarized, with the eventual creation of the nomadic Hsiung-nu empire in the north, and of the Chinese empire in the south. It is the first study that investigates the origins of the antagonism between early China and its "barbarian" neighbors combining both textual and archaeological data.

About the Author:

Nicola Di Cosmo is Senior Lecturer in Chinese History at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521770645
• ISBN 13: 9780521770644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 380