Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe

36 Anmeldelser

4.1

Længde
8T 49M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Historie

The Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland bordered on a number of sedentary states to the south and there were, inevitably, numerous interactions between the nomads and their neighbours. The Scythians fought the Persians on a number of occasions, in one battle killing their king and on another occasion driving the invading army of Darius the Great from the steppe.

Relations with the Greeks around the shores of the Black Sea were rather different—both communities benefiting from trading with each other. It is from the writings of Greeks like the historian Herodotus that we learn of Scythian life: their beliefs, their burial practices, their love of fighting, and their ambivalent attitudes to gender. It is a world that is also brilliantly illuminated by the rich material culture recovered from Scythian burials, where all the organic material is amazingly well preserved.

Barry Cunliffe here marshals this vast array of evidence—both archaeological and textual—in a masterful reconstruction of the lost world of the Scythians, allowing them to emerge in all their considerable vigour and splendour for the first time in over two millennia.

© 2020 Tantor Media (Lydbog): 9781705214503

Release date

Lydbog: 28. april 2020

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt Barbara Mertz
  2. Phantom Terror: The Threat of Revolution and the Repression of Liberty 1789-1848 Adam Zamoyski
  3. Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650 Carlos M. N. Eire
  4. The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World Marie Favereau
  5. Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West Anthony Pagden
  6. Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt Barbara Mertz
  7. The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China Raoul McLaughlin
  8. Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight For His Empire James S. Romm
  9. How the Old World Ended: The Anglo-Dutch-American Revolution 1500-1800 Jonathan Scott
  10. The Story of Greece and Rome Tony Spawforth
  11. The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe Matthew Gabriele
  12. The Assyrian Empire’s Capitals: The History and Legacy of Nineveh, Assur, and Nimrud Charles River Editors
  13. Rome: An Empire's Story Greg Woolf
  14. The Venetians: A New History: From Marco Polo to Casanova Paul Strathern
  15. Medieval People Eileen Power
  16. The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challenge Paul A. Rahe
  17. The Medieval World II: Society, Economy, and Culture Thomas F. Madden
  18. Charlemagne Johannes Fried
  19. The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides
  20. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain Dario Fernandez Morera
  21. The Medieval World I: Kingdoms, Empires, and War Thomas F. Madden
  22. Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization Richard Miles
  23. The Mamluks: The History and Legacy of the Medieval Slave Soldiers Who Established a Dynasty in Egypt Charles River Editors
  24. A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance; Portrait of an Age William Manchester
  25. Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour Barbara W. Tuchman
  26. The Silk Road: A New History Valerie Hansen
  27. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I Edward Gibbon
  28. Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia Jürgen Osterhammel
  29. Emperor: A New Life of Charles V Geoffrey Parker
  30. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy Jacob Burckhardt
  31. Centuries of Change Ian Mortimer
  32. Defending Heaven: China's Mongol Wars, 1209–1370: China's Mongol Wars, 1209-1370 James Waterson
  33. The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began Valerie Hansen
  34. Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine Barry Strauss
  35. 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated Eric H. Cline
  36. When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the "Riches of the East": Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East” Stewart Gordon
  37. A Brief History of China: Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic Jonathan Clements
  38. Killing for the Republic: Citizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War Steele Brand
  39. The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman Conquest Will Durant
  40. Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation Peter Marshall
  41. Hannibal: A History of the Art of War among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 BC, with a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War Theodore Ayrault Dodge
  42. God Wills It!: Understanding the Crusades Thomas F. Madden
  43. The Condottieri: The History of Italy’s Elite Mercenaries during the Middle Ages and Renaissance Charles River Editors
  44. The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century Paul Collins
  45. France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle John Julius Norwich
  46. The Borgias: Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy Paul Strathern
  47. Alexander the Great and His Time Agnes Savill

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet