Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume IV
- The Cambridge World History
- A World with States, Empires, and Networks, 1200 bce–900 ce
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: the world from 1200 bce to 900 ce
- Part I Global histories
- 2 Global economic history
- 3 The gendering of power in the family and the state
- 4 Slavery
- 5 The Axial Age in world history
- 6 Developments in science and technology c. 800 bce – c. 800 ce
- 7 Discourses on gender and sexuality
- 8 Art
- 9 Pastoral nomads
- Part II Trans-regional and regional perspectives
- Index
- References
9 - Pastoral nomads
from Part I - Global histories
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Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume IV
- The Cambridge World History
- A World with States, Empires, and Networks, 1200 bce–900 ce
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: the world from 1200 bce to 900 ce
- Part I Global histories
- 2 Global economic history
- 3 The gendering of power in the family and the state
- 4 Slavery
- 5 The Axial Age in world history
- 6 Developments in science and technology c. 800 bce – c. 800 ce
- 7 Discourses on gender and sexuality
- 8 Art
- 9 Pastoral nomads
- Part II Trans-regional and regional perspectives
- Index
- References
Summary
The ancient Central Eurasian steppes stretched from Manchuria in the east to the Alfold Plain in Hungary and Romania in the west. Steppe pastoral nomads subsisted largely on the dairy products of their animals, such as cheese, yogurt, and cheese curds, supplemented with meat from their animals as well as from hunting. Covering the Pontic and Caspian steppes, Scythia stretched roughly from the Dniester River to the Amu Darya River and perhaps even to the Altai Mountains. The Sarmatians interacted with the Scythians frequently as the Sarmatians nomadized between the Don and Volga rivers, although by the sixth century some had crossed the Don River and found pastures near the Sea of Azov and may have been subject to Scythian dominion. The Xiongnu merged with other disparate pastoral nomads and formed a new confederation known as the Huns, although this may have been what the Xiongnu called themselves.
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