Empires Exchanges Eurasian Late Antiquity Rome China Iran Step… 9781107094345 LN

Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late AntiquityRome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250750\nAuthor(s): Nicola Di Cosmo, Michael Maas\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107094345, 978-1107094345\nSynopsis\nEmpires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity offers an integrated picture of Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppes during a formative period of world history. In the half millennium between 250 and 750 CE, settled empires underwent deep structural changes, while various nomadic peoples of the steppes (Huns, Avars, Turks, and others) experienced significant interactions and movements that changed their societies, cultures, and [url] was a transformational era,a time when Roman, Persian, and Chinese monarchs were mutually aware of court practices, and when Christians and Buddhists criss-crossed the Eurasian lands together with merchants and armies. It was a time of greater circulation of ideas.