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Summary
Author Biography
Table of Contents
Editor's Preface | p. vii |
Preface | p. x |
Acknowledgements | p. xiv |
Notes on Transliterations | p. xv |
Introduction: The Steppe Nomadic World | p. 1 |
Steppe Political Organization and Frontier Relations | p. 5 |
Cycles of Power | p. 8 |
Cultural Ecology | p. 16 |
Nomadic Pastoralism in Inner Asia | p. 20 |
Tribal Organization | p. 24 |
The Rise of Steppe Pastoralism | p. 28 |
The Steppe Tribes United: The Hsiung-nu Empire | p. 32 |
The Imperial Confederacy | p. 36 |
Foreign Affairs--The Han Connection | p. 45 |
The Hsiung-nu Civil War | p. 60 |
Wang Mang: China Tries a New Approach | p. 67 |
The Outer Frontier Strategy in Times of Turmoil | p. 70 |
The Second Hsiung-nu Civil War | p. 71 |
The Collapse of Central Order: The Rise of Foreign Dynasties | p. 85 |
The Hsien-pi "Empire" | p. 85 |
The Outer Frontier Strategy Returns | p. 87 |
The Fall of Han--An End of Two Imperial Traditions | p. 90 |
Hsiung-nu Military States | p. 101 |
Manchurian Borderlands--The Rise of Dual Organization | p. 104 |
The Hsien-pi States | p. 105 |
The Other Northern States: Ch'in and Liang | p. 114 |
The T'o-pa: Third Wave Conquest | p. 118 |
The Jou-jan: Foreign Dynasties and the Steppe | p. 120 |
The Sinification of the T'o-pa Wei | p. 124 |
The Turkish Empires and T'ang China | p. 131 |
The First Turkish Empire | p. 131 |
A Chinese Khaghan | p. 139 |
The Rise and Fall of the Second Turkish Empire | p. 145 |
The Uighur Empire | p. 150 |
A Steppe Civilization | p. 157 |
The Manchurian Candidates | p. 164 |
The Collapse of Central Authority on the Steppe and in China | p. 164 |
The Khitan Liao Dynasty | p. 167 |
The Jurchen Chin Dynasty Conquers North China | p. 177 |
The Steppe Divided | p. 182 |
The Mongol Empire | p. 187 |
The Rise of Chinggis Khan | p. 187 |
Mongol Political Organization | p. 191 |
The Mongol Conquests | p. 197 |
Mongol Strategy and Policy | p. 202 |
Political Succession in the Mongol Empire | p. 206 |
The Yuan Dynasty | p. 219 |
The Dissolution of Yuan China | p. 222 |
Steppe Wolves and Forest Tigers: The Ming, Mongols, and Manchus | p. 229 |
Cycles of Power | p. 229 |
Mongolia in the Post-Yuan Era | p. 231 |
The Oirats and the Ming | p. 238 |
Return of the Eastern Mongols | p. 242 |
Altan Khan and the Ming Capitulation | p. 245 |
The Rise of the Manchus | p. 250 |
The Early Ch'ing State | p. 258 |
The Last of the Nomad Empires: The Ch'ing Incorporation of Mongolia and Zungharia | p. 266 |
The Manchu Conquest of China | p. 266 |
Ch'ing Frontier Policy | p. 275 |
The Zunghars--Last of the Steppe Empires | p. 277 |
Epilogue: On the Decline of the Mongols | p. 297 |
Bibliography | p. 304 |
Index | p. 313 |
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