Book contents
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Table
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Global developments
- Part II Eurasian commonalities
- Part III Growing interactions
- 9 Trade and commerce across Afro-Eurasia
- 10 European and Mediterranean trade networks
- 11 Trading partners across the Indian Ocean: the making of maritime communities
- 12 Technology and innovation within expanding webs of exchange
- 13 The transmission of science and philosophy
- 14 Pastoral nomadic migrations and conquests
- Part IV Expanding religious systems
- Part V State formations
- Index
- References
14 - Pastoral nomadic migrations and conquests
from Part III - Growing interactions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Table
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Global developments
- Part II Eurasian commonalities
- Part III Growing interactions
- 9 Trade and commerce across Afro-Eurasia
- 10 European and Mediterranean trade networks
- 11 Trading partners across the Indian Ocean: the making of maritime communities
- 12 Technology and innovation within expanding webs of exchange
- 13 The transmission of science and philosophy
- 14 Pastoral nomadic migrations and conquests
- Part IV Expanding religious systems
- Part V State formations
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter analyzes general causes for pastoral nomadic migrations. It examines three parts of Afro-Eurasia: the Eurasian steppes, semi-deserts and deserts; the Near and Middle East and North Africa; and India. The chapter discusses the economic, sociopolitical, and institutional effects of the nomadic migrations and conquests. In all, the nomads had to adapt not only to a specific natural environment but also to external socio-political, economic, and cultural environments. During the Middle Millennium, there were three major waves of nomadic migration in the Eurasian steppes and adjacent regions. For ecological and historical reasons, in the Islamic heartland nomads and sedentaries were linked to each other than in some other regions like China, India, or East Europe. In particular, language shifts and the spread of Turkic languages from East Siberia to the Middle Volga region and to the Balkans were connected with the migrations, conquests, and/or political dominance of the nomads.
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