REFLECTIONS ON THE HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE NOMAD EMPIRES OF CENTRAL EURASIA

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" REFLECTIONS ON THE HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE NOMAD EMPIRES OF CENTRAL EURASIA "
Denis Sinor

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	811566
Doc. No	:	LA99240
Main Entry	:	Denis Sinor
Title & Author	:	REFLECTIONS ON THE HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE NOMAD EMPIRES OF CENTRAL EURASIA [Article]\ Denis Sinor
Title of Periodical	:	Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
Date	:	2005
Volume/ Issue Number	:	58-1
Page No	:	3--14
Abstract	:	The first part of this essay deals with the difficulties created by the rarity of indigenous, written sources and the multiplicity of languages used in external sources. The ethnonyms and administrative terms these contain cannot be relied upon to determine the language spoken by a given people. Archaeological data are seldom convertible into historical terms. The second part examines the characteristic features of Central Eurasia as a historical entity. Emphasis is given to pastoral nomadism and its application to warfare. The third part deals with the question of long-distance, quasi transcontinental migrations, a much abused, unjustified cliché.