The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe

Informationen zum Autor Hyun Jin Kim is Senior Lecturer in Classics in the Discipline of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Klappentext A comparative and interdisciplinary study arguing for a more sophisticated appreciation of the rise of the Hunnic Empire. Zusammenfassung Argues that the political culture of the Huns was more sophisticated than is often believed and reassesses their role in the creation of early medieval Europe. Their expansion also marked the beginning of a millennium of virtual monopoly of world power by empires originating in the steppes of Inner Asia. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Rome's inner Asian enemies before the Huns; 3. The Huns in Central Asia; 4. The Huns in Europe; 5. The end of the Hunnic Empire in the West; 6. The later Huns and the birth of Europe; 7. Conclusion.

Klappentext

A comparative and interdisciplinary study arguing for a more sophisticated appreciation of the rise of the Hunnic Empire.

Zusammenfassung
Argues that the political culture of the Huns was more sophisticated than is often believed and reassesses their role in the creation of early medieval Europe. Their expansion also marked the beginning of a millennium of virtual monopoly of world power by empires originating in the steppes of Inner Asia.

Inhalt

1. Introduction; 2. Rome's inner Asian enemies before the Huns; 3. The Huns in Central Asia; 4. The Huns in Europe; 5. The end of the Hunnic Empire in the West; 6. The later Huns and the birth of Europe; 7. Conclusion.