This book raises the case of the world's first nomadic empire, the Xiongnu, as a prime example of the sophisticated developments and powerful influence of nomadic regimes. Launching from a reconceptualization of the social and economic institutions of mobile pastoralists, the collective chapters trace...
The Xiongnu Empire (c. 200 BC -- AD 100) was the first instance of imperial level organization by nomadic groups of the Mongolian steppe. Over a century of historical and archaeological research has produced a large body of scholarship on the political, military, and sociocultural structures ...
Physical anthropology A bioarchaeological analysis of the effects of the Xiongnu Empire on the physical health of nomadic groups in Iron Age Mongolia BOSTON UNIVERSITY Robert E. Murowchick JosephVeronica AdelleThe Xiongnu Empire (c. 200 BC 鈥 AD 100) was the first instance of imperial level ...