L’Eurasie autour de l’an 1000

Cultures, religions et sociétés d'un monde en développement

Edited by D. Barthélemy Edited by F. Grenet Edited by C. Morrisson

Book cover: L’Eurasie autour de l’an 1000

Extent: 488 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Cultural Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Monographies du Centre de Recherche d'Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance -College de France

Series volume number: 57

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(December 2022)

ISBN: 9789042948945

Price: $113.00

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eBook (Published)

(December 2022)

ISBN: 9789042948952

Price: $113.00

This book considers documented connections and raises comparisons among Eurasian societies around the year 1000; using a global frame, it aims to sketch their distinctive characteristics. Scholars of Japan, China, the steppe regions, India, and the Islamic world, Byzantium, and Western Europe concur that a remarkable diversification of different cultures accompanied demographic and economic growth worldwide. Their sketches of various Eurasian “worlds” suggest a meaningful approach to both world and global History. Some factors, like climate change, fostered interaction; others, like the invasions of nomadic peoples, checked interaction less than previously believed. The authors also demonstrate how trade, exchange transactions, and universalist religions contributed to greater interaction.

  • Edited by D. Barthélemy
  • Edited by F. Grenet
  • Edited by C. Morrisson