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This monograph uses the latest archaeological results from Mongolia and the surrounding areas of Inner Asia to propose a novel understanding of nomadic statehood, political economy, and the nature of interaction with ancient China. In contrast to the common view of the Eurasian steppe as a dependent periphery of Old World centers, this work views Inner Asia as a locus of enormous influence on neighboring civilizations, primarily through the development and transmission of diverse organizational models, technologies, and socio-political traditions. This work explores the spatial management of political relationships within the pastoral nomadic setting during the first millennium BCE and argues that a culture of mobility, horse-based transport, and long-distance networking promoted a unique variant of statehood. Although states of the eastern steppe were geographically large and hierarchical, these polities also relied on techniques of distributed authority, multiple centers, flexible structures, and ceremonialism to accommodate a largely mobile and dispersed populace. This expertise in “spatial politics” set the stage early on for the expansionistic success of later Asian empires under the Mongols and Manchus. Inner Asia and the Spatial Politics of Empire brings a distinctly anthropological treatment to the prehistory of Mongolia and is the first major work to explore key issues in the archaeology of the eastern Eurasian steppe using a comparative framework. The monograph adds significantly to anthropological theory on interaction between states and outlying regions, the emergence of secondary complexity, and the growth of imperial traditions. Based on this approach, the window of Inner Asian prehistory offers a novel opportunity to investigate the varied ways that complex societies grow and the processes articulating adjacent societies in networks of mutual transformation.

Social Sciences. --- Archaeology. --- Anthropology. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Social sciences. --- Regional planning. --- Sciences sociales --- Aménagement du territoire --- Anthropologie --- Archéologie --- History & Archaeology --- Archaeology --- Intercultural communication --- History --- Asia, Central --- Politics and government. --- Cross-cultural communication --- Culture --- Study and teaching. --- Communication --- Cross-cultural orientation --- Cultural competence --- Multilingual communication --- Technical assistance --- Anthropological aspects --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Human beings --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Antiquities --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- To 1500 --- Asia, Central. --- Antiquities. --- Soviet Central Asia --- Tūrān --- Turkestan --- West Turkestan --- Asia --- Central Asia --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences

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Mongols --- History --- Histoire --- Genghis Khan, --- Mongolia --- Mongolie --- Antiquities --- Civilization --- Antiquités --- Civilisation --- S23/0515 --- Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Genghis Khan and his family --- Antiquités --- Mongolians --- Altaic peoples --- Ethnology --- Changīz Khān, --- Chʻeng-chi-ssu-han, --- Chengjisihan, --- Chinggis Khaan, --- Chinggis-Khan, --- Chinghis Khan, --- Chingis Khan, --- Chingiskhan, --- Чингисхан, --- Chingisu Han, --- Chingisu Kan, --- Chingiz-khan, --- C̆inggis-Khan, --- Cingġis Qaġan, --- Cingġis-Qan, --- Cinghis Khaan, --- Cinkkīz-Khān, --- Czyngis-Chan, --- Dschingis-Chan, --- Dschingis Khan, --- Dschingiz-Chan, --- Džingis-kan, --- Dzsingisz kán, --- Jankīz Khān, --- Jenghis Khan, --- Jenghiz Khan, --- Jinghis Khan, --- Jingisu Kan, --- Khan, Genghis, --- Sŏnggilsa Han, --- Tamūjin, --- Temuchin, --- Temuchzhin, --- Temujin, --- Tėmu̇u̇zhin, --- Tėmu̇zhin, --- Tīmūjīn, --- Tschingis Chan, --- Yenkitsakhān, --- Zingis-Khan, --- جنكيز خان، --- چنگيز خان --- 成吉思汗, --- Chingis Khaan, --- Чингис Хаан, --- Gengis Khan, --- Mongol Uls --- Монгол Улс --- Mongolii︠a︡ --- Mongolei --- BNMAU --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Mongol Ard Uls --- Bügd Nayramdah Mongol Ard Uls --- MNR --- Mongolʹskai︠a︡ narodnai︠a︡ respublika --- Монгольская народная республика --- Meng-ku jen min kung ho kuo --- Menggu ren min gong he guo --- 蒙古人民共和國 --- Meng-ku --- Menggu --- 蒙古 --- Wai Meng-ku --- Mongolische Volksrepublik --- Mongoru Jimmin Kyōwakoku --- Mongol Népköztársaság --- Outer Mongolia --- Mongolia (Outer Mongolia) --- Mongolian People's Republic --- Mongolia (Mongolian People's Republic) --- République populaire de Mongolie --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Mongol Ard Ulsyn --- Mongolian Republic --- Mongoliet --- モンゴル --- Mongoru --- 外蒙古 --- Gaimōko --- 蒙古人民共和国 --- Mōko Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- モンゴル人民共和国 --- Mongoru Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Inner Mongolia (China) --- Mongġol --- Mongġol Ulus --- Монголия --- БНМАУ --- МНР --- 몽골 --- Dzjengis Khan --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Mongġol Arad Ulus --- Mengguguo --- 蒙古国 --- Wai Menggu

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