A Global History of Pre-Modern Warfare: Before the Rise of the West, 10,000 BCE-1500 CE

ISBN-13: 9780367247171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 278 str.

Kaushik Roy

Opis

This book examines the military histories of the regions beyond western Europe in the premodern era.

Spis treści

Introduction: evolution of warfare before the rise of the West  1. The origins of warfare  2. Military convergence and the Bronze Age civilisations of Eurasia  3. Military divergence in Eurasia: Classical Greece against Persia  4. The era of hybrid military machines: Macedonia, the Hellenistic monarchies, India and China  5. Military divergence again: Rome, Carthage, Parthia, India and the Far East  6. Military convergence in medieval Eurasia  7. Convergence or divergence? Naval warfare in medieval Eurasia  8. Evolution of warfare beyond Eurasia  Conclusion

O autorze

Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Professor in the Department of History, Jadavpur University, India. He is a Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway.