Researching Raiders, Rulers, and Traders, I learned that many European states were created by steppe horsemen. Hungary, obviously. But Bulgaria is another significant example. A new book by Eric Halsey explains how steppe horsemen created Bulgaria
#steppehistory, #equinehistory, #bulgarianhistory
#steppehistory, #equinehistory, #bulgarianhistory
August 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Researching Raiders, Rulers, and Traders, I learned that many European states were created by steppe horsemen. Hungary, obviously. But Bulgaria is another significant example. A new book by Eric Halsey explains how steppe horsemen created Bulgaria
#steppehistory, #equinehistory, #bulgarianhistory
#steppehistory, #equinehistory, #bulgarianhistory
Maggie Freeman is at it again with a lively podcast on how empires arise. Not surprising from her Mongol guest, horse are the answer.
#steppehistory, #chinesehistory
#steppehistory, #chinesehistory
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I talked to Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene about his work on Mongol and Chinese history and why many pre-modern states were founded by nomadic pastoralists.
Listen below ⬇️ or wherever you get your podcasts!
I talked to Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene about his work on Mongol and Chinese history and why many pre-modern states were founded by nomadic pastoralists.
Listen below ⬇️ or wherever you get your podcasts!
The Nomadic Origin of the State - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
August 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Maggie Freeman is at it again with a lively podcast on how empires arise. Not surprising from her Mongol guest, horse are the answer.
#steppehistory, #chinesehistory
#steppehistory, #chinesehistory
Egypt's Mamluks, in addition to having been born to the saddle on the steppe, constantly practiced horsemanship: the art of furusiyah.
#louvre #horsehistory, #steppehistory
#louvre #horsehistory, #steppehistory
July 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Egypt's Mamluks, in addition to having been born to the saddle on the steppe, constantly practiced horsemanship: the art of furusiyah.
#louvre #horsehistory, #steppehistory
#louvre #horsehistory, #steppehistory
1/ Happy to share that my article “Beyond Homecoming: The Reintroduction of Seven Przewalski’s Mares in the Gobi Desert” has been published in Environmental Humanities.
It is the story of seven mares flown from Australian zoos to Mongolia’s Gobi Desert in the 1990s
doi.org/10.1215/2201... #envhist
It is the story of seven mares flown from Australian zoos to Mongolia’s Gobi Desert in the 1990s
doi.org/10.1215/2201... #envhist
August 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A forgotten 1926 Soviet-era book opens a rare window onto Kazakh steppe life at the moment the old nomadic world began to disappear https://ow.ly/SKCw50ZeGGc #Kazakhstan #Literature #SteppeHistory #NomadicHeritage #SovietHistory #KazakhNomads #CentralAsiaHistory #KazakhSteppe
Mikhail Borisoglebsky’s Dzhangyr-Bai: Kazakh Steppe Culture and a Society in Transition - The Times Of Central Asia
Among the overlooked literary works of the early Soviet period, Mikhail Borisoglebsky’s Dzhangyr-Bai stands as a fascinating cultural and historical artifact.
ow.ly
June 19, 2026 at 6:02 PM
A forgotten 1926 Soviet-era book opens a rare window onto Kazakh steppe life at the moment the old nomadic world began to disappear https://ow.ly/SKCw50ZeGGc #Kazakhstan #Literature #SteppeHistory #NomadicHeritage #SovietHistory #KazakhNomads #CentralAsiaHistory #KazakhSteppe
How did the steppe horsemen shape European history? If you think Atilla the Hun, you are missing the bigger picture.
youtu.be/MwJt2B7x_bk?...
#steppehistory, #ancienthistory, #Europeanhistory, #horsehistory
youtu.be/MwJt2B7x_bk?...
#steppehistory, #ancienthistory, #Europeanhistory, #horsehistory
David Chaffetz on Raiders, Rulers, and Traders
YouTube video by AmericanLibraryParis
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
How did the steppe horsemen shape European history? If you think Atilla the Hun, you are missing the bigger picture.
youtu.be/MwJt2B7x_bk?...
#steppehistory, #ancienthistory, #Europeanhistory, #horsehistory
youtu.be/MwJt2B7x_bk?...
#steppehistory, #ancienthistory, #Europeanhistory, #horsehistory
#alimatalieva in AzerNews:
Kazakhstan is home to a rich archaeological heritage, often overlooked in mainstream narratives... Discoveries like this contribute to a growing body of evidence that Central Asia was not a peripheral zone, but a dynamic cultural crossroads ..
#steppehistory, #kurgan
Kazakhstan is home to a rich archaeological heritage, often overlooked in mainstream narratives... Discoveries like this contribute to a growing body of evidence that Central Asia was not a peripheral zone, but a dynamic cultural crossroads ..
#steppehistory, #kurgan
August 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#alimatalieva in AzerNews:
Kazakhstan is home to a rich archaeological heritage, often overlooked in mainstream narratives... Discoveries like this contribute to a growing body of evidence that Central Asia was not a peripheral zone, but a dynamic cultural crossroads ..
#steppehistory, #kurgan
Kazakhstan is home to a rich archaeological heritage, often overlooked in mainstream narratives... Discoveries like this contribute to a growing body of evidence that Central Asia was not a peripheral zone, but a dynamic cultural crossroads ..
#steppehistory, #kurgan
Qianlong Emperor celebrates with 100 heroes after victory over the Oirats. I want what they are having! #Steppehistory , #chinesehistory, #museumfürvolkskunde
July 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Qianlong Emperor celebrates with 100 heroes after victory over the Oirats. I want what they are having! #Steppehistory , #chinesehistory, #museumfürvolkskunde
Mannerheim's Kirghiz guide, whom he calls his jiggit, sits proudly in the saddle, in front of a yurt. The word is yiğit in modern Turkish, and means "brave". In Tolstoy's Hadji Murat the eponymous hero has an escort of jiggits. He looks like he would look after you on the steppes.
#steppehistory
#steppehistory
August 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Mannerheim's Kirghiz guide, whom he calls his jiggit, sits proudly in the saddle, in front of a yurt. The word is yiğit in modern Turkish, and means "brave". In Tolstoy's Hadji Murat the eponymous hero has an escort of jiggits. He looks like he would look after you on the steppes.
#steppehistory
#steppehistory
Egypt's Mamluks, in addition to having been born to the saddle on the steppe, constantly practiced horsemanship: the art of furusiyah.
#louvre #horsehistory, #steppehistory
#louvre #horsehistory, #steppehistory
July 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Egypt's Mamluks, in addition to having been born to the saddle on the steppe, constantly practiced horsemanship: the art of furusiyah.
#louvre #horsehistory, #steppehistory
#louvre #horsehistory, #steppehistory
At Mongolia’s edge, soldiers, sheep, and shattered bones tell a story the imperial chronicles forgot. New finds from a Liao garrison reveal how people survived where the map ran out. #Zooarchaeology #Mongolia #LiaoEmpire #Anthropology #SteppeHistory
Life and Survival Along the Liao Empire's Forgotten Frontier
How animal remains from a windswept outpost in Mongolia are reshaping our view of medieval empires—from the ground up
www.anthropology.net
June 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
At Mongolia’s edge, soldiers, sheep, and shattered bones tell a story the imperial chronicles forgot. New finds from a Liao garrison reveal how people survived where the map ran out. #Zooarchaeology #Mongolia #LiaoEmpire #Anthropology #SteppeHistory
Here's a written interview about Raiders by "Meet the Professor". It's a good summary of the book, and some of the insights I developed since writing it.
#equinehistory, #horses, #ancienthistory, #steppehistory
www.sociologygroup.com/raiders-rule...
#equinehistory, #horses, #ancienthistory, #steppehistory
www.sociologygroup.com/raiders-rule...
Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: An Interview with David Chaffetz
David Chaffetz is an independent scholar with a lifelong passion for Middle Eastern and Inner Asian history. His 1981 book, several times republished, A Journey through Afghanistan, earned praise from...
www.sociologygroup.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Here's a written interview about Raiders by "Meet the Professor". It's a good summary of the book, and some of the insights I developed since writing it.
#equinehistory, #horses, #ancienthistory, #steppehistory
www.sociologygroup.com/raiders-rule...
#equinehistory, #horses, #ancienthistory, #steppehistory
www.sociologygroup.com/raiders-rule...
The Hohenzollerns never imagined, when they decorated the Marble Palace in Potsdam with this fresco of Attila-- great details btw with kettle drums and archers-- that they would be called "the Huns" in 1914.
#steppehistory #thehuns
#steppehistory #thehuns
July 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The Hohenzollerns never imagined, when they decorated the Marble Palace in Potsdam with this fresco of Attila-- great details btw with kettle drums and archers-- that they would be called "the Huns" in 1914.
#steppehistory #thehuns
#steppehistory #thehuns
Eastern Europe has an important steppe heritage. I appreciate efforts by scholars there to reconnect with that heritage.
#explorersclub, #steppehistory, #easterneuropeanhistory
bnr.bg/en/post/1021...
#explorersclub, #steppehistory, #easterneuropeanhistory
bnr.bg/en/post/1021...
https://bnr.bg/en/post/102170385/bulgarian-scientific-expedition-leaves-for-the-altai-mountains-in-mongolia
t.co
July 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Eastern Europe has an important steppe heritage. I appreciate efforts by scholars there to reconnect with that heritage.
#explorersclub, #steppehistory, #easterneuropeanhistory
bnr.bg/en/post/1021...
#explorersclub, #steppehistory, #easterneuropeanhistory
bnr.bg/en/post/1021...
The favorite game of steppe hunters. I always wondered where it got is strange nose.
#steppehistory, #hunting
vocal.media/earth/the-sa... The Saiga Antelope: Survivor of the Steppes with an Alien Face | Earth
#steppehistory, #hunting
vocal.media/earth/the-sa... The Saiga Antelope: Survivor of the Steppes with an Alien Face | Earth
The Saiga Antelope: Survivor of the Steppes with an Alien Face
With a bizarre snout and a tragic history, the Saiga antelope stands as one of Earth’s strangest and most resilient creatures.
vocal.media
August 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The favorite game of steppe hunters. I always wondered where it got is strange nose.
#steppehistory, #hunting
vocal.media/earth/the-sa... The Saiga Antelope: Survivor of the Steppes with an Alien Face | Earth
#steppehistory, #hunting
vocal.media/earth/the-sa... The Saiga Antelope: Survivor of the Steppes with an Alien Face | Earth
To eat or not to eat? This question is answered in Raiders, Rulers, and Traders.
#steppehistory, #hippophagy, #equinehistory
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/08...
#steppehistory, #hippophagy, #equinehistory
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/08...
Column | The case for eating the wild horses out West
Wild horses are wreaking havoc in the American West. For environmental reasons alone, it’s time to get over our objections to eating them.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
To eat or not to eat? This question is answered in Raiders, Rulers, and Traders.
#steppehistory, #hippophagy, #equinehistory
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/08...
#steppehistory, #hippophagy, #equinehistory
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/08...
Even in war, the steppe is welcoming the return of ancient species. A Kulan, however, is not a horse, but a wild donkey. #steppehistory, #rewilding
112.ua/en/v-stepu-n...
112.ua/en/v-stepu-n...
A baby boom of kulan has been recorded in Odesa region: how an endangered species is reborn on the steppe - all the latest news today – 112.ua
A baby boom of kulan has been recorded in Odesa region: how an endangered species is reborn on the steppe - latest news today. All events in Ukraine and the world on request A baby boom of kulan has b...
112.ua
August 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Even in war, the steppe is welcoming the return of ancient species. A Kulan, however, is not a horse, but a wild donkey. #steppehistory, #rewilding
112.ua/en/v-stepu-n...
112.ua/en/v-stepu-n...
Recent paleogenetics is solving age-old mysteries about the steppe. Who were the Scythians?
#scythians, #steppehistory
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#scythians, #steppehistory
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ancient genomic time transect from the Central Asian Steppe unravels the history of the Scythians
Ancient genomic time-transect across the Central Asian Steppe sheds new light onto the origins and demise of the Scythians.
www.science.org
July 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Recent paleogenetics is solving age-old mysteries about the steppe. Who were the Scythians?
#scythians, #steppehistory
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#scythians, #steppehistory
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Patrick Wyman of Wondery gives a deep reading of Raiders in this punchy podcast. He knows a lot about ancient humans and animals.
#steppehistory, #domestication, #equinehistory
wondery.com/shows/tides-...
#steppehistory, #domestication, #equinehistory
wondery.com/shows/tides-...
Tides of History: S5 E138: How the Horse Changed the World: Interview with Author David Chaffetz
David Chaffetz, author of the recent and truly outstanding book Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires, joins Tides to talk about the long and intertwined history of horses an...
wondery.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Patrick Wyman of Wondery gives a deep reading of Raiders in this punchy podcast. He knows a lot about ancient humans and animals.
#steppehistory, #domestication, #equinehistory
wondery.com/shows/tides-...
#steppehistory, #domestication, #equinehistory
wondery.com/shows/tides-...