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02407aam a22004218i 4500 001 295215A6FE5E11E2B6A414D3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130806010419 008 121101s2013 enk 000 0 eng 010 $a 2012040702 020 $a 1107009065 (hardback) 020 $a 9781107009066 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)815873345 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d YDXCP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ $a e------ 050 00 $a D141 $b .K59 2013 082 00 $a 936/.03 $2 23 084 $a HIS002000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Kim, Hyun Jin, $d 1982- 245 14 $a The Huns, Rome and the birth of Europe / $c Hyun Jin Kim. 263 $a 1304 264 1 $a Cambridge : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2013. 300 $a viii, 338 p. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "The Huns have often been treated as primitive barbarians with no advanced political organisation. Their place of origin was the so-called 'backward steppe'. It has been argued that whatever political organisation they achieved they owed to the 'civilizing influence' of the Germanic peoples they encountered as they moved west. This book argues that the steppes of Inner Asia were far from 'backward' and that the image of the primitive Huns is vastly misleading. They already possessed a highly sophisticated political culture while still in Inner Asia and, far from being passive recipients of advanced culture from the West, they passed on important elements of Central Eurasian culture to early medieval Europe, which they helped create"--Provided by publisher. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Rome's inner Asian enemies before the Huns; 3. The Huns in Central Asia; 4. The Huns in Europe; 5. The end of the Hunnic Empire in the West; 6. The later Huns and the birth of Europe; 7. Conclusion. 650 0 $a Huns $z Asia, Central $x History. 650 0 $a Huns $z Europe $x History. 651 0 $a Asia, Central $x Civilization. 651 0 $a Rome $x Asian influences. $x Asian influences. 651 0 $a Europe $x Asian influences. $x Asian influences. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Ancient / General. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210023931.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826074507.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20140917012551.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20140531010751.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=295215A6FE5E11E2B6A414D3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search