Book Description

The focus of Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi is on the political, social, economic and linguistic history of the peoples of the Eurasian steppes and adjoining regions from late antiquity to the Mongol Empire and its successor states. Among its primary concerns are questions regarding the Iranian steppe peoples, the Huns, the Oghur and Bulghar Turkic peoples, the Sabirs, the Avars, the Khazars and other peoples of the Turk Empire, the Hungarians, Pechenegs, Cumans and peoples of the Mongol Empire. The periodical will also touch on many points in the history of the Slavic world, Crimea, Byzantium, Iran, the Caucasus, the lands of Islam and the peoples of Central and Northern Europe, as well as elucidate various questions of Turkic and steppe history. From the contents: - Allsen, T.T.: The Princes of the Left Hand: An Introduction to the History of the Ulus of Orda in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries - Golden, P.B.: The Byzantine Greek Elements in the Rasulid Hexaglot - Noonan, Th. S.: Khazaria as an Intermediary Between Islam and Eastern Europe in the Second Half on the Ninth Century: The Numismatic Perspective - Vasary, I.: The Linguistic Aspect of the "Bashkiro-Hungarian Complex"