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Article: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire.(Review)
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- Journal of World History
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- March 22, 2001
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Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire, Vol. 1 of A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia. By DAVID CHRISTIAN. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998. Pp. xxiii + 472. $66.95 (cloth); $28.95 (paper).
This is the first of two volumes devoted to the history of Inner Eurasia, a region that extends, according to the author's definition, from Moldova and the Ukraine as far east as Mongolia, and from Siberia southwards to the Merv (Mary) oasis and the Hindu Kush (p. xv). Despite the great diversity of climates, landscapes, languages, religions, and modes of life, Professor Christian contends, Inner Eurasia can be treated as a single, coherent unit of historical ...