{"id":32644,"date":"2024-01-17T08:05:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T07:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=256216"},"modified":"2024-01-17T08:11:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T07:11:37","slug":"from-the-mongols-to-the-huns-the-nomads-who-dominated-eurasia","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/from-the-mongols-to-the-huns-the-nomads-who-dominated-eurasia\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Mongols to the Huns: the nomads who dominated Eurasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Kenneth Harl explains how the nomadic empires of the Eurasian steppes played a decisive role in world history <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Emily Briffett\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 17 January 2024 at 07:05 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>From the Huns, Mongols and Magyars to the Turks, Xiongnu, Scythians and Goths, these nomadic people of the Eurasian steppes built long-lasting empires, facilitated global trade via the Silk Road and widely disseminated religion, technology, knowledge and goods. Speaking to Emily Briffett, Kenneth Harl details how these nomads profoundly shaped the course of history.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-256216-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2024\/01\/Steppes-84b0cb6.mp3?_=1\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2024\/01\/Steppes-84b0cb6.mp3\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2024\/01\/Steppes-84b0cb6.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Kenneth Harl is the author of <em>Empires of the Steppes: The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation<\/em> (Bloomsbury, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/empires-of-the-steppes-a-history-of-the-nomadic-tribes-who-shaped-civilization\/18888156\">Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Empires-Steppes-Nomadic-Tribes-Civilization\/dp\/1526630400\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1699632260&amp;sr=1-1&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?id=489797&amp;clickref=historyextra-0&amp;awinmid=3787&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fempires-of-the-steppes%2Fkenneth-w-harl%2F9781526630407%23%3A%7E%3Atext%3DEmpires%2520of%2520the%2520Steppes%253A%2520The%2CTribes%2520Who%2520Shaped%2520Civilisation%2520%28Hardback%29%26text%3DAn%2520epic%2520history%2520of%2520how%2Csteppes%27%2520shaped%2520the%2520modern%2520world.%26text%3DThe%2520barbarian%2520nomads%2520of%2520the%2Cachievements%2520have%2520gone%2520largely%2520unnoticed.#:~:text=Empires%20of%20the%20Steppes%3A%20The,Tribes%20Who%20Shaped%20Civilisation%20(Hardback)&amp;text=An%20epic%20history%20of%20how,steppes'%20shaped%20the%20modern%20world.&amp;text=The%20barbarian%20nomads%20of%20the,achievements%20have%20gone%20largely%20unnoticed.\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy now on Waterstones<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Kenneth Harl explains how the nomadic empires of the Eurasian steppes played a decisive role in world history <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32645,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/01\/from-the-mongols-to-the-huns-the-nomads-who-dominated-eurasia.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/01\/from-the-mongols-to-the-huns-the-nomads-who-dominated-eurasia-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/01\/from-the-mongols-to-the-huns-the-nomads-who-dominated-eurasia-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/01\/from-the-mongols-to-the-huns-the-nomads-who-dominated-eurasia.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/01\/from-the-mongols-to-the-huns-the-nomads-who-dominated-eurasia.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/01\/from-the-mongols-to-the-huns-the-nomads-who-dominated-eurasia.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/01\/from-the-mongols-to-the-huns-the-nomads-who-dominated-eurasia.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Kenneth Harl explains how the nomadic empires of the Eurasian steppes played a decisive role in world history","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/32644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}