We are used to the idea that each state has clearly defined borders, which cleanly separate different nationalities from one another. What, though, were frontiers like before the evolution of the modern nation state? The nine essays in this book seek to answer this question across a thousand years of Eurasian history.
Wide geographical and chronological range
Presents new research and interpretations in an accessible way for undergraduates and postgraduates
Daniel Power
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