CONTENTS
Introduction: Social Evolution, Altervatives and Nomadism
D. M. Bondarenko, A. V. Korotaev, N. N. Kradin
A Historical Background for The Nomads
in the Old World
A. M. Khazanov
The World of Pastoral Nomads
T. Barfield
A Typology of Power and
Political Systems of Nomads
S. A. Vasutin
Cultural Capital, Livestock Raiding and the Military Advantage of Traditional Pastoralists
W. Irons
The Power Structure of Nomadic Empires
N. N. Kradin
Some Aspects of the Social Organization of Sarmato-Alans and its Perception in Other Cultures
S. A. Yatsenko
The Development of Hierarchical Structures in the Bronze and Early Iron Age Societies of
the South of Eastern Europe
(Implications of Diachronic, Historical and Archaeological Analysis)
A. P. Medvedev
The Nomadic Infiltration in South Arabia and Formation of Tribal Organization among the North-Western Yemeni
Agriculturalists
A. V. Korotaev
Models of Socio-Political Organization of the Tswana Pastoralists
A. A. Kazankov
Crisis, Identity, and Ruptures among the Tuaregs
A. Bourgeau
The Chidan Liao
State as Nomadic Empire
G. G. Pikov
Hierarchy and Power among the Mongols in the Time of Chingis Khan
T. D. Skrynnikova
A Historical Perspective for the Turk Mongolian Nomads Political
Organization
S. V. Dmitriev
The Chingisides and their Status in Asia and East
Europe
D. Yu. Arapov
Government of the Turkistan Region Native Population
in the Russian Empire
Dmitri V. Vasiliev
Contributors