Studies the role played by nomads in the political, linguistic, socio-economic and cultural development of the sedentary world around them. Spans regions from Hungary to Africa, India and China, and periods from the first millennium BC to early

1 Nomads in the History of the Sedentary World 2 Nomads in the Sedentary World: The Case of Pre-Chinggisid Rus' and Georgia 3 The Khazar Qaghanate and Its Impact on the Early Rus' State: The Translatio Imperii from Ïtil to Kiev 4 Cuman Integration in Hungary 5 The Influence of Pastoral Nomad Populations on the Economy and Society of Post-Safavid Iran 6 Turko-Mongolian Nomads and the Iqtä' System in the Islamic Middle East (ca. 1000-1400 AD) 7 Sharing out the Empire: Apportioned Lands under the Mongols 8 Nomads in the Tangut State of Hsi-Hsia (982-1227 AD) 9 India and the Turko-Mongol Frontier 10 Steppe Empires, China and the Silk Route: Nomads as a Force in International Trade and Politics 11 The Nomadic Factor in Africa: Dominance or Marginality 12 Conclusion