By Steppe, Desert, And Ocean by Barry Cunliffe

The Birth of Eurasia

A sweeping archaeological synthesis that traces how landscapes—steppe, desert and coastline—shaped the movements of peoples, goods and ideas across Eurasia from prehistory into the Bronze Age, showing how pastoralism, seafaring, metallurgy and trade networks created long-distance connections; it combines archaeological evidence with linguistic and genetic findings to argue that environmental corridors and human mobility forged the cultural and technological foundations of Eurasian civilizations.

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