A section of the Great Wall in Yinchuan, northwest China. The wall was built by the ancient Chinese to keep nomadic invaders out. Photo: Photo: Xinhua
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How nomads changed history and hunter-gatherers became settled farmers, from China and the Eurasian steppe to Africa
- Look at the rise of Han China and the fall of the Assyrian empire and at their root is migration by nomads escaping a harsh environment for a better life
- In Nomads: Wanderers Who Shaped Our World, Anthony Sattin goes from nomads’ domestication of the horse to the advent of farming, of architecture and cities
A section of the Great Wall in Yinchuan, northwest China. The wall was built by the ancient Chinese to keep nomadic invaders out. Photo: Photo: Xinhua
