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JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT
Volume 57, Issue -, Pages 1-43Publisher
BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1163/15685209-12341340
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Politics; competition; empire; king; Xiongnu; Inner Asia
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Descriptions of the political order of the Xiongnu empire rely heavily upon Chinese historical narratives and, as a result, often simplify steppe politics and gloss over provincial political agents. This paper therefore discusses the entire spectrum of kings and regional elites in the steppes in order to elucidate shifting power politics over the course of the Xiongnu empire. Furthermore, a comparison of historical dynamics with the archaeological record suggests that competition from local leaders against the ruling factions spurred changes in material regimes of the imperial political culture, leading to a bifurcation of the steppe elite and pronounced expressions of authority
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