The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth century - a small tribe, which, under the charismatic leadership of Genghis Khan, created the largest contiguous land empire in history. Inspired by the extraordinary life nomads still lead today, Tim Cope embarked on a journey that hadn't been successfully completed since those times: to travel on horseback across the entire length of the Eurasian steppe, from Karakorum, the ancient capital of Mongolia, through Kazakhstan, Russia, Crimea and the Ukraine to the Danube River in Hungary. From horse-riding novice to travelling three years and 6,000 miles on horseback, accompanied by his dog Tigon, Tim learnt to fend off wolves and would-be horse-thieves, and grapple with the extremes of the steppe as he crossed sub-zero plateaux, the scorching deserts of Kazakhstan and the high-mountain passes of the Carpathians. Along the way, he was taken in by people who taught him the traditional ways and told him their recent history: Stalin's push for industrialisation brought calamity to the steepe and forced collectivism that in Kazakhstan alone led to the loss of several million livestock and the starvation of more than a million nomads. Today Cope bears witness to how the traditional ways hang precariously in the balance in the post-Soviet world.
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Tim Cope is een bekroonde avonturier, auteur, filmmaker en spreker die motiveert, met een bijzondere interesse in Centraal-Azië en de staten van de voormalige Sovjet-Unie. Zijn uitgebreide ervaringen in de wildernis omvatten trainingen in het Finse en Russische Noordpoolgebied en expedities op de fiets door Rusland naar China, evenals een boottocht van 4500 km door Siberië naar de Noordelijke IJszee. Zijn schrijven put uit deze avonturen en biedt unieke inzichten in afgelegen culturen en de ruige landschappen die zijn levenservaringen hebben gevormd. Door middel van zijn werk nodigt hij lezers uit op een ontdekkingsreis en onthult hij de diepe verbinding tussen mens en natuur.
On the Trail of Genghis Khan. Auf den Spuren Dschingis Khans / Der Steppenreiter, englische Ausgabe
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"The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth century--a small tribe, which, under the charismatic leadership of Genghis Khan, created the largest contiguous land empire in history. Inspired by the extraordinary life nomads lead, Tim Cope embarked on a journey that hadn't been successfully completed since those times: to travel on horseback across the entire length of the Eurasian steppe, from Karakorum, the ancient capital of Mongolia, through Kazakhstan, Russia, Crimea and the Ukraine to the Danube River in Hungary"--Amazon.com