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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Golden, Peter B.     Subjects     Geopolitics -- Asia, Central -- History.     Asia, Central -- History.     Asia, Central -- Civilization.     Asia, Central -- Strategic aspects.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Golden, Peter B.       by title:      Central Asia in worl...       by call number:      958 G618c     Search the Web     Golden, Peter B.     Geopolitics -- Asia, Central -- History.     Asia, Central -- History.     Asia, Central -- Civilization.     Asia, Central -- Strategic aspects.       MARC Display

Central Asia in world history / Peter B. Golden. by Golden, Peter B. Oxford University Press, 2011. Call #: 958 G618c Subjects Geopolitics -- Asia, Central -- History.   Asia, Central -- History.   Asia, Central -- Civilization.   Asia, Central -- Strategic aspects. Series New Oxford world history. ISBN:  9780195338195 (pbk.) 0195338197 (pbk.) 9780195159479 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0195159470 (hardcover : alk. paper) Description:  x, 178 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Introduction: A layering of peoples -- The rise of nomadism and the oasis city-states -- The early nomads: "warfare is their business" -- Heavenly qaghans: The Türks and their successors -- The cities of the Silk Road and the coming of Islam. -- Crescent over the steppe: Islam and the Turkic peoples -- The Mongol whirlwind -- The later Chinggisids, Temür and the Timurid renaissance -- The age of gunpowder and the crush of empires -- The problems of modernity. Summary:  This work traces the history of the nomadic steppe tribes and sedentary inhabitants of the oasis city-states of Central Asia from pre-history to the present. Particular focus is placed on the unique melting pot cultures that this region has produced over millennia. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 958 G618c Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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