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Golden, Peter B.
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Geopolitics -- Asia, Central -- History.
Asia, Central -- History.
Asia, Central -- Civilization.
Asia, Central -- Strategic aspects.
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Golden, Peter B.
Geopolitics -- Asia, Central -- History.
Asia, Central -- History.
Asia, Central -- Civilization.
Asia, Central -- Strategic aspects.
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Central Asia in world history / Peter B. Golden.
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Golden, Peter B.
Oxford University Press, 2011.
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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.
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