Central Asia in World History
ISBN: 9780195338195 | 0195338197
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 2/2/2011
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A vast region stretching roughly from the Volga River to Manchuria and the northern Chinese borderlands, Central Asia has been called the "pivot of history," a land where nomadic invaders and Silk Road traders changed the destinies of states that ringed its borders, including pre-modern Europe, the Middle East, and China. In Central Asia in World History , Peter B. Golden provides an engaging account of this important region, ranging from prehistory to the present, and focusing largely on the unique melting pot of cultures that this region has ... MORE
| Editors' Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction: A Layering of Peoples | p. 1 |
| The Rise of Nomadism and Oasis City-States | p. 9 |
| The Early Nomads: ôWarfare is Their Businessö | p. 21 |
| Heavenly Qaghans: The Türks and Their Successors | p. 35 |
| The Cities of the Silk Road and the Coming of Islam | p. 50 |
| Crescent over the Steppe: Islam and the Turkic Peoples | p. 63 |
| The Mongol Whirlwind | ... MOREp. 76 |
| The Later Chinggisids, Temür, and the Timurid Renaissance | p. 91 |
| The Age of Gunpowder and the Crush of Empires | p. 105 |
| The Problems of Modernity | p. 122 |
| Pronunciation Guide | p. 141 |
| Chronology | p. 142 |
| Notes | p. 147 |
| Further Reading | p. 159 |
| Websites | p. 163 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 165 |
| Index | p. 167 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
Peter B. Golden is Professor Emeritus of History and Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program, Rutgers University.
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