| Description |
1 online resource (x, 494 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge histories online |
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Cambridge histories online
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| Contents |
Introduction: the concept of Inner Asia / Denis Sinor -- The geographic setting / Robert N. Taaffe -- Inner Asia at the dawn of history / A.P. Okladnikov and Crookenden Julia -- The Scythians and Sarmatians / A.I. Melyukova and Crookenden Julia -- The Hsiung-nu / Ying-Shih Yü -- Indo-Europeans in Inner Asia / A.K. Narain -- The Hun period / Denis Sinor -- The Avars / Samuel Szádeczky-Kardoss -- The peoples of the Russian forest belt / Peter B. Golden -- The peoples of the south Russian steppes / Peter B. Golden -- The establishment and dissolution of the Türk empire / Denis Sinor -- The Uighurs / Colin Mackerras -- The Karakhanids and early Islam / Peter B. Golden -- Early and medieval Tibet / Helmut Hoffman -- The forest peoples of Manchuria: Kitans and Jurchens / Herbert Franke |
| Summary |
This volume introduces the geographical setting of Central Asia and follows its history from the palaeolithic era to the rise of the Mongol empire in the thirteenth century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| SUBJECT |
Asia, Central -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125700
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| Subject |
Central Asia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sinor, Denis.
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| ISBN |
9781139054898 |
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1139054899 |
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051146763X |
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9780511467639 |
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9781139054898 |
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