Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2008 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9781139054898
Content:
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. From earliest times Central Asia linked and separated the great sedentary civilisations of Europe and Asia. In the pre-modern period 'Inner Asia' was definable more as a cultural than a geographical entity, its frontiers shifting according to the changing balances of power. Written by distinguished international scholars who have pioneered the exploration of Central Asia's poorly documented past, this volume discusses chronologically the varying historical achievements of the disparate population groups in the region
Content:
Introduction : the concept of Inner Asia / Denis Sinor -- The geographic setting / Robert N. Taaffe -- Inner Asia at the dawn of history / A.P. Okladnikov -- The Scythians and Sarmatians / A.I. Melyukova -- 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
In:
1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521243041
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. The Cambridge history of early Inner Asia ; 1: [From earliest times to the rise of the Mongols] Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Pr., 1990 ISBN 0521243041
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521243049
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CHOL9780521243049
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