Format:
264 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
1558761101
,
155876111X
Series Statement:
Princeton series on the Middle East
Content:
Geographic realities -- Peoples, languages, customs, and beliefs -- Before history -- Zoroaster's cult -- Achaemenid centralization -- Alexander and the heritage of Hellenism -- Greco-Bactrians and Parthians -- Nomadic interlude -- The forgotten Kushans -- The Silk Route -- The Buddhist East -- Return of the nomads -- The merchant world of the Sogdians -- Caliphs and Kaghans -- The Iranian-Islamic Oecumene -- The present is born -- Appendix 1: The literary sources -- Appendix 2: Geographical names -- Appendix 3: Local rulers in Bukhara and Samarkand -- Appendix 4: Deities in Sogdiana -- Appendix 5: The languages of Central Asia -- Appendix 6: Coinage in Transoxiana
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
,
Geographic realities -- Peoples, languages, customs, and beliefs -- Before history -- Zoroaster's cult -- Achaemenid centralization -- Alexander and the heritage of Hellenism -- Greco-Bactrians and Parthians -- Nomadic interlude -- The forgotten Kushans -- The Silk Route -- The Buddhist East -- Return of the nomads -- The merchant world of the Sogdians -- Caliphs and Kaghans -- The Iranian-Islamic Oecumene -- The present is born -- Appendix 1: The literary sources -- Appendix 2: Geographical names -- Appendix 3: Local rulers in Bukhara and Samarkand -- Appendix 4: Deities in Sogdiana -- Appendix 5: The languages of Central Asia -- Appendix 6: Coinage in Transoxiana.
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Zentralasien
;
Geschichte Anfänge-1000
;
Zentralasien
;
Geschichte Anfänge-900
Author information:
Frye, Richard Nelson 1920-2014
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