This compact book 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. Golden covers themes of trade, religion, empire, technology, and language as he introduces readers to the people who have inhabitedge this region.
This compact book 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. Golden covers themes of trade, religion, empire, technology, and language as he introduces readers to the people who have inhabitedge this region.
Peter B. Golden is Professor Emeritus of History and Academic Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Center at Rutgers University, where he has taught since 1969. He has been a recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities and has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Among his books are: Khazar Studies: An Historico-Philological Inquiry into the Origins of the Khazars , An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples, Nomads and Sedentary Societies in Medieval Eurasia, and Nomads and their Neighbours in the Russian Steppe: Turks, Khazars and Qipchaqs. His articles and chapters in books have also appeared in Russian, Turkish, Kazakh and Hungarian.
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Editors' Preface Introduction: A Layering of Peoples 1: The Rise of Nomadism and the Oasis City-States 2: The Early Nomads: "Warfare is Their Business" 3: Heavenly Qaghans: The Türks and Their Successors 4: The Cities of the Silk Road and the Coming of Islam. 5: Crescent over the Steppe: Islam and the Turkic Peoples 6: The Mongol Whirlwind 7: The Later Chinggisids, Temür and the Timurid Renaissance 8: The Age of Gunpowder and the Crush of Empires 9: The Problems of Modernity Pronunciation Guide Chronology Notes Further Reading Websites Acknowledgments Index
Editors' Preface Introduction: A Layering of Peoples 1: The Rise of Nomadism and the Oasis City-States 2: The Early Nomads: "Warfare is Their Business" 3: Heavenly Qaghans: The Türks and Their Successors 4: The Cities of the Silk Road and the Coming of Islam. 5: Crescent over the Steppe: Islam and the Turkic Peoples 6: The Mongol Whirlwind 7: The Later Chinggisids, Temür and the Timurid Renaissance 8: The Age of Gunpowder and the Crush of Empires 9: The Problems of Modernity Pronunciation Guide Chronology Notes Further Reading Websites Acknowledgments Index
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