Michal Biran

The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History

Between China and the Islamic World

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Produktbeschreibung

The book considers the political, institutional and cultural histories of the Qara Khitai.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780521066020
• ISBN-10: 0521066026
• Artikelnr.: 23580216

Autorenporträt

Michal Biran is Lecturer at the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her previous publications include Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongol State in Central Asia (1997) and Mongols, Turks and Others: Eurasian Nomads and the Sedentary World (2005; co-edited with Reuven Amitai).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Political History: 1. From Liao to Western Liao: Yelü Dashi and the establishment of the Qara Khitai Empire
2. The quiet period: the reign of Yilie and the Empresses
3. The fall: between the Khwarazm Shah and the Mongols. Epilogue: what became of the Qara Khitai?
Part II. Aspects of Cultural and Institutional History: 4. China
5. Nomads
6. Islam.