Svat Soucek

History of Inner Asia (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Svat Soucek's book offers a short and accessible introduction to the history of Inner Asia. The narrative, which begins with the arrival of Islam, charts the rise and fall of the different dynasties right up to the Russian conquest. Dynastic tables and maps augment and elucidate the text. The contemporary focus rests on the seven countries which make up the core of present-day Eurasia, that is Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Sinkiang and Mongolia. Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, renewed interest in these countries has prompted considerable political, cultural, economic and religious debate. While a divergent literature has evolved in consequence, no comprehensive survey of the region has been attempted. Soucek's history promises to fill this gap and to become an indispensable source of information for anyone studying or visiting the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511060076
• Artikelnr.: 38205791

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The beginnings
2. The Kok Turks, Chinese expansion and the Arab conquest
3. The Samanids
4. The Uighur kingdom of Qocho
5. The Qarakhanids
6. Seljukids and Ghaznavids
7. The conquering Mongols
8. The Chaghatayids
9. Timur and the Timurids
10. The last Timurids and the first Uzbeks
11. The Shaybanids
12. The rise of Russia, the fall of the Golden Horde, and the resilient Chaghatayids
13. The Buddhist Mongols
14. Bukhara, Khiva, and Khoqand in the seventeenth - nineteenth centuries
15. The Russian conquest and rule of Central Asia
16. From the Governates-General to Union Republics
17. Soviet Central Asia
18. Central Asia becomes independent
19. Sinkiang as part of China
20. Independent Central Asian Republics
21. The Republic of Mongolia.