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Pages: 233
Authors: Nile Green
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-02 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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For centuries, travelers have made Central Asia known to the wider world through their writings. In this volume, scholars employ these little-known texts in a w
Central Asia in World History
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Pages: 194
Authors: Peter B. Golden
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-26 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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A vast region stretching roughly from the Volga River to Manchuria and the northern Chinese borderlands, Central Asia has been called the "pivot of history," a
The Silk Road
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Pages: 281
Authors: Tim Winter
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"Evocative and enigmatic, the Silk Road occupies a unique place in contemporary culture and international affairs. Across the world, it has captured the imagina
Russian Central Asia in the Works of Nikolai Karazin, 1842–1908
Language: en
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“This book provides a deep reading of Nikolai Karazin’s works and his relationship with Central Asia. Elena Andreeva shows how Karazin’s prolific creation
Four Central Asian Shrines
Language: en
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Authors: R.D. McChesney
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Four Central Asian Shrines documents the social history of four long-standing Muslim shrines—at Samarqand, Balkh, Mazar-i Sharif, and Qandahar—and the evolu