Central Asia in World History

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-515947-9
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 461 g

Reihe: New Oxford World History

Introduces the reader to an important but relatively unknown part of the world
Traces Central Asian history from early human settlement to the development of unique modes of adaptation to a difficult terrain and climate and the creation of powerful empires that played major roles in world history
Emphasizes Central Asia and its peoples as cultural brokers between East and West
Draws on author's vast knowledge of sources in several Central Asian languages

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 land where nomadic invaders and Silk Road traders changed the destinies of states that ringed ist borders, including pre-modern Europe, the Middle East, and China. In Central Asia in World History, Peter B. Golden provides an engaging account of this important region, ranging from prehistory to the present, focusing largely on the unique melting pot of cultures that this region has produced over millennia. Golden describes the traders who braved the heat and cold along caravan routes to link East Asia and Europe; the Mongol Empire of Chinggis Khan and his successors, the largest contiguous land empire in history; the invention of gunpowder, which allowed the great sedentary empires to overcome the horse-based nomads; the power struggles of Russia and China, and later Russia and Britain, for control of the area. Finally, he discusses the region today, a key area that neighbors such geopolitical hot spots as Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China.

Zielgruppe

undergraduate students of Central Asia, the Silk Road, and the Mongol empire; AP World History students, travelers to Central Asia, people interested in current events in Central Asia who are looking for a brief historical survey

Autoren/Hrsg.

Golden

Golden, Peter B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Kultureller Wandel, Kulturkontakt, Akkulturation
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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
Index ledgments

Über Autor(innen)

Golden, Peter B.
Peter B. Golden, Professor Emeritus of History and Academic Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Center, Rutgers University