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A Historical Geography of the Eastern Lands of the Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia from the Rise of the Arab Empire to the Time of Timur
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2018
This book is one of the representative works of the British Orientalist G. Le Strange (1854–1933), originally titled The Lands of the Eastern Caliphat…
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
China Youth Press · 2015
In the early nineteenth century, vast deserts, plateaus, and mountain ranges lay between British India and Tsarist Russia. This land was almost blank …
Ancient History of Central Asia
Luminaire Books · 2024
This book is the last monograph by the American scholar of Iranian and Central Asian studies Richard N. Frye (1920–2014), originally titled The Herita…
Western Liao, Hegemon of Central Asia: The Black Khitan from the Tula River
China International Broadcasting Publishing House · 2021
In 1125 CE, the Khitan dynasty that had ridden the Mongolian steppe for more than two centuries came to an end amid internal and external troubles: Em…
Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present
CITIC Press · 2020
This is the representative work of Christopher I. Beckwith, a scholar of Central Eurasian studies at Indiana University. The English original, Empires…
The Russian Conquest of Central Asia
CITIC Press · 2020
In the mid-nineteenth century, having completed its expansion across Siberia, Tsarist Russia turned its gaze toward the arid interior of Central Asia.…
The Empire of the Steppes
The Commercial Press · 1998
The Empire of the Steppes is the representative work of the French historian and Orientalist René Grousset, originally published in French in 1939. Th…
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire Between Britain and Russia
China Youth Press · 2015
In the early nineteenth century, vast deserts and mountains lay between British India and Tsarist Russia. Much of this land was still blank on maps of…
A History of the Rise and Fall of the Golden Horde
The Commercial Press · 2024
The Golden Horde (also known as the Kipchak Khanate) was one of the four major khanates of the Mongol Empire. It was founded by Jochi, eldest son of G…
Compiled and Annotated Historical Sources on the Hephthalites
The Commercial Press · 2023
SOURCES ON THE HEPHTHALITE HISTORY is the author's annotated compilation of sources on Hephthalite history. Since beginning his research on the Hephth…
New Studies on Ancient Peoples
The Commercial Press · 2023
This book is the author's study of Tocharian documents and the Tocharian language as well as related historical and geographical questions. Tocharian …
The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet Ameer of Kashgar
Project Gutenberg · 2019
Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …