Research Catalog

Title

Central Asia in world history / Peter B. Golden.

Author

Golden, Peter B.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Details

Description

x, 178 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

• "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 its 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, and focusing largely on the unique melting pot of cultures that this region has produced. Golden describes the traders who braved the heat and cold along caravan routes to link East Asia and Europe; the Mongol Empire of Genghis 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"--Provided by publisher.
• "This work traces the history of the nomadic steppe tribes and sedentary inhabitants of the oasis city-states of Central Asia from pre-history to the present. Particular focus is placed on the unique melting pot cultures that this region has produced over millennia"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

New Oxford world history

Uniform Title

New Oxford world history.

Subjects

• Asia, Central > History
• Asia, Central > Civilization
• Civilization
• Strategic aspects of individual places
• History
• Asia, Central > Strategic aspects
• Illustrated books

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

A layering of peoples -- The rise of nomadism and oasis city-states -- The early nomads : "Warfare is their business" -- Heavenly Qaghans : the Türks and their successors -- The cities of the Silk Road and the coming of Islam -- Crescent over the steppe : Islam and the Turkic peoples -- The Mongol whirlwind -- The later Chinggisids, Temür, and the Timurid Renaissance -- The age of gunpowder and the crush of empires -- The problems of modernity.

Call Number

JFE 11-1144

ISBN

• 9780195338195
• 0195338197
• 9780195159479
• 0195159470

LCCN

• 2010020626
• 40018873698

OCLC

587229744

Author

Golden, Peter B.

Title

Central Asia in world history / Peter B. Golden.

Publisher

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

New Oxford world history

New Oxford world history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Standard Identifier

40018873698

Research Call Number

JFE 11-1144