Empires of the Silk Road : : A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present /

Empires of the Silk Road : : A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present / / Christopher I. Beckwith.

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empir...

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Beckwith, Christopher I.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGLA
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PROLOGUE: THE HERO AND HIS FRIENDS
  • 1. The Chariot Warriors
  • 2. The Royal Scythians
  • 3. Between Roman and Chinese Legions
  • 4. The Age of Attila the Hun
  • 5. The Türk Empire
  • 6. The Silk Road, Revolution, and Collapse
  • 7. The Vikings and Cathay
  • 8. Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Conquests
  • 9. Central Eurasians Ride to a European Sea
  • 10. The Road Is Closed
  • 11. Eurasia without a Center
  • 12. Central Eurasia Reborn
  • Epilogue: The Barbarians
  • Appendix A: The Proto-Indo-Europeans and Their Diaspora
  • Appendix B: Ancient Central Eurasian Ethnonyms
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Maps

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