Empires of the Silk Road a history of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the present / Christopher I. Beckwith.

Author/creator Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945-
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinceton : Princeton University Press,
Descriptionxxv, 472 p. : map ; 24 cm.
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Contents Prologue: The hero and his friends -- The chariot warriors -- The royal Scythians -- Between Roman and Chinese legions -- The age of Attila the Hun -- The Türk empire -- The Silk Road, revolution, and collapse -- The Vikings and Cathay -- Chinggis Khan and the Mongol conquests -- Central Eurasians ride to a European sea -- The road is closed -- Eurasia without a center -- Central Eurasia reborn -- Epilogue: The Barbarians -- Appendix A: The Proto-Indo-Europeans and their diaspora -- Appendix B: Ancient Central Eurasian ethnonyms.
General noteMap on lining papers.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 427-455) and index.
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LCCN 2008023715
ISBN9780691135892 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0691135894 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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