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 Info | Princeton : Princeton University Press, |
| Description | xxv, 472 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Map on lining papers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-455) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008023715 |
| ISBN | 9780691135892 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0691135894 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |