Edge of empires : a history of Georgia /

This is a comprehensive history of Georgia focusing not only on the post-Soviet era but on the full sweep of its turbulent past. The book describes Georgia's complex struggles with the many empires which have tried to control, fragment or even exterminate the country.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rayfield, Donald, 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, 2012.
Temas:
Georgia (Republic) > History.
History > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
Russia & Former Soviet Republics.
Géorgie (République) > Histoire.
Georgia (Republic)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Edge of Empires Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Contents pt II; Introduction; 1. The Emergence of the Kartvelians; 2. The Origins of the Kingdom of Kartli; 3. Conversion; 4. The Arab Conquest; 5. Unification; 6. Davit the Builder; 7. Demetre and Giorgi III; 8. Queen Tamar; 9. Mongol Invasion; 10. The Fractured State; 11. Timur Lang and the Destruction of Georgia; 12. Fratricide; 13. King Teimuraz I; 14. Teimuraz Dispossessed; 15. The Eighteenth Century; 16. The Russian Conquest of Kartli-Kakhetia; 17. King Solomon's End; 18. Vice-regency; 19. Reaction and Revolution; 20. Independence.
  • 21. Soviet Annexation22. After Stalin; 23. Independence Restored; References; Chronology; Maps and Dynastic Trees; Select Bibliography; Photo Acknowledgements; Index.

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