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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Eastern Europe > History.
Central Asia > History.
15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other.
Sidenvägen.
Herrschaft
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY.
Asie centrale > Histoire.
Europe de l'Est > Histoire.
Extrême-Orient > Histoire.
Moyen-Orient > Histoire.
Middle East > History.
East Asia > History.
Europe, Eastern > History.
Asia, Central > History.
Central Asia.
Östeuropa > historia.
Östasien > historia.
Mellanöstern > historia.
Centralasien > historia.
Zentralasien
Middle East.
Eastern Europe.
East Asia.
History (form)
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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