Empires of the Silk Road : a history of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the present / Christopher I. Beckwith.
Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945-
2009
DS329.4 .B43 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Empires of the Silk Road : a history of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the present / Christopher I. Beckwith.
Author Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945-
ISBN 9780691135892 (alk. paper)
0691135894 (alk. paper)
Imprint Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Language English
Description xxv, 472 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Call Number DS329.4 .B43 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 958
Note Map on lining papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-455) and index.
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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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