000731929 000__ 02824cam\a2200361\i\4500 000731929 001__ 731929 000731929 005__ 20210515110134.0 000731929 008__ 130425s2013\\\\nju\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000731929 010__ $$a 2013013684 000731929 019__ $$a862426345$$a864541508 000731929 020__ $$a9780691157733$$qhardcover$$qalkaline paper 000731929 020__ $$a0691157731$$qhardcover$$qalkaline paper 000731929 020__ $$z9781400848805$$qelectronic book 000731929 020__ $$z1400848806$$qelectronic book 000731929 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn840582136 000731929 035__ $$a731929 000731929 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dYDXCP$$dBDX$$dUKMGB$$dYAM$$dMUU$$dCOO$$dCHVBK$$dSTF$$dCDX$$dVP@$$dOCLCF$$dOCLCQ$$dOCL 000731929 042__ $$apcc 000731929 043__ $$aac----- 000731929 049__ $$aISEA 000731929 05000 $$aDS288.3$$b.S73 2013 000731929 08200 $$a958/.02$$223 000731929 1001_ $$aStarr, S. Frederick. 000731929 24510 $$aLost enlightenment :$$bCentral Asia's golden age from the Arab conquest to Tamerlane /$$cS. Frederick Starr. 000731929 264_1 $$aPrinceton :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$c2013. 000731929 300__ $$axxxvii, 634 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ;$$c25 cm 000731929 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000731929 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000731929 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000731929 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 541-609) and index. 000731929 5050_ $$aThe center of the world -- Worldly urbanists, ancient land -- A cauldron of skills, ideas, and faiths -- How Arabs conquered Central Asia and Central Asia then set the stage to conquer Baghdad -- East wind over Baghdad -- Wandering scholars -- Khurasan : Central Asia's rising star -- A flowering of Central Asia : the Samanid dynasty -- A moment in the desert : Gurganj under the Mamuns -- Turks take the stage: Mahmud of Kashgar and Yusuf of Balasagun -- Culture under a Turkic marauder : Mahmud's Ghazni -- Tremors under the dome of Seljuk rule -- The Mongol century -- Tamerlane and his successors -- Retrospective : the sand and the oyster. 000731929 520__ $$aIn this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds--remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly all of these figures wrote in Arabic, they were long assumed to have been Arabs. In fact, they were from Central Asia--drawn from the Persianate and Turkic peoples of a region that today extends from Kazakhstan southward through Afghanistan, and from the easternmost province of Iran through Xinjiang, China. Lost Enlightenment recounts how, between the years 800 and 1200, Central Asia led the world in trade and economic development, the size and sophistication of its cities, the refinement of its arts, and, above all, in the advancement of knowledge in many fields. -- Publisher website. 000731929 651_0 $$aAsia, Central$$xHistory$$yTo 1500. 000731929 85200 $$bgen$$hDS288.3$$i.S73$$i2013 000731929 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:731929$$pGLOBAL_SET 000731929 980__ $$aBIB 000731929 980__ $$aBOOK