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The history of the Central Asian republics / Peter L. Roudik.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roudik, Peter.
- Series:
- Greenwood histories of the modern nations 1096-2905
- The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, 1096-2905
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asia, Central--History.
- Asia, Central.
- Central Asia.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 212 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Delve into Central Asia's complex history to learn how the nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan have evolved through the centuries to become cultural hotspots in recent years.
- Contents:
- The stans : new states, old societies
- Ancient state formations
- Early history : Islamization and the birth of Central Asian nations (seventh through fourteenth centuries)
- The medieval states of Central Asia (fifteenth through nineteenth centuries)
- Russian colonization (1865-1917)
- The revolutionary era (1917-1924)
- The Soviet rule (1925-1991)
- Post-Soviet transformation
- Political and legal thought of Central Asia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-204) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313340130
- 0313340137
- OCLC:
- 148731825
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