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The history of Afghanistan / Meredith L. Runion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Runion, Meredith L.
- Series:
- Greenwood histories of the modern nations 1096-2905
- The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, 1096-2905
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afghanistan--History.
- Afghanistan.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 155 pages : map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Provides general readers and students with an understanding of one of the most controversial nations in the contemporary world.
- Contents:
- An introduction to Afghanistan : the land and people
- Prehistory : the emergence of civilization in ancient Afghanistan
- Early civilization and the Nomadic people of Afghanistan
- Afghanistan from the Greek Hellenistic culture to the introduction of Islam
- The Mongolian invasion through the Shah Dynasty
- The Durrani Empire through the Anglo-Afghan Wars, 1839-1919
- From the age of reformation to the war with the Soviets, 1919-1979
- The Soviet invasion and Afghan Civil War, 1979-1992
- Fundamentalism and the Taliban regime, 1992-2001
- Democracy and the future of Afghanistan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-150) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313337987
- 0313337985
- OCLC:
- 150255957
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