The Palgrave concise historical atlas of central Asia / Rafis Abazov.

Format:

Map/Atlas

Author/Creator:

Abazov, Rafis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities.

History.

Historical geography.

Asia, Central--Historical geography--Maps.

Asia, Central.

Asia, Central--History--Maps.

Asia, Central--Antiquities--Maps.

Central Asia.

Genre:

Maps.

Atlases.

Physical Description:

1 atlas (xvii, 124 pages) : 50 maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Scales differ.

Edition:

First edition.

Cartographic Data:

Scales differ.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Currently the home of large oil and gas reserves, Islamic terrorists, and new democracies, Central Asia is of growing visibility to Americans. In this atlas, Rafis Abazov provides 50 two-color maps, each accompanied by explanatory text, that graphically illuminate the region's history tracing back to the 8th-7th centuries B.C. From the spread of Islam to the invasion of the Mongols, the area has been at the crossroads of some of the world's most important developments. The atlas serves as a useful reference, valuable for its clarity and wealth of information.

Contents:

Changes in Geographical Names xv

I Introductory Maps

1 Physical Characteristics

2 Political Characteristics

3 Natural Resources

4 Demography

5 Central Asian Cultures

II Early History, Sixth Century B.C. To Sixth Century A.D.

6 Political Map of the Ancient World

7 Bactria, Sogdiana, Margiana and Khwarezm, Sixth to Third Centuries B.C.

8 Alexander the Great and the Greek Influence in Central Asia

9 Parthian Empire and the Kushans

10 Sassanid Empire, Third to Seventh Centuries

11 Early Turkic Empires

12 Religions in Central Asia: Zoroastrianism, Buddhism and Christianity

13 International Trade and the Beginning of the Great Silk Road

III Islamic Golden Age, Seventh to Twelfth Centuries A.D.

14 The Political Map of Central Asia in the Middle Ages

15 The Arab Conquest of Central Asia

16 Consolidation of the Caliphate's Political Influence

17 The Samanids (875-999)

18 The Karakhanid State (999-1140)

19 The Seljuks (ca. 1038-1194)

20 The Rise and Collapse of Khwarezm

21 International and Major Trade Routes in Central Asia

IV The Mongols and The Decline of Central Asia

22 The Mongol Invasion of Central Asia

23 Central Asia under the Mongols

24 Disintegration of the Mongol Empire

25 Timur (Tamerlane) and the Timurid Empire in Central Asia

26 Disintegration of the Timurid Empire

27 The Rise of the Uzbek Khanate

28 Bukhara and the Khwarezm Khanates. The Kazakhs and Turkomans

V The Era of Colonialism and Nation-State Building

29 Central Asia and the Major Colonial Powers in the Eighteenth Century

30 Russian Colonization of the Kazakh Steppe

31 Russian Colonization of Central Asia

32 Early Administrative Division of Central Asia

33 Administrative and Political Changes in the Early Twentieth Century

34 The Bolshevik Revolution

35 Creation of the Turkistan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

36 Civil War in Central Asia

37 Nation-State Delimitation in Central Asia, 1924-1926

38 Administrative and Political Changes in Central Asia, 1926-1936

39 Economic Changes in Central Asia

VI Post-Communism and Independence

40 Interethnic Conflicts and the Collapse of the USSR

41 Independent Kazakhstan

42 Independent Kyrgyzstan

43 Independent Tajikistan

44 Independent Turkmenistan

45 Independent Uzbekistan

46 Ethnic Composition and Major Territorial Disputes

47 Central Asia and the War on International Terrorism

48 Border Disputes in the Farghona Valley

49 Major Oil and Gas Pipeline Proposals

50 Transportation Routes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [113]-120) and index.

ISBN:

1403975426

9781403975423

1403975418

9781403975416

OCLC:

182764731