The history of Central Asia. Volume 3, : the age of Islam and the Mongols / Christoph Baumer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baumer, Christoph, author.

Series:

The history of Central Asia / Christoph Baumer

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--History.

Islam.

Asia, Central--History.

Asia, Central.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016.

Summary:

Between the ninth and the fifteenth centuries, Central Asia was a major political, economic and cultural hub on the Eurasian continent.In the first half of the thirteenth century it was also the pre-eminent centre of power in the largest land-based empire the world has ever seen.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

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Contents

Introduction

I. Iranian-Muslim Dynasties in South-West Central Asia

1. Socio-religious Conflicts under Early Abbasid Rule

Excursus: The Most Important Early Islamic Denominations

The Sunnis

The Shi' ites

The Kharijites

2. The Barmakids and Tahirids

3. The Saffarids

4. The Samanids

II. Central Asian Pioneers of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences

1. Early Scientists and Philosophers

2. The Golden Age of Science and Philosophy

3. On Astronomy and Towards a Theory of Evolution

4. An Anti-rationalist Counter-movement

III. The Second Turkic Migrations to the West

1. The Pechenegs

2. The Oghuz

3. The Kipchaks

Excursus: Turkic-Kipchak Equestrian Warriors in the Service of the Christian Kingdom of Georgia

IV. Turco-Muslim Dynasties in Southern Central Asia

1. The Great Seljuks

Excursus: The Ismailis of Alamut in the Seljuk Empire

2. The Karakhanids

2.1 The Unified Khaganate

2.2 The Western Khaganate

2.3 The Eastern Khaganate

3. The Ghaznavids

4. The Ghurids

5. The Ma'munids, Altuntashids and Anushteginids of Chorasmia

V. Buddhist States of the Liao, Qara Khitai and Tanguts

1. The Liao Dynasty

2. The Qara Khitai, Central Asian Successors of the Liao

3. Minyak, the Tangut Empire

Excursus: Pyotr Kozlov Discovers Khara-Khoto

VI. The Rise of the Mongols

1. Sources for the History of the Mongols

2. Mongol Tribes in the Mid-twelfth Century and the Ancestors of Genghis Khan

3. Genghis Khan and the Creation of a Mongol Nation

4. Genghis Khan's International Campaigns

VII. The United Mongol Empire

1. Great Khan Ögödei and the Construction of Karakorum

2. The Regency of Töregene and Great Khan Güyük.

Excursus: Spies, Diplomats and Missionaries: The Franciscan Monks Giovanni da Pian del Carpine and William of Rubruck

3. Möngke, the Last Great Khan of the United Mongol Empire

VIII. The Independent Mongol Khanates

1. A Battle of Brothers

2. The Chinese Yuan Dynasty

2.1 Kublai Khan

2.1.1 A Hybrid Model of Government and Cultural Exchange with the West

Excursus: Kublai Khan and the Polos

2.2 Kublai's Successors and the End of the Yuan Dynasty

2.3 Withdrawal to Mongolia and Establishment of the Northern Yuan Dynasty

3. The Chagatai Khanate

3.1 The Chagatai Khanate as Vassal of the Ögödeid Kaidu

3.2 The Khanate Regains its Independence

3.3 The Division of the Khanate

4. The Il-Khanids in Iran

4.1 The Non-Muslim Il-Khans

Excursus: Rabban Bar Sauma and Rabban Markos: Nestorian 'Marco Polos' from Asia

4.2 The Muslim Il-Khans

4.3 The Cultural Legacy of the Il-Khanids

5. The Golden Horde

5.1 The Blue Horde of Batu Khan

5.2 The White Horde of Orda Khan

IX. Timur-e Lang and the Timurids

1. Timur-e Lang's Military Campaigns

Excursus: Two European Eyewitnesses: Ruy González de Clavijo and Johannes Schiltberger

2. Timur's Successors: the Timurids

3. Timurid Art and Architecture

X. Outlook

Appendices

Appendix A: The Most Important Denominations of Islam and Early Muslim Dynasties Outside Central Asia

Appendix B: The Most Important Dynasties of Central Asia from the Ninth to the Early Sixteenth Centuries

Notes

Bibliography

List of Maps

Photo Credits

Acknowledgements

Index

Concepts

People

Places.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-366) and indexes

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ISBN:

1-83860-940-7

OCLC:

1101035919