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Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Central Asia / by R. Abazov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abazov, Rafis.
- Series:
- Palgrave Concise Historical Atlases, 2947-6550
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asia--History.
- Asia.
- Historiography.
- History--Methodology.
- History.
- World politics.
- Political science.
- Asian History.
- Historiography and Method.
- Political History.
- Political Science.
- Local Subjects:
- Asian History.
- Historiography and Method.
- Political History.
- Political Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (144 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2008.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This atlas graphically illuminates the region's history tracing back to the 8th-7th century 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, all succinctly explained in this book.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; General Key to the Maps; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Changes in Geographical Names; I. INTRODUCTORY MAPS; II. EARLY HISTORY, SIXTH CENTURY B.C. TO SIXTH CENTURY A.D.; III. ISLAMIC GOLDEN AGE, SEVENTH TO TWELFTH CENTURIES A.D.; IV. THE MONGOLS AND THE DECLINE OF CENTRAL ASIA; V. THE ERA OF COLONIALISM AND NATION-STATE BUILDING; VI. POST-COMMUNISM AND INDEPENDENCE; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-120) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611737375
- 9781281737373
- 1281737372
- 9780230610903
- 0230610900
- OCLC:
- 314789779
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