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Moving in the margins : desert travel and power in medieval Central Asia / by Paul D. Wordsworth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wordsworth, Paul D., author.
- Series:
- Handbuch der Orientalistik. Handbook of Uralic studies ; Achte Abteilung, v. 32.
- Handbook of Oriental studies. Section eight, Uralic and Central Asian studies, 0169-8524 ; volume 32 = Handbuch der Orientalistik
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travel, Medieval.
- Kara Kum (Turkmenistan)--Description and travel.
- Kara Kum (Turkmenistan).
- Kara Kum (Turkmenistan)--Antiquities.
- Silk Road--Description and travel.
- Silk Road.
- Silk Road--History.
- Deserts--Asia, Central.
- Deserts.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Turkmenistan--Kara Kum.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 351 pages : illustrations (some color), graphs, maps, plans ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Central Asia has been perceived as a landscape of connections, of Silk Roads; an endless plain across which waves of conquerors swiftly rode on horseback. In reality the region is highly fragmented and difficult to traverse, and overcoming these obstacles led to routes becoming associated with epic travel and high-value trade. Put simply, the inhabitants of these lands became experts in the art of travelling the margins. This volume seeks to unravel some of the myths of long-distance roads in Central Asia, using a desert case-study to put forward a new hypothesis for how medieval landscapes were controlled and manipulated"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Traditions of travel and the origins of road networks in the Eastern Islamic world
- Black sands : the landscape of the Karakum past and present
- Defining the architecture of desert travel
- Moving material culture
- Modelling landscapes of movement
- Rethinking routes : from Roads of Silk to the threads of networks.
- Notes:
- Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Københavns universitet, 2015, which was presented under the title: Pathways of trade or networks of power? Desert routes in medieval Turkmenistan.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-347) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wordsworth, Paul D. Moving in the margins : desert travel and power in medieval Central Asia
- ISBN:
- 9789004534872
- 9004534873
- OCLC:
- 1453076717
- Publisher Number:
- 9789004534872
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