Tang China and the collapse of the Uighur Empire : a documentary history / Michael Drompp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drompp, Michael, author.

Series:

Brill's Inner Asian library ; Volume 13.

Brill's Inner Asian Library ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Uighur (Turkic people)--China--History.

Uighur (Turkic people).

China--History--Tang dynasty, 618-907.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2005]

Summary:

This book considers the Tang response to the collapse of the Uighur steppe empire in 840 C.E. and the large number of refugees who fled to China's northern frontier. It examines the workings of late Tang bureaucracy through translations of some seventy relevant Chinese documents.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

A Note on Romanization, Names, and Titles

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter One: The Frontier

Chapter Two: The Flight of the Uighurs to China

Chapter Three: Negotiations between the Tang Court and Ögä Qaghan

Chapter Four: The Resolution of the Crisis

Chapter Five: Tang Relations with the Kirghiz

Chapter Six: The Rhetoric of the Crisis

Chapter Seven: Geopolitical Change in East Asia and Inner Asia after the Crisis

Maps

Map 1. Northeast Asia, ca. 840 C.E.

Map 2. Important Sites in North China, ca. 840 C.E.

Map 3. Important Sites Relating to the Uighur Crisis, ca. 840 C.E.

Appendix: Translations of Documents

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

BRILL'S INNER ASIAN LIBRARY.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789047414780

9047414780

OCLC:

1289372324