Central Asia in World History

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Peter B. Golden (Professor Emeritus of History and Academic Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Center, Rutgers University)

Central Asia in World History

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Peter B. Golden (Professor Emeritus of History and Academic Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Center, Rutgers University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
28 April 2011

History; Asian history; History: earliest times to present day; Social & cultural history; Economic history

Series: New Oxford World History

A vast region stretching roughly from the Volga River to Manchuria and the northern Chinese borderlands, Central Asia has been called the

pivot of history,

a land where nomadic invaders and Silk Road traders changed the destinies of states that ringed its borders, including pre-modern Europe, the Middle East, and China. In Central Asia in World History, Peter B. Golden provides an engaging account of this important region, ranging from prehistory to the

present, focusing largely on the unique melting pot of cultures that this region has produced over millennia. Golden describes the traders who braved the heat and cold along caravan routes to link East Asia and

Europe; the Mongol Empire of Chinggis Khan and his successors, the largest contiguous land empire in history; the invention of gunpowder, which allowed the great sedentary empires to overcome the horse-based nomads; the power struggles of Russia and China, and later Russia and Britain, for control of the area. Finally, he discusses the region today, a key area that neighbors such geopolitical hot spots as Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China.

By: Peter B. Golden (Professor Emeritus of History and Academic Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Center Rutgers University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9780195338195
ISBN 10: 0195338197
Series: New Oxford World History
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 28 April 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Editors' Preface Introduction: A Layering of Peoples Chapter 1: The Rise of Nomadism and the Oasis City-States Chapter 2: The Early Nomads: Warfare is Their Business Chapter 3: Heavenly Qaghans: The Turks and Their Successors Chapter 4: The Cities of the Silk Road and the Coming of Islam. Chapter 5: Crescent over the Steppe: Islam and the Turkic Peoples Chapter 6: The Mongol Whirlwind Chapter 7: The Later Chinggisids, Temur and the Timurid Renaissance Chapter 8: The Age of Gunpowder and the Crush of Empires Chapter 9: The Problems of Modernity Pronunciation Guide Chronology Notes Further Reading Websites Acknowledgments Index

Peter B. Golden is Professor Emeritus of History and Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program, Rutgers University.

Reviews for Central Asia in World History

This concise but comprehensive textbook outlines the transformation of Central Asia from prehistory to the collapse of the USSR. ... The scope is ambitious ... the book is chronologically, spatially, and thematically wide-ranging without sacrificing the level of detail in the narrative. * Jagjeet Lally, Journal of Global History *