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The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia

Series The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia, Volume 1

Edited by Danis Sinor

Publication Date 1990

Hardback ISBN-10 0521243041

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521243049

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521243049

Overview

This volume introduces the geographical setting of Central Asia and follows its history from the palaeolithic era to the rise of the Mongol empire in the thirteenth century. From earliest times Central Asia linked and separated the great sedentary civilisations of Europe and Asia. In the pre-modern period 'Inner Asia' was definable more as a cultural than a geographical entity, its frontiers shifting according to the changing balances of power. Written by distinguished international scholars who have pioneered the exploration of Central Asia's poorly documented past, this volume discusses chronologically the varying historical achievements of the disparate population groups in the region.

For more details of the print book, and how to buy it online, please see The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia Vol. 1: The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia

Frontmatter

Introduction: the concept of Inner Asia by Denis Sinor

The geographic setting by Robert N. Taaffe

Inner Asia at the dawn of history by A. P. Okladnikov

The Scythians and Sarmatians by A. I. Melyukova

The Hsiung-nu by Ying-Shih Yü

Indo-Europeans in Inner Asia by A. K. Narain

The Hun period by Denis Sinor

The Avars by Samuel Szádeczky-Kardoss

The peoples of the Russian forest belt by Peter B. Golden

The peoples of the south Russian steppes by Peter B. Golden

The establishment and dissolution of the Türk empire by Denis Sinor

The Uighurs by Colin Mackerras

The Karakhanids and early Islam by Peter B. Golden

Early and medieval Tibet by Helmut Hoffman

The forest peoples of Manchuria: Kitans and Jurchens by Herbert Franke

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