02037 am 2200529 n 450 9910136385503321201603172-7226-0438-810.4000/books.cdf.4252(CKB)3710000000614234(FrMaCLE)OB-cdf-4252(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/57942(PPN)26793162X(EXLCZ)99371000000061423420160317j|||||||| ||| 0enguu||||||m||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRefocusing Central Asia Inaugural Lecture delivered on Thursday 7 November 2013 /Frantz GrenetParis Collège de France2016The notion of Central Asia emerged at a late stage, replacing that of “Tartary”, often associated with the Mongol Terror, in 1825 only. Two twentieth-century archaeological currents profoundly contributed to the revival of studies on this region: the French school led by the Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan, and the Soviet school characterized by large multidisciplinary expeditions. The rediscovery of the region’s two main languages, Sogdian and Bactrian, has significantly fu...History & ArchaeologyArchaeologyarcheologyhistoryPre-Islamic culturePre-Islamic historyPre-Islamic historyarcheologyPre-Islamic culturehistoryHistory & ArchaeologyArchaeologyarcheologyhistoryPre-Islamic culturePre-Islamic historyGrenet Frantz635055Grenet Frantz635055Haroche Serge26976FR-FrMaCLEBOOK9910136385503321Refocusing Central Asia3019348UNINA