LEADER 04186nam 22005775 450 001 996248062703316 005 20190523123322.0 010 $a9786612159145 010 $a1-282-15914-3 010 $a1-4008-2994-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400829941 035 $a(CKB)2560000000071412 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457749 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5543807 035 $a(OCoLC)1132226679 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse71498 035 $a(DE-B1597)513102 035 $a(OCoLC)438801355 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400829941 035 $a(PPN)187266697 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000071412 100 $a20190523d2009 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEmpires of the Silk Road $eA History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present /$fChristopher I. Beckwith 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ : $cPrinceton University Press, $d[2009] 210 4$dİ2009 215 $axxv, 472 p. $cmap 300 $aMap on lining papers. 311 $a0-691-13589-4 311 $a0-691-15034-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 427-455) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tABBREVIATIONS AND SIGLA -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tPROLOGUE: THE HERO AND HIS FRIENDS -- $t1. The Chariot Warriors -- $t2. The Royal Scythians -- $t3. Between Roman and Chinese Legions -- $t4. The Age of Attila the Hun -- $t5. The Türk Empire -- $t6. The Silk Road, Revolution, and Collapse -- $t7. The Vikings and Cathay -- $t8. Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Conquests -- $t9. Central Eurasians Ride to a European Sea -- $t10. The Road Is Closed -- $t11. Eurasia without a Center -- $t12. Central Eurasia Reborn -- $tEpilogue: The Barbarians -- $tAppendix A: The Proto-Indo-Europeans and Their Diaspora -- $tAppendix B: Ancient Central Eurasian Ethnonyms -- $tEndnotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tMaps 330 $aThe first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols. In addition, he explains why the heartland of Central Eurasia led the world economically, scientifically, and artistically for many centuries despite invasions by Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Chinese, and others. In retelling the story of the Old World from the perspective of Central Eurasia, Beckwith provides a new understanding of the internal and external dynamics of the Central Eurasian states and shows how their people repeatedly revolutionized Eurasian civilization. Beckwith recounts the Indo-Europeans' migration out of Central Eurasia, their mixture with local peoples, and the resulting development of the Graeco-Roman, Persian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations; he details the basis for the thriving economy of premodern Central Eurasia, the economy's disintegration following the region's partition by the Chinese and Russians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the damaging of Central Eurasian culture by Modernism; and he discusses the significance for world history of the partial reemergence of Central Eurasian nations after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Empires of the Silk Road places Central Eurasia within a world historical framework and demonstrates why the region is central to understanding the history of civilization. 606 $aHISTORY / Asia / Central Asia$2bisacsh 607 $aMiddle East$xHistory 607 $aEast Asia$xHistory 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xHistory 607 $aAsia, Central$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Asia / Central Asia. 676 $a958 700 $aBeckwith$b Christopher I., $0480292 801 0$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248062703316 996 $aEmpires of the Silk Road$91351657 997 $aUNISA