The heart of Asia : a history of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the earliest times / / Francis Henry Skrine and Edward Denison Ross

• Autore: Skrine Francis Henry <1847-1933.>
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
• Disciplina: 958.408
• Soggetto geografico: Asia, Central History; Asia, Central Relations Russia; Russia Relations Asia, Central
• Altri autori: RossE. Denison, Sir, <1871-1940.> (Edward Denison)
• Note generali: Originally published: London : Methuen, 1899.; Simultaneously reprinted in the USA and Canada.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; The Heart of Asia; Copyright Page; Contents; Part I: From the Earliest Times to the Russian Occupation; I. Earliest Times to the Death of Alexander; II. Bactrians and Parthians; III. The Huns and the Yué-Chi; IV. The Sāsānides, the Ephthalites, and the Turks; V. The Rise of Islām and Invasions of the Arabs; VI. The First Eastern Campaigns of Kutayba Ibn Muslim; VII. Kutayba's Last Campaigns; VIIII. Kutayba's Fall and Death; IX. Kutayba's Successors; X. Nasr Ibn Sayyār and Abū Muslim; XI. Khorāsān Under the First Abbāsids ; XII. The Caliphates of El-Mansūr, El-Hādi, and Hārūn Er-Rashīd XIII. Decline of the Caliphs' Authority in Khorāsān the Tāhirides; XIV. The Saffārides and the Rise of The Sāmānides; XV. The Sāmānides; XVI. The Kara-Khānides, or UЈіghūrs; XVII. The Ghaznavides and the Rise of the Seljūks; XVIII. The Seljūks; XIX. Sultan Sanjar and the Kara-Khitāys; XX. The Khwārazm-shāhs; XXI. Chingiz Khān; XXII. Mongol Invasion of Central Asia; XXIII. The Line of Chaghatāy; XXIV. Tīmūr, the Great Amīr; XXV. The Successors of Tīmūr; XXVI. The Shaybānides; XXVII. The House of Astrakhan; XXVIII. The House of Mangit ; XXIX. Amīr Nasrullah, a Bokhāran Nero Part II: Russia in Central Asia; I. The Making of Russia; II. Crossing the Threshold of Asia; III. The Struggle with the Khānates; IV. Turkomania and the Turkomans; V. The Last Step in Advance; VI. The Central Asian Railways; VII. Transcaspia in 1898; VIII. Askabad and Merv; IX. Bokhārā, a Protected Native State; X. Samarkand; XI. Friends or Foes?; Appendix I; Appendix II; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Originally published in 1899, The Heart of Asia is a definitive history of Central Asia from pre-history to the contemporary machinations of the Russian empire. The book is valuable not only because of the quality of the historical work on the early period, but also because of the unique picture that it gives of contemporary views on the potential for Anglo-Russian conflict, at a time when the Russian Empire was Britain's closest rival for Asian hegemony.Scholars of modern Russia and Central Asia will find much that echoes, and indeed drives, more recent events.
• Titolo autorizzato: The heart of Asia
• ISBN: 1-135-79801-X; 0-9753093-5-8; 1-135-79802-8; 1-280-28197-9; 9786610281978; 0-203-64170-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814482403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II