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050		4	_aDS329.4 .B386 2016
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100	1		_aBaumer, Christoph.
245	1	4	_aThe History of Central Asia : _bThe Age of Islam and the Mongols.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aLondon : _bI. B. Tauris & Company, Limited, _c2016.
264		4	_c©2016.
300			_a1 online resource (396 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Iranian-Muslim Dynasties in South-West Central Asia -- 1. Socio-religious Conflicts under Early Abbasid Rule -- Excursus: The Most Important Early Islamic Denominations -- The Sunnis -- The Shi' ites -- The Kharijites -- 2. The Barmakids and Tahirids -- 3. The Saffarids -- 4. The Samanids -- II. Central Asian Pioneers of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences -- 1. Early Scientists and Philosophers -- 2. The Golden Age of Science and Philosophy -- 3. On Astronomy and Towards a Theory of Evolution -- 4. An Anti-rationalist Counter-movement -- III. The Second Turkic Migrations to the West -- 1. The Pechenegs -- 2. The Oghuz -- 3. The Kipchaks -- Excursus: Turkic-Kipchak Equestrian Warriors in the Service of the Christian Kingdom of Georgia -- IV. Turco-Muslim Dynasties in Southern Central Asia -- 1. The Great Seljuks -- Excursus: The Ismailis of Alamut in the Seljuk Empire -- 2. The Karakhanids -- 2.1 The Unified Khaganate -- 2.2 The Western Khaganate -- 2.3 The Eastern Khaganate -- 3. The Ghaznavids -- 4. The Ghurids -- 5. The Ma'munids, Altuntashids and Anushteginids of Chorasmia -- V. Buddhist States of the Liao, Qara Khitai and Tanguts -- 1. The Liao Dynasty -- 2. The Qara Khitai, Central Asian Successors of the Liao -- 3. Minyak, the Tangut Empire -- Excursus: Pyotr Kozlov Discovers Khara-Khoto -- VI. The Rise of the Mongols -- 1. Sources for the History of the Mongols -- 2. Mongol Tribes in the Mid-twelfth Century and the Ancestors of Genghis Khan -- 3. Genghis Khan and the Creation of a Mongol Nation -- 4. Genghis Khan's International Campaigns -- VII. The United Mongol Empire -- 1. Great Khan Ögödei and the Construction of Karakorum -- 2. The Regency of Töregene and Great Khan Güyük.
505	8		_aExcursus: Spies, Diplomats and Missionaries: The Franciscan Monks Giovanni da Pian del Carpine and William of Rubruck -- 3. Möngke, the Last Great Khan of the United Mongol Empire -- VIII. The Independent Mongol Khanates -- 1. A Battle of Brothers -- 2. The Chinese Yuan Dynasty -- 2.1 Kublai Khan -- 2.1.1 A Hybrid Model of Government and Cultural Exchange with the West -- Excursus: Kublai Khan and the Polos -- 2.2 Kublai's Successors and the End of the Yuan Dynasty -- 2.3 Withdrawal to Mongolia and Establishment of the Northern Yuan Dynasty -- 3. The Chagatai Khanate -- 3.1 The Chagatai Khanate as Vassal of the Ögödeid Kaidu -- 3.2 The Khanate Regains its Independence -- 3.3 The Division of the Khanate -- 4. The Il-Khanids in Iran -- 4.1 The Non-Muslim Il-Khans -- Excursus: Rabban Bar Sauma and Rabban Markos: Nestorian 'Marco Polos' from Asia -- 4.2 The Muslim Il-Khans -- 4.3 The Cultural Legacy of the Il-Khanids -- 5. The Golden Horde -- 5.1 The Blue Horde of Batu Khan -- 5.2 The White Horde of Orda Khan -- IX. Timur-e Lang and the Timurids -- 1. Timur-e Lang's Military Campaigns -- Excursus: Two European Eyewitnesses: Ruy González de Clavijo and Johannes Schiltberger -- 2. Timur's Successors: the Timurids -- 3. Timurid Art and Architecture -- X. Outlook -- Appendices -- Appendix A: The Most Important Denominations of Islam and Early Muslim Dynasties Outside Central Asia -- Appendix B: The Most Important Dynasties of Central Asia from the Ninth to the Early Sixteenth Centuries -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Maps -- Photo Credits -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Concepts -- People -- Places.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aAsia, Central-History.
650		0	_aIslam-History.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBaumer, Christoph _tThe History of Central Asia _dLondon : I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited,c2016 _z9781784534905
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
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