Frye, Richard Nelson,

The heritage of Central Asia : from antiquity to the turkish expansion / Richard N. Frye. - 264 páginas : ilustraciones, gráficos, mapas ; 23 centímetros

Geographic realities. -Peoples, languages, custom and beliefs. Before history. -Zoroaster's cult. -Achaemenid centralization. -Alexander and the heritage of hellenism. -Greco-bactrians and parthians. -Nomadic interlude. -The forgotten kushans. -The silk route. -The buddhist east. -Return of the nomads. -The merchant world of the sogdians. -Caliphs and kaghans. -The iranian-Islamic ecumene. -The present is born.



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Asia Central--Historia.

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