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.