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001 2008023715
003 DLC
005 20100226085058.0
008 080529s2009 njub b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008023715
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016 7 $a014888865$2Uk
020 $a9780691135892 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0691135894 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn229467524
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050 00 $aDS329.4$b.B43 2009
082 00 $a958$222
100 1 $aBeckwith, Christopher I.,$d1945-
245 10 $aEmpires of the Silk Road :$ba history of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the present /$cChristopher I. Beckwith.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axxv, 472 p. :$bmap ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 427-455) and index.
500 $aMap on lining papers.
505 0 $aPrologue: The hero and his friends -- The chariot warriors -- The royal Scythians -- Between Roman and Chinese legions -- The age of Attila the Hun -- The Türk empire -- The Silk Road, revolution, and collapse -- The Vikings and Cathay -- Chinggis Khan and the Mongol conquests -- Central Eurasians ride to a European sea -- The road is closed -- Eurasia without a center -- Central Eurasia reborn -- Epilogue: The Barbarians -- Appendix A: The Proto-Indo-Europeans and their diaspora -- Appendix B: Ancient Central Eurasian ethnonyms.
651 0 $aAsia, Central$xHistory.
651 0 $aEurope, Eastern$xHistory.
651 0 $aEast Asia$xHistory.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0819/2008023715.html