Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to TamerlanePrinceton University Press, 6 oct. 2013 - 680 pages The forgotten story of Central Asia's enlightenment—its rise, fall, and enduring legacy |
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... invasion 119 5.1. Erk Kala, the 2,500-year-old citadel at Merv and apparent model for Caliph Mansur's Round City of Baghdad, founded in 762 131 5.2. Clamshell device invented in the mid-ninth century by Ahmad, eldest of the Banu Musa ...
... invasion after the ruler of Otrar destroys a Mongol caravan and murders Chinggis's ambassador. Marco Polo travels twice from Venice to Beijing. Printing with inscribed blocks and movable type in East Turkestan. Dante Alighieri writes ...
... invasion, which Chinggis Khan launched in the spring of 1219. But this turns out to be both too early and too late. It is too early because of the several bursts of cultural brilliance that occurred thereafter; and it is too late ...
... invasion from outside, which has occurred as frequently as armies from the region have invaded others. One of the three geographical zones—the irrigated deserts—was host to the greatest amount of intellectual activity, but it did not ...
... invasion from abroad was nothing new. Over the centuries they had learned how to absorb such blows, and how to deal with their effects. They were also confident in the resources of their ancient land and its culture, which gave them the ...
Table des matières
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How Arabs Conquered Central Asia and Central Asia Then Set the Stage to Conquer Baghdad | 101 |
East Wind over Baghdad | 126 |
Wandering Scholars | 156 |
Khurasan Central Asias Rising Star | 194 |
A Flowering of Central Asia The Samanid Dynasty | 225 |
Turks Take the Stage Mahmud of Kashgar and Yusuf of Balasagun | 303 |
Culture under a Turkic Marauder Mahmuds Ghazni | 332 |
Tremors under the Dome of Seljuk Rule | 381 |
The Mongol Century | 436 |
Tamerlane and His Successors | 478 |
Retrospective The Sand and the Oyster | 515 |
Notes | 541 |
Index | 611 |