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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... Rule 381 Chapter 13 The Mongol Century 436 Chapter 14 Tamerlane and His Successors 478 Chapter 15 Retrospective: The Sand and the Oyster 515 Notes 541 Index 611 2. Illustrations • Maps 1. Central Asia xxxviii Some principal viii • Contents.
... Mongol khan and conqueror appears variously in the literature as Gengis, Genghis, Genghiz, Gengiz, Chinggis, and Chingiz. An informal poll of experts left me with Chinggis. For nearly every language there exists an accepted system for ...
... Mongol ruler whose devastation of Central Asia between 1218 and 1221 has been called an “attempted genocide,” but who opened both China and Persia to new waves of intellectual influence from Central Asia. Omar KHAYYAM (1048–1131) ...
... Mongol caravan and murders Chinggis's ambassador. Marco Polo travels twice from Venice to Beijing. Printing with ... Mongols of the Golden Horde. On death of Bahaudin Naqshband, the ruler of Bukhara permanently endows his school and ...
... Mongol 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 ...
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 |