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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... army from Central Asia defeats the Roman general Crassus to take control of the Levant. Theodore, a Syrian Christian linguist, scholar, and philosopher, is named archbishop at Merv. Birth of Muhammad, prophet of Islam. 651 660 743 762 ...
... army at Battle of Taraz (Talas). Caliph Mansur founds Baghdad as capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, basing his plan on Merv. Birth of Abu Abdallah Muhammad al-Khwarazmi (Khwarazmi). Birth of Central Asian astronomer Ahmad al-Farghani ...
... army on the wasteland northwest of Samarkand. Birth of Sufi poet Farid al-Din Attar in Nishapur. Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine is translated into Latin by Gerard of Cremona. Birth of astronomer Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. 1207 1219 1270s ca ...
... army could flood the city simply by destroying the dam, as occurred at both Balkh and Gurganj.40 These dams in turn fed the half dozen or so open trunk channels that were dug to and through the city and surrounding agricultural lands ...
... army trounced the Roman general Crassus in 53 bc and took control of most of the Levant. Mark Antony mounted a counterattack, which forced the Parthians back into their home territory but did not defeat them. During this confrontation ...
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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 |