History of civilizations of Central Asia, v. 2

The development of sedentary and nomadic civilizations, 700 b.c. to a.d. 250

Harmatta János, Puri B.N., Etemadi G.F.

• Publisher: UNESCO
• eBook ISBN:
  9789231028465
• Year: 1994

Table of contents

• PREFACE
• CONTENTS
• DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
• MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE(in alphabetical order)
• LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
• INTRODUCTION
• ANCIENT IRANIAN NOMADS IN WESTERN CENTRAL ASIA
• MEDIA AND ACHAEMENID IRAN
• ALEXANDER AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN CENTRAL ASIA
• THE GREEK KINGDOMS OF CENTRAL ASIA
• PARTHIA
• NOMADS IN EASTERN CENTRAL ASIA
• THE YÜEH-CHIH AND THEIR MIGRATIONS
• THE SAKAS AND INDO-PARTHIANS
• THE CULTURE OF THE XINJIANG REGION
• THE WESTERN REGIONS UNDER THE HSIUNG-NU AND THE HAN
• THE KUSHANS
• ECONOMY AND SOCIAL SYSTEM IN CENTRAL ASIA IN THE KUSHAN AGE
• CITIES AND URBAN LIFE IN THE KUSHAN KINGDOM
• RELIGIONS IN THE KUSHAN EMPIRE
• KUSHAN ART
• LANGUAGES AND SCRIPTS IN GRAECO-BACTRIA AND THE SAKA KINGDOMS
• LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE IN THE KUSHAN EMPIRE
• STATES IN NORTH-WESTERN CENTRAL ASIA
• THE NOMADS OF NORTHERN CENTRAL ASIA AFTER THE INVANSION OF ALEXANDER
• THE RISE OF SASANIAN IRAN
• CONCLUSION
• MAPS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES
• INDEX
• History of civilizations of Central Asia