History of civilizations of Central Asia, v. 3

The crossroads of civilizations, a.d. 250 to 750

Litvinsky B.A., Zhang Guang-da, Shabani Samghabadi R.

• Publisher: UNESCO
• eBook ISBN:
  9789231032110
• Year: 1996

Table of contents

• PREFACE
• CONTENTS
• DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
• MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (in alphabetical order)
• MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (since 1993)
• MEMBERS OF THE READING COMMITTEE
• LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
• Other collaborating specialists
• HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
• SASANIAN IRAN -- ECONOMY, SOCIETY, ARTS AND CRAFTS
• SASANIAN IRAN: INTELLECTUAL LIFE
• THE KUSHANO-SASANIAN KINGDOM
• THE KIDARITE KINGDOM IN CENTRAL ASIA
• THE HEPHTHALITE EMPIRE
• EASTERN KUSHANS, KIDARITES IN GANDHARA AND KASHMIR, AND LATER HEPHTHALITES
• THE GUPTA KINGDOM
• KHWARIZM
• SOGDIANA
• THE CITY - STATES OF THE TARIM BASIN
• KOCHO ( KAO-CH'ANG)
• NORTHERN NOMADS
• THE TÜRK EMPIRE
• THE WESTERN REGIONS (HSI-YÜ) UNDER THE T'ANG EMPIRE AND THE KINGDOM OF TIBET
• TOKHARISTAN AND GANDHARA UNDER WESTERN TÜRK RULE (650--750)
• RELIGIONS AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS -- I
• RELIGIONS AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS -- II
• THE ARAB CONQUEST
• CENTRAL ASIA, THE CROSSROADS OF CIVILIZATIONS
• MAPS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES
• INDEX
• History of civilizations of Central Asia