The Heritage of Central Asia

by Frye, Richard N.

• ISBN13: 9781558761117
• ISBN10: 155876111X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Markus Wiener Pub

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Geographic Realities	p. 11
Peoples, Languages, Customs and Beliefs	p. 29
Before History	p. 51
Zoroaster's Cult	p. 65
Achaemenid Centralization	p. 75
Alexander and the Heritage of Hellenism	p. 97
Greco-Bactrians and Parthians	p. 109
Nomadic Interlude	p. 119
The Forgotten Kushans	p. 131
The Silk Route	p. 151
The Buddhist East	p. 159
Return of the Nomads	p. 167
The Merchant World of the Sogdians	p. 183
Caliphs and Kaghans	p. 199
The Iranian-Islamic Ecumene	p. 219
The Present is Born	p. 233
Appendix 1: The Literary Sources	p. 241
Appendix 2: Geographical Names	p. 243
Appendix 3: Local rulers in Bukhara and Samarkand	p. 246
Appendix 4: Deities in Sogdiana	p. 247
Appendix 5: The Languages of Central Asia	p. 248
Appendix 6: Coinage in Transoxiana	p. 251
Index	p. 253
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