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9780710306081

Return To The Silk Routes

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  • ISBN13:

    9780710306081

  • ISBN10:

    0710306083

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-01-07
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Scandinavian studies of central Asia date back to the nineteenth century and the work of Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer of eastern Turkestan and Tibet. The political seclusion of central Asia is ending, and Scandinavian scholars are re-entering the Silk Routes to uncover the cultural roots of central Asian societies. The twelve papers cover a range of topics, including politics in Afghanistan and former Soviet central Asian republics; archaeological exploration in Xinjiang; a recently-discovered Mongolian manuscript of Chinggis Khan; stories about Tibetan travelers to the other world; and linguistic issues related to Mongolian and its relationship between the "Altaic" languages.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Remarks on Transcription and Spelling x
CENTRAL ASIA RESEARCH - A BACKGROUND
Nordic Research on Central Asia: Past, Present and Future
3(20)
Mirja Juntunen
Birgit N. Schlyter
Marginal Centrality: Central Asian Studies on the Eve of a New Millennium
23(24)
John Schoeberlein
ARCHAEOLOGY
Chinese Excavations at Turfan
47(12)
Susanne Juhl
The Sino-Swedish Expedition to Yar-tonguz in 1994
59(16)
Staffan Rosen
RELIGION
Superscribing the Hegemonic Image of Chinggis Khan in the Erdeni Tunumal Sudur
75(12)
Johan Elverskog
`They only weep...': Stories about Tibetan Travellers to the Other Worlds
87(12)
Per-Arne Berglie
LANGUAGE
Regional Aspects of the Turkic Influence on Mongolian
99(10)
Maria Magdolna Tatar
Remarks on the Mongolian Vowel System
109(10)
Vivan Franzen
Jan-Olof Svantesson
Towards a Sociolinguistic History of Sinkiang
119(16)
Joakim Enwall
POLITICAL ASPECTS
Russia and Post-Soviet Central Asia: Reintegration Ahead?
135(14)
Bo Petersson
Democracy versus Stability in Kazakstan
149(18)
Marianne Øhlers
War and Change in Afghanistan: Reflections on Research Priorities
167(20)
Kristian Berg Harpviken
Biographical Notes on the Contributors 187

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