Central Asia

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Contents......Page 3 List of Illustrations......Page 5 Maps......Page 6 NOTE ON EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS......Page 7 Foreword......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 1 - The Achaemenids and the Macedonians: Stability and Turbulence......Page 28 2 - The Nomad Empires and the Expansion of Buddhism......Page 44 3 - Sasanians and Turks in Central Asia......Page 58 4 - The Ascendancy of Islam......Page 72 5 - The Foundations of Tibetan Civilization......Page 87 6 - The Career of Chingiz Khan......Page 95 7 - The Mongol Empire at its Zenith......Page 109 8 - The Golden Horde......Page 123 9 - The Chaghatai Khanate......Page 136 10 - The Kazakhs and the Kirghiz......Page 149 11 - The Timurid Empire and the Uzbek Conquest of Mawarannahr......Page 159 12 - The Shaybanids......Page 172 13 - The Decline of the Uzbek Khanates......Page 184 14 - The Turks under Tsarist and Soviet Rule......Page 196 15 - The Russian Conquest and Administration of Turkestan (to 1917)......Page 217 16 - The Russian Revolution and Soviet Policy in Central Asia......Page 268 17 - Lamaistic Civilization in Tibet and Mongolia......Page 284 18 - Tibet and Great Power Rivalry......Page 304 19 - The Mongols in the Twentieth Century......Page 317 20 - Sinkiang under the Manchus and the Chinese Republic......Page 335 Abbreviations used in the Notes and Bibliography......Page 355 Notes......Page 356 Selected Bibliography......Page 379 Maps......Page 397 Index......Page 411