The lands of Central Asia : millennia-old Central Asian civilisations, from the Neolithic to the early medieval period

1. Verfasser: Rtveladze, Ėdvard Vasil'evič (Ėdvard Vasilʹevich) , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London : Scala, [2022].
Umfang/Format: ix, 284 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781785513732
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I Civilisations
  • 1.1. Origins of civilisations
  • 1.2. Historical and cultural areas: the foundations of Central Asian civilisations
  • 1.3. Historical civilisations, states and ancient cities
  • 1.4. Migration: a driving force in the development of civilisations
  • pt. II States
  • 2.1. Periods in the development and typology of early states in Central Asia
  • 2.2. Types of state entities
  • 2.3. Titles of rulers of states and dominions in Central Asia from early in the 1st millennium BC to the 3rd-4th centuries AD
  • 2.4. The evolution of artistic culture and the development of states
  • 2.5. Financial services and money in ancient states in Central Asia
  • 2.6. International relations in ancient states in Central Asia
  • pt. III Cultural and Spiritual Development
  • 3.1. Writing as a key factor in the level of development of civilisations and states
  • 3.2. Central Asia's role in the spread of religions in Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang) and the Far East
  • pt. IV Migrations of Cultures
  • 4.1. The Silk Road
  • 4.2. The Hellenes and Hellenistic culture in Central Asia
  • 4.3. Central Asia and the Apennine Peninsula
  • 4.4. Central Asia and Spain
  • 4.5. Sogdian wayfarers
  • 4.6. Sogdian seafarers
  • 4.7. China and Central Asia
  • 4.8. Ancient Korea and ancient Central Asia.