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

1. Verfasser: Rtveladze, Ėdvard Vasil'evič , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London : Scala, [2022].
Umfang/Format: ix, 284 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm.
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Inhaltsangabe:
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  • 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.