Central Asia Archaeology & History

ISBN: 9780813335322
Published by : Westview
A broad account of the Indus civilisation that developed within the Indus Valley from c.4000 BC. McIntosh ably discusses the rise and fall of the civilisation and its main features including farmers and the rural economy, crafts, urbanism, reli... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714124063
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
A two-day international conference held in London in 2000 was held jointly by the British Museum and the Schools of Oriental and African Studies. Coinciding with an exhibition at the BM, a series of papers by international scholars were given, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781860644320
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
The Mongol invasions of a vast area from central Asia to Iraq devastated a number of communities including the Ismaili Muslims of Persia. However, a number of the Ismailis did survive and held on to their cultural and religious identity, the d... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781860648762
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
The Mongol invasions of a vast area from central Asia to Iraq devastated a number of communities including the Ismaili Muslims of Persia. However, a number of the Ismailis did survive and held on to their cultural and religious identity, the d... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780861591213
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 121
The Caucasus region, sandwiched between the Black Sea to the west and the Caspian Sea to the east, traditionally marks the boundary between Europe to the north and Asia to the south. This catalogue gathers together ancient Caucasian and related... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521803359
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In the 13th century the Mongols created a vast empire with extensive exchanges and interactions between different regions of it, in particular between Iran and China. Allsen's study focuses on the nature, motivation and means by which these exc... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781860644313
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
Many of the religious practices of historical peoples, for example the Huns, Romans, Turks and Mongols derive from much older Asian traditions. The Huns, for example, practised divination through examining the bones of livestock, something whi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700128427
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Twenty-four papers from a symposium held in Vienna in 1996. The aim was to integrate data from numismatics with archaeological, artistic, and epigraphic evidence to illustrate the changing cultural history of Persia, Central Asia and North-wes... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781902937038
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: McDonald Institute Monographs
The nomadic peoples of the great grasslands of the former USSR have left little in the way of settlement evidence, and archaeologists studying their history have had to rely on environmental remains to reconstruct their pasts. This book contai... .... Learn More