Central Asian cultures, arts, and architecture / Ardi Kia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Central Asia - stone age -- Central Asia - bronze age -- Mass migrations and establishment of the first empires -- Satrap of Parthia and Parthian Empire -- Satrap of Bakhtaran, Kushan Empire and Tarim Basin Buddhist kingdoms -- Sassannian Empire - the birth of a state religion -- The coming of Islam -- The Satrap of Soghdia -- Soghdia - Bokhara and the golden age of Samanids -- Soghdia - Samarkand and Timurid's golden age -- Satrap of Khwarazmia -- Seljuks, Kara Khitaeyes and Mongols in Central Asia -- Central Asian artistic traditions -- Manas.

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