Ardi Kia

Central Asian Cultures, Arts, and Architecture (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book invites readers on a journey through time, to explore the multifaceted history of Central Asia. Through transcontinental passages such as the Silk Road, the book provides links among the major civilizations of China, India, Persia, and the Mediterranean, which in turn influences the characteristics of the region and beyond. For over seven thousand years, Central Asian residents have left a record of distinguished cultural artifacts. Like creators and innovators of any age or period, they sought to respond as creatively as possible to the necessities of their societies as a whole, and those of their individual patrons. In doing so they have given us a timeless source through which we can detect the dynamic stages of their creativity throughout history, as well as the breadth of our own rich cultural and artistic heritage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739199282
• Artikelnr.: 43975916

Autorenporträt

Ardi Kia is co-founder and co-director of the Central and Southwest Asian Studies Program at The University of Montana.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Central Asia - Stone Age
Chapter 2: Central Asia - Bronze AgeChapter 3: Mass Migrations and
Establishment of the First Empires
Chapter 4: Satrap of Parthia and Parthian Empire
Chapter 5: Satrap of Bakhtaran, Kushan Empire and Tarim Basin Buddhist
Kingdoms
Chapter 6: Sassannian Empire - The Birth of A State Religion
Chapter 7: The Coming of IslamChapter 8: The Satrap of Soghdia
Chapter 9: Soghdia - Bokhara and the Golden Age of Samanids
Chapter 10: Soghdia - Samarkand and Timurid's Golden Age
Chapter 11: Satrap of Khwarazmia
Chapter 12: Seljuks, Kara Khitaeyes and Mongols in Central AsiaChapter 13:
Central Asian Artistic Traditions
Chapter 14: Manas
References
About the Author