Ardi Kia

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

Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Medieval Golden Ages

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Central Asia Cultures, Arts, and Architecture presents a journey through time, analyzing the history of Central Asian cultures, arts, and architecture since prehistoric times. It includes documentation of historical, cultural, artistic, and architectural accomplishments, and combines writings based on archaeological excavations and research of prehistoric, ancient, and medieval sites, as well as translations of ancient and medieval historical sources by Russian, Chinese, and other indigenous scholars. For over seven thousand years, Central Asian residents have left a record of distinguished cultural artifacts. Like creators 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, as this book reveals, they have given us a timeless source through which we can detect the dynamic stages of their creativity throughout history, as well as the breath of our own rich cultural and artistic heritage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498589062
• Artikelnr.: 56818931

Autorenporträt

Dr. Ardi Kia is the award winning cofounder and codirector of Central and Southwest Asian Studies Program, (CSWA Center), 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