| Description |
1 online resource (407 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Maps -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Geographic Overview -- 2. The Early History of Afghanistan: Migrations, Displacements, and the Struggle for Domination -- 3. The Passage of Alexander the Great, 330-323 BC -- 4. Disintegration of Greek Power in the East and the Rise of New Empires: Greco-Bactrians, Sakas, Kushans, and Ephthalites, 323 BC-642 AD -- 5. The Arab Conquest and Islamization of Afghanistan, 642-921 AD |
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6. Decline of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Rise of Local Muslim Dynasties, 921-1215 AD -- 7. The Mongol Cataclysm, 1220-1370 -- 8. Timur and the Timurids, 1335-1526 -- 9. Afghan Tribes and the Gunpowder Empires, 1500-1709 -- 10. The Rise of Local Afghan States and Their Invasion of Persia, 1709-1747 -- 11. The Durrani Empire and the Emergence of Modern Afghanistan, 1747-1834 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover |
| Summary |
This is the first comprehensive study in any language published on the millennia-long competition for domination and influence in one f the key regions of the Eurasian continent |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Central Asia.
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Military.
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HISTORY.
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19th Century.
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Modern.
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Asia.
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Afghanistan -- History, Military
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Afghanistan
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0700632646 |
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9780700632640 |
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