Central Asia

Contents......Page 3
List of Illustrations......Page 5
Maps......Page 6
NOTE ON EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS......Page 7
Foreword......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1 - The Achaemenids and the  Macedonians: Stability and  Turbulence......Page 28
2 - The Nomad Empires and  the Expansion of Buddhism......Page 44
3 - Sasanians and Turks in Central Asia......Page 58
4 - The Ascendancy of Islam......Page 72
5 - The Foundations of Tibetan  Civilization......Page 87
6 - The Career of Chingiz Khan......Page 95
7 - The Mongol Empire at its Zenith......Page 109
8 - The Golden Horde......Page 123
9 - The Chaghatai Khanate......Page 136
10 - The Kazakhs and the Kirghiz......Page 149
11 - The Timurid Empire and the  Uzbek Conquest of  Mawarannahr......Page 159
12 - The Shaybanids......Page 172
13 - The Decline of the Uzbek Khanates......Page 184
14 - The Turks under Tsarist  and Soviet Rule......Page 196
15 - The Russian Conquest and  Administration of Turkestan  (to 1917)......Page 217
16 - The Russian Revolution  and Soviet Policy  in Central Asia......Page 268
17 - Lamaistic Civilization in Tibet  and Mongolia......Page 284
18 - Tibet and Great Power Rivalry......Page 304
19 - The Mongols in the  Twentieth Century......Page 317
20 - Sinkiang under the Manchus and  the Chinese Republic......Page 335
Abbreviations used in the Notes
and Bibliography......Page 355
Notes......Page 356
Selected Bibliography......Page 379
Maps......Page 397
Index......Page 411