Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Central Asia

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Physical Characteristics....Pages 2-3
Political Characteristics....Pages 4-5
Natural Resources....Pages 6-7
Demography....Pages 8-9
Central Asian Cultures....Pages 10-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Political Map of the Ancient World....Pages 14-15
Bactria, Sogdiana, Margiana and Khwarezm, Sixth to Third Centuries b.c.....Pages 16-17
Alexander the Great and the Greek Influence in Central Asia....Pages 18-19
Parthian Empire and the Kushans....Pages 20-21
Sassanid Empire, Third to Seventh Centuries....Pages 22-23
Early Turkic Empires....Pages 24-25
Religions in Central Asia: Zoroastrianism, Buddhism and Christianity....Pages 26-27
International Trade and the Beginning of the Great Silk Road....Pages 28-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
The Political Map of Central Asia in the Middle Ages....Pages 32-33
The Arab Conquest of Central Asia....Pages 34-35
Consolidation of the Caliphate’s Political Influence....Pages 36-37
The Samanids (875–999)....Pages 38-39
The Karakhanid State (999–1140)....Pages 40-41
The Seljuks (ca. 1038–1194)....Pages 42-43
The Rise and Collapse of Khwarezm....Pages 44-45
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
International and Major Trade Routes in Central Asia....Pages 46-47
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
The Mongol Invasion of Central Asia....Pages 50-51
Central Asia under the Mongols....Pages 52-53
Disintegration of the Mongol Empire....Pages 54-55
Timur (Tamerlane) and the Timurid Empire in Central Asia....Pages 56-57
Disintegration of the Timurid Empire....Pages 58-59
The Rise of the Uzbek Khanate....Pages 60-61
Bukhara and the Khwarezm Khanates. The Kazakhs and Turkomans....Pages 62-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Central Asia and the Major Colonial Powers in the Eighteenth Century....Pages 66-67
Russian Colonization of the Kazakh Steppe....Pages 68-69
Russian Colonization of Central Asia....Pages 70-71
Early Administrative Division of Central Asia....Pages 72-73
Administrative and Political Changes in the Early Twentieth Century....Pages 74-75
The Bolshevik Revolution....Pages 76-77
Creation of the Turkistan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic....Pages 78-79
Civil War in Central Asia....Pages 80-81
Nation-State Delimitation in Central Asia, 1924–1926....Pages 82-83
Administrative and Political Changes in Central Asia, 1926–1936....Pages 84-85
Economic Changes in Central Asia....Pages 86-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Interethnic Conflicts and the Collapse of the USSR....Pages 90-91
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Independent Kazakhstan....Pages 92-93
Independent Kyrgyzstan....Pages 94-95
Independent Tajikistan....Pages 96-97
Independent Turkmenistan....Pages 98-99
Independent Uzbekistan....Pages 100-101
Ethnic Composition and Major Territorial Disputes....Pages 102-103
Central Asia and the War on International Terrorism....Pages 104-105
Border Disputes in the Farghona Valley....Pages 106-107
Major Oil and Gas Pipeline Proposals....Pages 108-109
Transportation Routes....Pages 110-111
Back Matter....Pages 113-125