The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power Among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese During the Early Middle Ages - Brossura

Beckwith, Christopher I.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0691024693 ISBN 13: 9780691024691

Casa editrice: Princeton University Press, 1993

Riassunto

This narrative history of the Tibetan Empire in Central Asia from about A.D. 600 to 866 depicts the struggles of the great Tibetan, Turkic, Arab, and Chinese powers for dominance over the Silk Road lands that connected Europe and East Asia. It shows the importance of overland contacts between East and West in the Early Middle Ages and elucidates Tibet's role in the conflict over Central Asia.

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Recensione:

"[The] author has succeeded in his task, thanks to his sound method of analysis and to his command of the languages of the relevant texts: Tibetan, Chinese, Arab, Turkic. Particularly the thorough and felicitous utilization of the Arab sources is one of the most pleasant features of the book." --Luciano Petech, Central Asiatic Journal

"A most impressive work by an excellent scholar." --Richard N. Frye, International Journal of Middle East Studies

"An absorbing and highly original narrative of imperial rivalries that is of particular interest to comparative historians." --Choice

L'autore:

Christopher I. Beckwith is Associate Professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. He received a 1986 MacArthur Fellowship.

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• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0691024693
• ISBN 13: 9780691024691
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304