Vladimir tyminskiy preface (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Scarce English-language hardcover, 321 pages, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Glossy black boards show gentle handling wear. Issued without a dust jacket. -- This chronicle traces the rise, peak and eventual fragmentation of the Seljuk dynasty, a major medieval Turkic empire that profoundly shaped the political, cultural and military landscape of Eurasia from the 11th to 13th century. It situates the Seljuks within an extensive geographical context, spanning from the eastern foothills of the Tian Shan mountains through Central Asia and the Near East to the western shores of the Red Sea and southern borders along the Indian Ocean. The dynasty's influence during critical historical transformations laid the groundwork for the emergence of the Ottoman Empire and the modern Turkish state via its Anatolian Seljuk branch. By drawing on a wealth of rare and underutilized medieval sources from diverse linguistic traditions, this work fills significant gaps in Western historiography. Its scope covers the ethnogenesis of Turkic tribes, socio-political, cultural and religious transformations, administrative systems, the impact of the Mongol conquests and military organization. This is an invaluable resource for readers interested in the intricate history of Eurasian empires, the medieval Islamic world and the origins of modern Turkey. -- Contents: 1. Overview of Historical Sources and Literature [Sources on: the Oghuz and Other Turkic Tribes of the 6th-10th Centuries & Great Seljuks & Seljuk State in Asia Minor] 2. Oghuz and Other Turkic Tribes: 6th-10th Centuries [Earliest Evidence of the Turks; Tribes of the Eastern Turkic Qaghanate [Khaganate]; Tribes from the Mid-8th to Mid-9th Centuries; Turkic Tribes and Nations in the 10th Century] 3. Changes in the Military and Political Conditions in Central Asia and the Near East, 11th-12th Centuries: Formation and Expansion of the Great Seljuk Empire [Developments in the Military and Political Conditions at the End of the 10th - Beginning of the 11th Centuries. Allocation of the Principal Military and Political Forces; Formation of the Great Seljuk Empire] 4. The Great Seljuk Empire [Reign of Alp Arslan, 1063-1072 CE; Reign of Sultan Melikshah [Malik Shah], 1072-1092 CE. Apogee of Power and Preconditions of the Decline; Military Organization] 5. Demise of the Great Seljuk Empire [Domestic Political Conditions within the Great Seljuk State from 1092 to 1118 CE; Special Characteristics of the Domestic and Foreign Political Conditions During the Reign of Sultan Sanjar (1118-1157 CE); Break-up and Disappearance of the Great Seljuk Empire] 6. Transformation of the Ethnic and Religious Conditions in Asia Minor during the 12th-13th Centuries. Formation of the Islamic Turkic-Seljuk State in Byzantium [Mass Migrations of the Oghuz to the Byzantine Territories at the End of the 11th - Beginning of the 12th Centuries. Formation and Establishment of the Turkic Seljuk State; Continued Mass Migration of the Oghuz to Asia Minor during the Second Half of the 12th Century. Rising Tensions Between the Seljuks and the Byzantine Empire; Turkic Seljuk State in Asia Minor at the Height of Its Influence; Administrative, Territorial, Socio-Economic Structures and Military Organization of the Seljuk State in Asia Minor] 7. Collapse of the Turkic Seljuk State in Asia Minor [Domestic Political Conditions in the Seljuk State in Asia Minor During the Reign of Giyaseddin Keyhüsrev [Kaykhusraw] II; Mongol Invasion of Asia Minor. Seljuk Defeat at Kösedag. Transformation of the Seljuk State to a Vassal of the Mongolian Khans; Military-Political and Socio-Economic Developments in Asia Minor Following the Dissolution of the Seljuk State and the Mongol Withdrawal]; List of Sources and Literature [Sources in Russian & European-Languages; Turkish-Language Sources; Research in Russian & Turkish & European Languages]; Illustrations, Maps & Engravings.…