The Eastern frontier : limits of empire in late antique and early medieval Central Asia /: limits of empire in late antique and early medieval Central Asia. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert Haug.
• Authors: Haug, Robert
• Contents: INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 -- THE GATE OF IRON: CONCEPTUALIZING THE EASTERN FRONTIER IN MEDIEVAL GEOGRAPHIC LITERATURE -- Chapter 2 -- SHAPING THE EASTERN FRONTIER: THE SASANIAN EMPIRE AND ITS EASTERN NEIGHBORS -- Chapter 3 -- THE ARAB-MUSLIM CONQUESTS AND THE LATE ANTIQUE IMPERIAL SHATTERZONE -- Chapter 4 -- THE FRONTIER BEYOND THE CALIPHATE: KHURASAN AND THE SECOND FITNA -- Chapter 5 -- EXTENDING THE FRONTIER: THE UMAYYADS IN SOGDIANA AND BEYOND -- Chapter 6 -- THE UNSETTLED FRONTIER: THE ABBASID AND OTHER REVOLUTIONS AND THE EASTERN FRONTIER -- Chapter 7 -- UNIFYING THE FRONTIER: THE FORMATION OF GREATER KHURASAN -- CONCLUSION: AT THE END OF THE FRONTIER.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris & Company, Limited
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 296 pages), maps
• Subjects: 958.01; Civilization; Asia, Central -- History -- To 1500; Asia, Central -- Civilization; Central Asia; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786736147; 1786736144; 9781788317221
• Related ISBNs: 178831722X; 9781788310031; 1788310039
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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