Lost enlightenment : Central Asia's golden age from the Arab conquest to Tamerlane / S. Frederick St...
Lost enlightenment : Central Asia's golden age from the Arab conquest to Tamerlane / S. Frederick St...
Lost enlightenment : Central Asia's golden age from the Arab conquest to Tamerlane / S. Frederick Starr.
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Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
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G 2014/3042
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxxvii, 634 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The center of the world -- Worldly urbanists, ancient land -- A cauldron of skills, ideas, and faiths -- How Arabs conquered Central Asia and Central Asia then set the stage to conquer Baghdad -- East wind over Baghdad -- Wandering scholars -- Khurasan : Central Asia's rising star -- A flowering of...
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Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2013]
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Summary
In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds--remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly all of these figures wrote in Arabic,...
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Full title
Lost enlightenment : Central Asia's golden age from the Arab conquest to Tamerlane / S. Frederick Starr.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [541]-609) and index.
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G 2014/3042
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74VKvmllWm8b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvmllWm8b
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ISBN
0691157731 (hardcover)
9780691157733 (hardcover)
DDC
958.02
MMS ID
991021464609702626
