Monuments of Central Asia, a Guide to the Archaeology, Art and Architecture of Turkestan

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Author(s): Edgar Knobloch
Publisher: I.B.Tauris
Year: 2001

Language: English
Pages: 332
City: London and New York
Tags: Central Asia, Turkestan,

CONTENTS......Page 4
LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
I
THE COUNTRIES......Page 11
1 - LAND AND PEOPLE......Page 13
2 - OUTLINE OF HISTORY......Page 21
3 - CIVILISATION......Page 42
4 - ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION......Page 61
5 - THE SOURCES......Page 88
II CENTRAL ASIA......Page 103
6 - KHOREZM......Page 105
7 - THE ZARAFSHAN VALLEY......Page 133
8 - TURKMENISTAN......Page 199
9 - THE AMU DARYA VALLEY AND SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN......Page 209
10 - THE SYR DARYA AND FERGHANA VALLEYS......Page 227
11 - KAZAKHSTAN AND KIRGHIZSTAN......Page 235
III XINJIANG, OR EASTERN TURKESTAN......Page 246
12 - HISTORY......Page 248
13 - URUMCHI, TURFAN AND KUCHA......Page 253
14 - TUN-HUANG TO KASHGAR......Page 258
IV AFGHANISTAN......Page 271
15 - HISTORY......Page 273
16 - THE CENTRE AND THE EAST......Page 276
17 - THE WEST......Page 286
18 - THE NORTH......Page 297
19 - THE SOUTH......Page 306
APPENDIX: AFTERMATH OF DESTRUCTION......Page 313
HISTORY......Page 315
ART......Page 316
TRAVEL......Page 318
ZARAFSHAN......Page 319
TURKMENISTAN......Page 320
THE SYR DARYA AND FERGHANA VALLEYS......Page 321
XINJIANG......Page 322
AFGHANISTAN......Page 323
INDEX......Page 325