01991cam a2200385 a 4500 15308878 OSt 20170105102908.0 080529s2009 njub b 001 0 eng 2008023715 GBA907837 bnb 014888865 Uk 9780691135892 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0691135894 (hardcover : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn229467524 DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP UKM C#P BWX CDX LNT DLC a------ ee----- aw----- DS329.4 .B43 2009 958 22 BEC 2009 Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945- Empires of the Silk Road : a history of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the present / Christopher I. Beckwith. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009. xxv, 472 p. : map ; 24 cm. Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-455) and index. Prologue: The hero and his friends -- The chariot warriors -- The royal Scythians -- Between Roman and Chinese legions -- The age of Attila the Hun -- The Türk empire -- The Silk Road, revolution, and collapse -- The Vikings and Cathay -- Chinggis Khan and the Mongol conquests -- Central Eurasians ride to a European sea -- The road is closed -- Eurasia without a center -- Central Eurasia reborn -- Epilogue: The Barbarians -- Appendix A: The Proto-Indo-Europeans and their diaspora -- Appendix B: Ancient Central Eurasian ethnonyms. Asia, Central History. Europe, Eastern History. East Asia History. Middle East History. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0819/2008023715.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 14960 14960 0 0 0 0 NFIC CIPS CIPS GEN 2013-09-30 0 958 BEC 2009 CIPS0001224 2013-10-24 2013-10-24 BK