A History of Inner Asia by Svat Soucek (2000).pdf

A H I S TO RY O F I N N E R ASIA

Geographically and historically Inner Asia is a confusing area

which is much in need of interpretation.Svat Soucek’s book offers

a short and accessible introduction to the history of the region.The

narrative, which begins with the arrival of Islam, proceeds chrono-

logically, charting the rise and fall of the changing dynasties, the

Russian conquest of Central Asia and the fall of the Soviet Union.

Dynastic tables and maps augment and elucidate the text.The con-

temporary focus rests on the seven countries which make up the

core of present-day Eurasia, that is Uzbekistan, Kazakstan,

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Sinkiang, and Mongolia.

Since 1991, there has been renewed interest in these countries

which has prompted considerable political, cultural, economic, and

religious debate.While a vast and divergent literature has evolved

in consequence, no short survey of the region has been attempted.

Soucek’s history of Inner Asia promises to ﬁll this gap and to

become an indispensable source of information for anyone study-

ing or visiting the area.

is a bibliographer at Princeton University Library.

He has worked as Central Asia bibliographer at Columbia

University, New York Public Library, and at the University of

Michigan, and has published numerous related articles in The

Journal of Turkish Studies , The Encyclopedia of Islam , and The Dictionary

of the Middle Ages .

A HISTORY OF INNER ASIA

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