History of Civilizations of Central Asia, v. 4: The Age of Achievement, A.D. 750 to the end of the Fifteenth Century; Pt. II: The achievements by Clifford Edmund Bosworth


History of Civilizations of Central Asia, v. 4: The Age of Achievement, A.D. 750 to the end of the Fifteenth Century; Pt. II: The achievements
Title : History of Civilizations of Central Asia, v. 4: The Age of Achievement, A.D. 750 to the end of the Fifteenth Century; Pt. II: The achievements
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ISBN : 9231036548
ISBN-10 : 9789231036545
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 485
Publication : Published May 1, 2000

This second part of volume IV deals with the cultural achievements of the various peoples of this immense region: arts and crafts, literature, architecture, music, science, medicine and technology.

History of Civilizations of Central Asia, v. 4: The Age of Achievement, A.D. 750 to the end of the Fifteenth Century; Pt. II: The achievements Reviews

  • Bryn Hammond

    Full title:
    History of the Civilizations of Central Asia
    Vol 4 - The Age of Achievement: A.D. 750 to the end of the fifteenth century
    Part Two - The Achievements

    700 pages

    Vol 4 Part One was the history of this period. Part Two - thicker than the history - is cultural, intellectual, religious, artistic, scientific, and my favourite of this set. Pharmacology - music - epic and the oral tradition - historiography - vet sciences - urban development - festivals and drama - 'the search for knowledge through translation' - I'm scouring the index here, but the index is six pages. I like how, for instance, in medicine, we have Iranian, Tibetan and Mongolian; and then we have 'Chinese, Indian and Graeco-Arab influences'.