The archaeology of Afghanistan: from earliest times to the Timurid period

An updated and revised edition of a classic text on the archaeology of AfghanistanAfghanistan is at the cultural crossroads of Asia, where the great civilisations of Mesopotamia and Iran, South Asia and Central Asia overlapped and sometimes conflicted. Its landscape embraces environments from the hi...

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Main Author: Allchin, Raymond (Author)
Other Authors: Ball, Warwick 1951- (Editor), Hammond, Norman 1944- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2019]
Edition:New edition, revised and updated edition
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Online Access:DE-1043
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Summary:An updated and revised edition of a classic text on the archaeology of AfghanistanAfghanistan is at the cultural crossroads of Asia, where the great civilisations of Mesopotamia and Iran, South Asia and Central Asia overlapped and sometimes conflicted. Its landscape embraces environments from the high mountains of the Hindu Kush to the Oxus basin and the great deserts of Sistan; trade routes from China to the Mediterranean, and from Central Asia to the Arabian Sea cross the country. It has seen the development of early agriculture, the spread of Bronze Age civilisation of Central Asia, the conquests of the Persians and of Alexander of Macedon, the spread of Buddhism and then Islam, and the empires of the Kushans, Ghaznavids, Ghurids and Timurids centred there, with ramifications across southern Asia.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xl, 711 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781474450478
9781474450461
DOI:10.1515/9781474450478

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