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  • The City of Balkh

    The History, Archaeology, and Culture of a Great Islamicate Capital in Afghanistan 7th to 13th century CE

    Edited by Arezou Azad, Edmund Herzig, Professor Robert G. Hoyland, Philippe Marquis, Paul Wordsworth ...
    In the early Islamic age, the city of Balkh was one of the largest and most influential cities in the world. Situated on the northern plains of modern Afghanistan, Balkh flourished from the 7th to the 13th centuries, home to a wide variety of scholars, artists and religious leaders.This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of the history and archaeology of early Islamic Balkh. ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Early Islamic Iran

    Edited by Edmund Herzig, Sarah Stewart ...
    Series series The Idea of Iran
    How did Iran remain distinctively Iranian in the centuries which followed the Arab Conquest? How did it retain its cultural distinctiveness after the displacement of Zoroastrianism - state religion of the Persian empire - by Islam? This latest volume in "The Idea of Iran" series traces that critical moment in Iranian history which followed the transformation of ancient traditions during the ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • The Armenians

    Past and Present in the Making of National Identity

    by Edmund Herzig, Marina Kurkchiyan ...
    Series series Caucasus World: Peoples of the Caucasus
    A comprehensive introduction to the historical forces and recent social and political developments that have shaped today's Armenian people. With contributions from leading Armenian, American and European specialists, the book focuses on identity formation, exploring how the Armenians' perceptions of themselves and their place in the world are informed by their history, culture and present-day ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Age of the Seljuqs

    Edited by Edmund Herzig, Sarah Stewart ...
    Series series The Idea of Iran
    From their ancestral heartland by the shores of the Aral Sea, the medieval Oghuz Turks marched westwards in search of dominion. Their conquests led to control of a Muslim empire that united the territories of the Eastern Islamic world, melded Turkic and Persian influences and transported Persian culture to Anatolia. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries the new Turkic-Persian symbiosis that had ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by James A. Millward ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The phrase "silk road" evokes vivid scenes of merchants leading camel caravans across vast stretches to trade exotic goods in glittering Oriental bazaars, of pilgrims braving bandits and frozen mountain passes to spread their faith across Asia. Looking at the reality behind these images, this Very Short Introduction illuminates the historical background against which the silk road flourished, ... Read more

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  • The Revenge of Geography

    What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate

    by Robert D. Kaplan ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “ambitious and challenging” (The New York Review of Books) work, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts offers a revelatory prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world.In The Revenge of Geography, Robert D. Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Lost Enlightenment

    Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane

    by S. Frederick Starr ...
    The forgotten story of Central Asia's enlightenment—its rise, fall, and enduring legacyIn this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds—remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Ancient Egypt

    An Introduction

    by Salima Ikram ...
    This book provides an introduction to one of the greatest civilizations of all time – ancient Egypt. Beginning with a geographical overview that explains the development of Egyptian belief systems as well as its subsequent political development, it examines methodology, the history of the discipline of Egyptology, religion, social organization, urban and rural life, and death. It also includes a ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • God's Wife, God's Servant

    The God's Wife of Amun (ca.740–525 BC)

    by Mariam F. Ayad ...
    Mariam F. Ayad explores how five women were elevated to a position of supreme religious authority. Drawing on a variety of textual, iconographic, and archaeological evidence, and containing fifty-one black and white and colour illustrations, the volume discusses this often neglected subject, placing the women within the broader context of the politically volatile, turbulent seventh and eighth ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Persian Art

    Splendors of Iran’s artistic and cultural heritage

    by Vladimir Lukonin, Anatoly Ivanov ...
    Housed in the Hermitage Museum along with other institutes, libraries, and museums in Russia and the republics of the former Soviet Union are some of the most magnificent treasures of Persian Art. For the most part, many of these works have been lost, but have been catalogued and published here for the first time with an unsurpassed selection of colour plates. In a comprehensive introduction, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ottoman Empire, 1700–1922

    by Donald Quataert ...
    Series Book 34 - New Approaches to European History
    The Ottoman Empire was one of the most important non-Western states to survive from medieval to modern times, and played a vital role in European and global history. It continues to affect the peoples of the Middle East, the Balkans and central and western Europe to the present day. This new survey examines the major trends during the latter years of the empire; it pays attention to gender issues ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Ottoman Dress and Design in the West

    A Visual History of Cultural Exchange

    by Charlotte Jirousek, Sara Catterall ...
    "This amply illustrated, attractive book is valuable for dress history scholars . . . [an] ideal textbook for courses on clothing and cultural history." — The Journal of Dress HistoryOttoman Dress and Design in the West is a richly illustrated exploration of the relationship between West and Near East through the visual culture of dress. Charlotte Jirousek examines the history of dress and fashion ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus