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| General Key to the Maps |
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| Acronyms and Abbreviations |
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| Changes in Geographical Names |
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Political Characteristics |
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EARLY HISTORY, SIXTH CENTURY B.C. TO SIXTH CENTURY A.D. |
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Political Map of the Ancient World |
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Bactria, Sogdiana, Margiana and Khwarezm, Sixth to Third Centuries B.C. |
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Alexander the Great and the Greek Influence in Central Asia |
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Parthian Empire and the Kushans |
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Sassanid Empire, Third to Seventh Centuries |
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Religions in Central Asia: Zoroastrianism, Buddhism and Christianity |
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International Trade and the Beginning of the Great Silk Road |
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ISLAMIC GOLDEN AGE, SEVENTH TO TWELFTH CENTURIES A.D. |
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The Political Map of Central Asia in the Middle Ages |
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The Arab Conquest of Central Asia |
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Consolidation of the Caliphate's Political Influence |
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The Karakhanid State (999-1140) |
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The Seljuks (ca. 1038-1194) |
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The Rise and Collapse of Khwarezm |
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International and Major Trade Routes in Central Asia |
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THE MONGOLS AND THE DECLINE OF CENTRAL ASIA |
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The Mongol Invasion of Central Asia |
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Central Asia under the Mongols |
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Disintegration of the Mongol Empire |
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Timur (Tamerlane) and the Timurid Empire in Central Asia |
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Disintegration of the Timurid Empire |
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The Rise of the Uzbek Khanate |
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Bukhara and the Khwarezm Khanates. The Kazakhs and Turkomans |
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THE ERA OF COLONIALISM AND NATION-STATE BUILDING |
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Central Asia and the Major Colonial Powers in the Eighteenth Century |
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Russian Colonization of the Kazakh Steppe |
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Russian Colonization of Central Asia |
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Early Administrative Division of Central Asia |
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Administrative and Political Changes in the Early Twentieth Century |
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Creation of the Turkistan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic |
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Civil War in Central Asia |
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Nation-State Delimitation in Central Asia, 1924-1926 |
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Administrative and Political Changes in Central Asia, 1926-1936 |
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Economic Changes in Central Asia |
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POST-COMMUNISM AND INDEPENDENCE |
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Interethnic Conflicts and the Collapse of the USSR |
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Ethnic Composition and Major Territorial Disputes |
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Central Asia and the War on International Terrorism |
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Border Disputes in the Farghona Valley |
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Major Oil and Gas Pipeline Proposals |
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| Selected Bibliography |
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| Index |
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| About the Author |
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