{"product_id":"ancient-and-early-medieval-kingdoms-of-the-pamir-region-of-central-asia-9781032246765","title":"Ancient and Early Medieval Kingdoms of the Pamir","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis focused study is one of the few analytical resources in English that covers the ancient and early medieval history of one of the least studied areas of the vast mountainous Pamir region of Central Asia: Shughnan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book brings together scattered fragments of information from a wide range of early Greek, Chinese, Persian, and Arabic sources, the accounts of early European travellers and the scholarly contributions of Soviet and post-Soviet authors, as well as personal accounts and oral history material from the region. Drawing on historical, archaeological, linguistic, and ethnographic data, it provides a holistic overview of the kingdom of Shughnan. It also attempts, for the first time, to identify and locate the town of Kuhán, which the Chinese historical chronicle, the \u003ci\u003eTáng Shu\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBook of the Tang Dynasty\u003c\/i\u003e, 618907 \u003csub\u003e\u003csup\u003eCE\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/sub\u003e) describes as the first capital' of Shughnan. Many archaeological sites are examined and offered as potential candidates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction; \u003cb\u003ePART 1: \u003c\/b\u003eHistorical survey of Shughnān; The earliest habitation of the Pamirs (10,000–2,000 BCE); Theories on the ancient peoples and societies of the Pamirs (2,000–1,000 BCE); The \u003ci\u003eKāfir\u003c\/i\u003es and the Mak people; The Sakas\/Scythians, Achaemenids, Greeks and Macedonians (6th–2nd centuries BCE); The Yuèzhī, Kushans, Kidarites\/Chionites and Hephtalites (2nd century BCE – 6th century CE); The Turkic kaghans (6th–8th centuries CE); Xuánzàng’s description of Shughnān; The rise of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (7th–8th centuries CE); Shughnān during the Chinese–Tibetan confrontation (the first half of the 8th century CE); The Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates, Ṭāhirid and Sāmānid states (8th–10th centuries CE); On the names and origins of the earliest kings of Shughnān; Conclusion to Part 1 – Progress, problems and potential for future research; \u003cb\u003ePART 2: \u003c\/b\u003eThe search for the lost capital of Shughnān – the town of Kǔhán; The passage from the \u003ci\u003eTáng Shū\u003c\/i\u003e, and its Russian, French and German translations; The search for Kǔhán outside present-day Shughnān; The Search for Kǔhán within present-day Shughnān\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018921804119,"sku":"9781032246765","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032246765.jpg?v=1750778671","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ancient-and-early-medieval-kingdoms-of-the-pamir-region-of-central-asia-9781032246765","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}