The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power Among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese During the Early Middle Ages

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Princeton University Press, 28 mars 1993 - 281 pages

This narrative history of the Tibetan Empire in Central Asia from about A.D. 600 to 866 depicts the struggles of the great Tibetan, Turkic, Arab, and Chinese powers for dominance over the Silk Road lands that connected Europe and East Asia. It shows the importance of overland contacts between East and West in the Early Middle Ages and elucidates Tibet's role in the conflict over Central Asia.

 

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Prologue
3
Chapter 1
11
OTO
12
Chapter 2
37
Chapter 3
55
Chapter 4
84
Chapter 5
108
Chapter 6
143
ON THE ROYAL CLAN OF THE TURKS
207
208
208
ON THE
209
Appendix E
211
AFTERWORD
213
TABLE OF RULERS
226
228
228
GLOSSARY
231

Epilogue
173
Appendix A
197
Appendix B
203
Appendix C
206
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
241
BIBLIOGRAPHY
255
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Christopher I. Beckwith is Associate Professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. He received a 1986 MacArthur Fellowship.

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