The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power Among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese During the Early Middle AgesPrinceton 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. |
Table des matières
Tibet and Central Asia before the Empire | 3 |
Entrance into Central Asia I I | 11 |
The Tibetan Empire in the Western Regions | 37 |
The Arabs and Western Turks | 55 |
The Türgis Alliance | 84 |
S Tang China and the Arabs | 108 |
The Late Empire | 143 |
Tibet and Early Medieval Eurasia Today | 173 |
A On the Degree of Tibetan Domination | 197 |
B On the Western Regions in Old Tibetan Sources | 203 |
On the On oq | 209 |
Table of Rulers | 226 |
Bibliographical Essay | 241 |
| 255 | |
| 269 | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great ... Christopher I. Beckwith Aucun aperçu disponible - 1987 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Abbasid appointed Arabs Arśïla Asian attack Aźa Azraqî Balâdhurî Beckwith betan Bilgä btsan sgampo btsanpo caliphate campaign captured Central Asia century Ch'ang-an Ch'iang Chavannes chih China Chinese sources chün defeated dynasty early medieval Early Middle Ages Eastern embassy emperor envoy Eurasia Ferghana Four Garrisons Gibb historians Ho-hsi Hsien Hsüan-tsung Islamic Kashgar Khotan Khurasan king Koko Kucha Kül Cur Liang chou Little Balûr Military Governor Molè Moriyasu Nan-chao Old Tibetan Old Turkic P'ei Pacified West Pamirs Pei-t'ing Pelliot period princess Qaghan Qapaghan Qarluqs Qocho Qośu Qutayba raided refers region ruler Satô sent Shaban shih Sino-Tibetan Sogdian Su-lu Sûyâb T’ang T'ang court Tabarî Tarim Basin Tashkent TCTC Tegin territory TFYK Tibet Tibetan army Tibetan Empire Tibetan sources Tien Shan tion trade translation Transoxiana tribes troops Ţukhâristân Türgiś Uyghurs victory Wakhan Wang Western Turks winter Yabghu Yüan