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VANISHED KHANS AND EMPTY STEPPES A HISTORY OF KAZAKHSTAN From Pre-History to Post-Independence (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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VANISHED KHANS AND EMPTY STEPPES A HISTORY OF KAZAKHSTAN From Pre-History to Post-Independence (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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The book opens with an outline of the history of Almaty, from its
nineteenth-century origins as a remote outpost of the Russian
empire, up to its present status as the thriving second city of
modern-day Kazakhstan. The story then goes back to the Neolithic
and early Bronze Ages, and the sensational discovery of the famous
Golden Man of the Scythian empire. A succession of armies and
empires, tribes and khanates, appeared and disappeared, before the
siege and destruction in 1219 of the ancient Silk Road city of
Otrar under the Mongol leader Genghis Khan. The emergence of the
first identifiable Kazakh state in the sixteenth century was
followed by early contacts with Russia, the country which came to
be the dominant influence in Kazakhstan and Central Asia for three
hundred years. The book shows how Kazakhstan has been inextricably
caught up in the vast historical processes - of revolution, civil
war, and the rise and fall of communism - which have extended out
from Russia over the last century. In the process the country has
changed dramatically, from a simple nomadic society of khans and
clans, to a modern and outward-looking nation. The transition has
been difficult and tumultuous for millions of people, but Vanished
Khans and Empty Steppes illustrates how Kazakhstan has emerged as
one of the world's most successful post-communist countries.
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