Greater Khorasan - History, Geography, Archaeology and Material Culture (Hardcover, Digital original)

The modern sense of "Greater Khorasan" today corresponds to a territory which not only comprises the region in the east of Iran but also, beyond Iranian frontiers, a part of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. In the past this entity was simply defined as Khorasan. In the Sassanidera Khorasan defined the "Eastern lands". In the Islamic era this term was again taken up in the same sense it previously enjoyed. The Arab sources of the first centuries all mention the eastern regions under the same toponym, Khorasan. Khorasan was the gateway used by Alexander the Great to go into Bactria and India and, inversely, that through which the Seljuks and Mongols entered Iran. In a diachronic context Khorasan was a transit zone, a passage, a crossroads, which, above all in the medieval period, saw the creation of different commercial routes leading to the north, towards India, to the west and into China. In this framework, archaeological researches will be the guiding principle which will help us to take stock of a material culture which, as its history, is very diversified. They also offer valuable elements on commercial links between the principal towns of Khorasan. This book will provide the opportunity to better know the most recent elements of the principal constitutive sites of this geographical and political entity.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East
Release date:	March 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Rocco Rante
Dimensions:	230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	318
Edition:	Digital original
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-033155-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Promotions
LSN:	3-11-033155-1
Barcode:	9783110331554

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