After Alexander: Central Asia Before Islam

by Joe Cribb

This is a new study of the history, archaeology and numismatics of Central Asia, an area of great significance for our understanding of the ancient and early medieval world. This vast, land-locked region, with its extreme continental climate, was a centre of civilization with great metropolises. Its cosmopolitan population followed different religions (Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Buddhism), and traded extensively with China, India, the Middle East,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197263844
• ISBN13: 9780197263846
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.9" x 9.9"