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Do you know this book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691165851/lost-enlightenment https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691165851/lo
by _glass 5y ago
Do you know this book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691165851/lost-enlightenment https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691165851/lo...
It talks about the often overlooked civilisation in Central Asia between 800 and 1200.
- paganel 5y agoNope, and thanks a lot for the recommendation, I'll give it a try. I've mostly read Peter Golden's [1] excellent works about that area, but they approximately stop before the Mongol invasions. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Benjamin_Golden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Benjamin_Golden
- _glass 5y agoOh, thanks. I wanted to read his Central Asia in World History since a long time. Sometime I'll write a Global History of the Turkic-Mongol mercantile business.