The Tibetan empire in central Asia : a history of the struggle for great power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the early Middle Ages [eBook - hoopla]

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The Tibetan empire in central Asia : a history of the struggle for great power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the early Middle Ages

(2020)

By: Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945-

Nonfiction

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[United States] : Princeton University Press, 2020
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN

9780691216300 MWT15267992, 0691216304 15267992

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English

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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

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