Author: S Frederick Starr
Title: Lost Enlightenment – Central Asia`s Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane
Description: Princeton University Press, 2013. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition. 9780691157733 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, slight bumping to board corners. -Starr argues rightly that the region's brilliant culture rested on a highly cosmopolitan mix of ethnic groups, languages and religions; a long, rich pre-Islamic intellectual tradition (mainly Buddhist); and prosperity. Starr shines in his core chapters, where he presents the great achievements of the Central Asian philosopher-scientists at a time when their homeland was the creative intellectual capital of the world.---Nature 680 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9780691157733. Inventory No: dscf11323.

Keywords: BZDB229 History; Lost Enlightenment Central Asias Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane S Frederick Starr


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