Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History - Between China and the Islamic World

Informationen zum Autor Michal Biran is Lecturer at the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her previous publications include Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongol State in Central Asia (1997) and Mongols, Turks and Others: Eurasian Nomads and the Sedentary World (2005; co-edited with Reuven Amitai). Klappentext The book considers the political! institutional and cultural histories of the Qara Khitai. Zusammenfassung The empire of the Qara Khitai! one of the least known dynasties in the history of Central Asia! existed for nearly a century before it was conquered by the Mongols in 1218. Michal Biran considers its political! institutional and cultural histories. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Political History: 1. From Liao to Western Liao: Yelü Dashi and the establishment of the Qara Khitai Empire; 2. The quiet period: the reign of Yilie and the Empresses; 3. The fall: between the Khwarazm Shah and the Mongols. Epilogue: what became of the Qara Khitai?; Part II. Aspects of Cultural and Institutional History: 4. China; 5. Nomads; 6. Islam.

Product details

• Authors: Michal Biran, Michal (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Biran
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.06.2008
• EAN: 9780521066020
• ISBN: 978-0-521-06602-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous