(Η/Β) CENTRAL ASIAN CULTURES, ARTS, AND ARCHITECTURE

Παρουσίαση

Central Asia Cultures, Arts, and Architecture presents a journey through time, analyzing the history of Central Asian cultures, arts, and architecture since prehistoric times. It includes documentation of historical, cultural, artistic, and architectural accomplishments, and combines writings based on archaeological excavations and research of prehistoric, ancient, and medieval sites, as well as translations of ancient and medieval historical sources by Russian, Chinese, and other indigenous scholars. For over seven thousand years, Central Asian residents have left a record of distinguished cultural artifacts. Like creators of any age or period, they sought to respond as creatively as possible to the necessities of their societies as a whole, and those of their individual patrons. In doing so, as this book reveals, they have given us a timeless source through which we can detect the dynamic stages of their creativity throughout history, as well as the breath of our own rich cultural and artistic heritage. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Chapter 1: A Short History of Excavation and Research in Central Asia
Western provinces of Central Asia: Early Excavations
Chapter 2: Prehistoric Cultures & Artifacts of Central Asia
Paleolithic Era
Chapter 3: Copper Age: Pottery, Metalwork & Weaving Products
Eneolithic Period 3500 - 1700 BC
Chapter 4: The Steppe Bronze Age
Northern Cultures & Arts of Central Asia
Chapter 5 : Iron Age
Establishment of the First Empires
Chapter 6: Eastern Parts of Central Asia: Prehistoric and Ancient times
Satrapy of Bakhtaran (Bactra) and Kushan Empire
Chapter 7: Central Asian Bronze Age
Urban Civilization Boom in Southern Central Asia
Chapter 8: Satrapy of Parthia
Parthian Empire
Chapter 9: Sassannian Empire: The Birth of A State Religion
Royal Art / Religious Art
Chapter 10: Satrapy of Soghdia (Soghdiana)
Prehistoric & Ancient Culture & Art