Refocusing Central Asia

• Auteur principal: Frantz Grenet (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Collège de France 2016
• Sujets: Pre-Islamic history; archeology; Pre-Islamic culture; history
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The notion of Central Asia emerged at a late stage, replacing that of "Tartary", often associated with the Mongol Terror, in 1825 only. Two twentieth-century archaeological currents profoundly contributed to the revival of studies on this region: the French school led by the Délégation a...