{"product_id":"9781032246765-ancient-early-medieval-kingdoms-of-the","title":"Ancient and Early Medieval Kingdoms of the Pamir Region of Central Asia","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistorical Shughnān and its Lost Capital\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the first studies in English on ancient and early medieval Shughnān, drawing on numerous contemporary primary sources as well as modern scholarly research to provide a holistic overview of the kingdom and locate its capital, Kǔhán. Suitable for students and scholars studying ancient and medieval Central Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis focused study is one of the few analytical resources in English that covers the ancient and early medieval history of one of the least studied areas of the vast mountainous Pamir region of Central Asia: Shughnān.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book brings together scattered fragments of information from a wide range of early Greek, Chinese, Persian, and Arabic sources, the accounts of early European travellers and the scholarly contributions of Soviet and post-Soviet authors, as well as personal accounts and oral history material from the region. Drawing on historical, archaeological, linguistic, and ethnographic data, it provides a holistic overview of the kingdom of Shughnān. It also attempts, for the first time, to identify and locate the town of Kǔhán, which the Chinese historical chronicle, the \u003ci\u003eTáng Shū\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBook of the Tang Dynasty\u003c\/i\u003e, 618–907 CE) describes as the ‘first capital’ of Shughnān. Many archaeological sites are examined and offered as potential candidates for the location of the town of Kǔhán, providing a foundation for future archaeological and ethnolinguistic research in the area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAncient and Early Medieval Kingdoms of the Pamir Region of Central Asia: Historical Shughnān and its Lost Capital is suitable for students, scholars, and historians studying ancient and early medieval Central Asia, particularly the Pamir region, as well as those interested in Central Asian history and archaeology more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40810200891489,"sku":"9781032246765","price":48.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29639486.jpg?v=1760341502","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781032246765-ancient-early-medieval-kingdoms-of-the","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}