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Peoples of central Asia. -- by Lawrence Krader is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Peoples of central Asia. -- about?

Delimitation of the area. Soviet Central Asia -- Environment and culture -- Geographic regions of central Asia. Steppe zone. Virgin lands -- The zone of semidesert or desert-steppe -- The desert zone -- The mountain zone. Mountain settlement pattern -- The great valleys and oases -- Traditional economy -- Current economic development -- Communications. Railroads -- Canals -- Note on desert zone -- Languages. Linguistic classification of the peoples -- Altaic languages : genetic relations -- Turks of central Asia -- The Turkic languages : mutual comprehensibility -- Indo-European languages : genetic relations -- Standardization of language and establishment of literary languages -- Appendix. Classifications of Turkic languages -- Physical types -- Tadzhiks -- Mountain Tadzhiks -- Turkmens -- Kirgiz -- Uzbeks -- Kazakhs -- Karakalpaks -- Conclusions -- Introduction -- Proto-historical and early period -- Medieval period. The Mongol invasion -- Transition to modern period -- Modern period : Russian conquest. Local counter movements : wars and rebellions -- Summary of Russian territorial acquisitions -- Popular movements -- Central Asia in the last years of Tsarist rule -- Soviet perio

Author

Lawrence Krader

Publisher

Bloomington: Indiana University

Published

1963

Language

EN

Subjects

History, Humanities