Description
Product ID: | 9780691165851 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Lost Enlightenment |
Subtitle: | Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane |
Authors: | Author: S. Frederick Starr |
Page Count: | 680 |
Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, History of religion, History of ideas, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, History of religion, History of ideas, Central Asia |
Description: | Select Guide Rating In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds--remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly all of these figures wrote in Arabic, |
Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2015-06-02 |