. . "Azja Centralna" . . "HISTORY Asia Central Asia." . . "HISTORY Medieval." . . "Geschichte 670-1506." . . "Princeton University Press." . . "Civilització oriental." . . "Asia centrale - Storia." . . "Asia, Central" . . "Asia, Central." . "Àsia central." . "To 1500" . . . "Lost enlightenment : Central Asia's golden age : from the arab conquest to Tamerlane" . . "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, they were long assumed to have been Arabs. In fact, they were from Central Asia--drawn from the Persianate and Turkic peoples of a region that today extends from Kazakhstan southward through Afghanistan, and from the easternmost province of Iran th."@en . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Lost enlightenment : Central Asia's golden age from the Arab conquest to Tamerlane" . "Lost enlightenment : Central Asia's golden age from the Arab conquest to Tamerlane"@en . "Lost enlightenment Central Asia's golden age from the Arab conquest to Tamerlane"@en . . "Lost enlightenment Central Asia's golden age from the Arab conquest to Tamerlane" . . . . . "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, they were long assumed to have been Arabs. In fact, they were from Central Asia--drawn from the Persianate and Turkic peoples of a region that today extends from Kazakhstan southward through Afghanistan, and from the easternmost province of Iran through Xinjiang, China. Lost Enlightenment recounts how, between the years 800 and 1200, Central Asia led the world in trade and economic development, the size and sophistication of its cities, the refinement of its arts, and, above all, in the advancement of knowledge in many fields. -- Publisher website." . . "Electronic books" . . . "Electronic books"@en . "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, they were long assumed to have been Arabs. In fact, they were from Central Asia--drawn from the Persianate and Turkic peoples of a region that today extends from Kazakhstan southward through Afghanistan, and from the easternmost province of Iran through Xinjiang, China. Lost Enlightenment recounts how, between the years 800 and 1200, Central Asia led the world in trade and economic development, the size and sophistication of its cities, the refinement of its arts, and, above all, in the advancement of knowledge in many fields.--Résumé de l'éditeur." . "Lost enlightenment : central asia's golden age from the arab conquest to tamerlane"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "HISTORY Asia General." . . "Zentralasien." . . "Asie centrale" . . "S. IX-XIII" . . "Vida intel·lectual." . . "Història." . . "Mittelasien." . .