Beckwith, Christopher I.,  1945- <br/><br/>
Empires of the Silk Road :  a history of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the present / 
Christopher I. Beckwith. 
 - Princeton :  Princeton University Press,  c2009. 
 - xxv, 472 p. :  map ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Map on lining papers. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-455) and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue: The hero and his friends -- The chariot warriors -- The royal Scythians -- Between Roman and Chinese legions -- The age of Attila the Hun -- The Türk empire -- The Silk Road, revolution, and collapse -- The Vikings and Cathay -- Chinggis Khan and the Mongol conquests -- Central Eurasians ride to a European sea -- The road is closed -- Eurasia without a center -- Central Eurasia reborn -- Epilogue: The Barbarians -- Appendix A: The Proto-Indo-Europeans and their diaspora -- Appendix B: Ancient Central Eurasian ethnonyms. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691135892 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0691135894 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008023715 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA907837  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014888865  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Asia, Central--History.<br/>Europe, Eastern--History.<br/>East Asia--History.<br/>Middle East--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS329.4  / .B43 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>958  / BEC 2009