Central Asia
Central Asia

Author: Tom Everett-Heath

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780700709564

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Examines the transition Central Asia underwent in the twentieth century following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Soviet colonial legacy and the attempts of new states to build secular states within the radical Islamic world.

A Turkic Medical Treatise from Islamic Central Asia
A Turkic Medical Treatise from Islamic Central Asia

Author: László Karoly

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-11-13

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9004284982

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This is the first serious study on seventeenth-century Central Asian medicine that provides a major resource for the linguistic and cultural history of Central Asia. The richly annotated English translation makes the edition useful for readers without special knowledge on medical history and Turkic studies. The author offers a critical edition of a seventeenth-century Central Asian medical treatise written by Sayyid Subḥān Qulï Muḥammad Bahādur khan in the Chagatay language.The edition includes a detailed introduction, a transcription of the original text for philological purposes, an annotated English translation, complete lexica of vocabulary, herbs and plants, minerals and chemicals, diseases and related terms, measures and units, personal names and Qur’ānic verses, and finally two manuscripts in facsimile.

Dictionary of Turkic Languages
Dictionary of Turkic Languages

Author: Kurtulus Oztopcu

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-17

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1136856404

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This multi-language dictionary covers the eight major Turkic languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek, Uighur, Kazakh, Kirgiz, and Tatar. 2000 headwords in English are translated into each of the eight Turkic languages. Words are organized both alphabetically and topically. Original script and Latin transliteration are provided for each language. For ease of use, alphabetical indices are also given for the eight languages. This is an invaluable reference book for both students and learners and for those enaged in international commerce, research, diplomacy and academic and cultural exchange.

Central Asia
Central Asia

Author: David W. Montgomery

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2022-05-31

Total Pages: 879

ISBN-13: 0822988275

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Central Asia is a diverse and complex region of the world often characterized in the West as exotic, remote, and difficult to understand. Central Asia: Contexts for Understanding offers the most comprehensive introduction to the region available for students and general readers alike. Combining thematic chapters with detailed case studies, readers will learn to appreciate the richly interconnected aspects of life in Central Asia. These wide-ranging, easy-to-understand contributions from many of the leading scholars in the field provide the context needed to understand Central Asia and presents a launching point for further reading and research.

Perestroika at the Crossroads
Perestroika at the Crossroads

Author: Alfred J. Rieber

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 1315489430

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The contributors to this volume have undertaken an assessment of the Soviet Union as it enters the last decade of the 20th century. Organized to cover each major area of policy initiative (or response), the collection surveys the Gorbachev reform agenda and its successes and failures to date in various fields, including culture, economics, ideology, law, politics, federalism and the nationality problem, and foreign policy vis-a-vis the West, Eastern Europe and the Third World.