[PDF] Twilight Of The Sultanate A Political Social And Cultural History Of The Sultanate Of Delhi From The Invasion Of Timur To The Conquest Of Babur 1398 1526 eBook

Author : Asimov, Muhammad Seyfeydinovich
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 28,25 MB
Release : 1998-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9231034677

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Part One: The Historical, Social and Economic SettingDuring the eight centuries covered in this volume, the new faith of Islam arose in Arabia and gradually spread eastwards and northwards, eventually affecting much of Central Asia, the southern fringes of Siberia and the eastern regions of China. These were also the centuries in which nomadic and military empires arose in the heart of Asia, impinging on the history of adjacent, well-established civilizations and cultures (China, India, Islamic Western Asia and Christian eastern and central Europe) to an unparalleled extent. Lamaist Buddhism established itself inthe Mongolian region and in Tibet and Islam among the Turkish people of Transoxania, southern Siberia and Xinjiang. It was in Eastern Europe, above all in Russia, that the Turco-Mongol Golden Horde was to have a major, enduring influence on the course of the region's history.

Author : Peter Fibiger Bang
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1449 pages
File Size : 12,26 MB
Release : 2020-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0197532772

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This is the first world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparative essays, and numerous chapters on specific empires, its two volumes provide unparalleled coverage of imperialism throughout history and across continents, from Asia to Europe and from Africa to the Americas. Only a few decades ago empire was believed to be a thing of the past; now it is clear that it has been and remains one of the most enduring forms of political organization and power. We cannot understand the dynamics and resilience of empire without moving decisively beyond the study of individual cases or particular periods, such as the relatively short age of European colonialism. The history of empire, as these volumes amply demonstrate, needs to be drawn on the much broader canvas of global history. Volume Two: The History of Empires tracks the protean history of political domination from the very beginnings of state formation in the Bronze Age up to the present. Case studies deal with the full range of the historical experience of empire, from the realms of the Achaemenids and Asoka to the empires of Mali and Songhay, and from ancient Rome and China to the Mughals, American settler colonialism, and the Soviet Union. Forty-five chapters detailing the history of individual empires are tied together by a set of global synthesizing surveys that structure the world history of empire into eight chronological phases.

Author : Peter Jackson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 35,27 MB
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0300275048

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An epic account of how a new world order under Tamerlane was born out of the decline of the Mongol Empire By the mid-fourteenth century, the world empire founded by Genghis Khan was in crisis. The Mongol Ilkhanate had ended in Iran and Iraq, China’s Mongol rulers were threatened by the native Ming, and the Golden Horde and the Central Asian Mongols were prey to internal discord. Into this void moved the warlord Tamerlane, the last major conqueror to emerge from Inner Asia. In this authoritative account, Peter Jackson traces Tamerlane’s rise to power against the backdrop of the decline of Mongol rule. Jackson argues that Tamerlane, a keen exponent of Mongol custom and tradition, operated in Genghis Khan’s shadow and took care to draw parallels between himself and his great precursor. But, as a Muslim, Tamerlane drew on Islamic traditions, and his waging of wars in the name of jihad, whether sincere or not, had a more powerful impact than those of any Muslim Mongol ruler before him.

Author : Aparna Kapadia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,58 MB
Release : 2018-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 110822606X

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In Praise of Kings is a ground breaking study of the long-neglected fifteenth century in South Asian history. Contrary to the conventional focus on the Delhi-centred empires which consider this period as an age of decline, this book illuminates the cultural and political dynamism of the era. It reconstructs the fascinating world of the royal courts of Gujarat, including those of the Rajput chieftains and the regional sultans, through close readings of rarely used literary works in Sanskrit and Gujarati. The book also complicates another popularly held perception: that of Gujarat as the land of traders and merchants. Instead, it shows how Gujarat's warrior past was also integral to this region's identity and history.

Author : Tripurdaman Singh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 14,6 MB
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1108497438

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Provides a radical re-orientation of the way we understand the nature of imperial sovereignty in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Author : Elizabeth M. Collingham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 25,20 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0195320018

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Richly spiced with colorful anecdotes and curious historical facts, and attractively designed with 34 illustrations, five maps, and numerous recipes, this is a delectable history of Indian cuisine.