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      The Scythian Empire

      Christopher I. Beckwith

      A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world.

      In the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE, Scythian warriors conquered and unified most of…

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      Warriors of the Cloisters: The Central Asian Origins of Science in the Medieval World

      Christopher I. Beckwith

      Shows how the key cultural innovations from Central Asia revolutionized medieval Europe and gave rise to the culture of science in the West. This title traces how the recursive argument…

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      The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China

      Christopher I. Beckwith

      A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world

      In the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE, Scythian warriors conquered and unified most of…

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      The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power Among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs and Chinese During the Early Middle Ages

      Christopher I. Beckwith

      Shows the importance of overland contacts between East and West in the Early Middle Ages and elucidates Tibet’s role in the conflict over Central Asia.

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      Greek Buddha: Pyrrho’s Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia

      Christopher I. Beckwith

      Pyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Greek invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC. There he met with…

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      Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present

      Christopher I. Beckwith

      A history of Central Eurasia since ancient times. It presents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. It describes the rise and fall…

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      Phoronyms: Classifiers, Class Nouns, and the Pseudopartitive Construction

      Christopher I. Beckwith,Irmengard Rauch

      This is the first book devoted to the phoronym, a largely overlooked grammatical category that includes measures such as cup in a cup of tea, classifiers such as head in…

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