History of Civilizations of Central Asia

History of Civilizations of Central Asia - Volume IV - The age of achievement : A. D. 750 to the end of the fifteenth century. Part One: The historical, social and economic setting; Part Two: The achievements.

" In this work, Central Asia should be understood as a cultural entity developed in the course of the long history of civilizations of peoples of the region and the above delimitation should not be taken as rigid boundaries either now or in the future. In the absence of any existing survey of such large scope which could have served as a model, UNESCO has had to proceed by stages in this difficult task of presenting an integrated narrative of complex historical events from earliest times to the present day."

UNESCO

description of project

History of Civilizations of Central Asia - Volume V - Development in contrast: from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century; Volume VI - Towards the contemporary period: from the mid-nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century.