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Lost Enlightenment
Lost enlightenment
Subtitle:
Central Asia's golden age from the Arab conquest to Tamerlane
Book Category:
Literary Collections > Asian
Author:
Starr, S. Frederick
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780691157733
Price:
USD 39.50
Publication Year:
2013

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Princeton University Press,
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Book Description

Starr (Johns Hopkins, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute) undertakes a daunting task--the intellectual history of Central Asia through the medieval period. Happily, he succeeds. Starr begins by asking why Central Asia became a black hole in scientific progress in the early modern period. It is a valid question, as prior to this point the region was a beacon of intellectual activity.

 

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