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The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols. In addition, he explains why the heartland of Central Eurasia led the world economically, scientifically, and artistically for many centuries despite invasions by Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Chinese, and others. In retelling the story of the Old World from the perspective of Central Eurasia, Beckwith provides a new understanding of the internal and external dynamics of the Central Eurasian states and shows how their people repeatedly revolutionized Eurasian civilization. Beckwith recounts the Indo-Europeans' migration out of Central Eurasia, their mixture with local peoples, and the resulting development of the Graeco-Roman, Persian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations; he details the basis for the thriving economy of premodern Central Eurasia, the economy's disintegration following the region's partition by the Chinese and Russians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the damaging of Central Eurasian culture by Modernism; and he discusses the significance for world history of the partial reemergence of Central Eurasian nations after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Empires of the Silk Road places Central Eurasia within a world historical framework and demonstrates why the region is central to understanding the history of civilization.

Asia, Central --- History. --- Middle East --- East Asia --- Europe, Eastern --- HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia.

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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 early Buddhist masters. Greek Buddha shows how their Early Buddhism shaped the philosophy of Pyrrho, the famous founder of Pyrrhonian scepticism in ancient Greece.Christopher I. Beckwith traces the origins of a major tradition in Western philosophy to Gandhara, a country in Central Asia and northwestern India. He systematically examines the teachings and practices of Pyrrho and of Early Buddhism, including those preserved in testimonies by and about Pyrrho, in the report on Indian philosophy two decades later by the Seleucid ambassador Megasthenes, in the first-person edicts by the Indian king Devanampriya Priyadarsi referring to a popular variety of the Dharma in the early third century BC, and in Taoist echoes of Gautama's Dharma in Warring States China. Beckwith demonstrates how the teachings of Pyrrho agree closely with those of the Buddha Sakyamuni, "the Scythian Sage." In the process, he identifies eight distinct philosophical schools in ancient northwestern India and Central Asia, including Early Zoroastrianism, Early Brahmanism, and several forms of Early Buddhism. He then shows the influence that Pyrrho's brand of scepticism had on the evolution of Western thought, first in Antiquity, and later, during the Enlightenment, on the great philosopher and self-proclaimed Pyrrhonian, David Hume.Greek Buddha demonstrates that through Pyrrho, Early Buddhist thought had a major impact on Western philosophy.

Buddhism --- Buddhism and philosophy. --- Bouddhisme --- Bouddhisme et philosophie --- History --- Influence. --- Histoire --- Influence --- Pyrrhon, --- Philosophy --- Religion --- Buddhism. --- Ancient --- Greece. --- History & Surveys --- Ancient & Classical. --- Buddhist. --- Religious. --- History. --- To 100. --- Aristocles passage. --- Buddha Sakyamuni. --- Buddha. --- Chinese philosophy. --- David Hume. --- Early Brahmanism. --- Early Buddhism. --- Early Pyrrhonism. --- Early Taoist texts. --- Early Zoroastrianism. --- Jade Yoga Inscription. --- Laotzu. --- Megasthenes. --- Normative Buddhism. --- Problem of Induction. --- Problem of the Criterion. --- Pyrrho of Elis. --- Pyrrho. --- Pyrrhonian scepticism. --- Warring States period. --- Western philosophy. --- ancient Greece. --- epistemology. --- ethical matters. --- pragmata.

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This narrative history of the Tibetan Empire in Central Asia from about A.D. 600 to 866 depicts the struggles of the great Tibetan, Turkic, Arab, and Chinese powers for dominance over the Silk Road lands that connected Europe and East Asia. It 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.

Asia, Central --- Tibet Autonomous Region (China) --- History. --- China --- Central Asia --- Aachen. --- An Lu-shan. --- Atlakh. --- Bayarqu. --- Bilgä Qaghan. --- Buddhism. --- Camel Bridge. --- Charlemagne. --- Ch’ang-an. --- Damascus. --- Ferghana. --- Gobi Desert. --- Hami. --- Harun al-Rashid. --- Ho-hsi. --- Hsüan-tsung. --- Islam. --- Issyk Kul. --- Japanese. --- Jungarian Basin. --- Kan chou. --- Kao Hsien-chih. --- Kashgar. --- Kashmir. --- Khuganda. --- Liang chou. --- Little Balûr. --- Mediterranean Sea. --- Nan-chao. --- Ordos. --- Oxus River. --- Pamirs. --- Qośu Khan. --- Samarkand. --- agriculture. --- castles. --- commerce and merchants. --- conversion and apostasy. --- embassies and envoys. --- ethnicity. --- fish-bags. --- gold. --- horses.