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

With a new afterword by the author

Paper | 1993 | $52.50 / £36.95 | ISBN: 9780691024691
292 pp. | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

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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.

Review:

"[The] author has succeeded in his task, thanks to his sound method of analysis and to his command of the languages of the relevant texts: Tibetan, Chinese, Arab, Turkic. Particularly the thorough and felicitous utilization of the Arab sources is one of the most pleasant features of the book."--Luciano Petech, Central Asiatic Journal

"A most impressive work by an excellent scholar."--Richard N. Frye, International Journal of Middle East Studies

"An absorbing and highly original narrative of imperial rivalries that is of particular interest to comparative historians."--Choice

Other Princeton books authored or coauthored by Christopher I. Beckwith:

• Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present.
• Warriors of the Cloisters: The Central Asian Origins of Science in the Medieval World.

Subject Areas:

• Asian and Asian American Studies
• Political Science and International Relations

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