History of civilizations of Central Asia, v. 6 ... - unesdoc - Unesco

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Contents
PREFACE OF THE DIRECTOR - GENERAL OF UNESCO 12
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 14
MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
(from 1980 to 1993) 17
MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
(since 1993) 18
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 19
INTRODUCTION 24
CONTINUITY AND CHANGE 28
1 THE STATES OF CENTRAL ASIA 29
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
The new political and strategic situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
The emirate of Bukhara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The khanate of Khiva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
The khanate of Kokand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
The principalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
The parameters of Russian expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The fate of Tashkent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The end of the campaigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The campaign against Khiva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
British reactions to the Khiva expedition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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