Central Asia (Tang Dynasty Empire)

Author: Xue Zongzheng
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book is divided into three parts: Nomadic Tribes in Central Asia, Transformation in the Inland Heartland, and Tang Dynasty Frontier Governance. The specific content includes a new examination of the doubts surrounding the genealogy of the Turkic Khaganate; the origins and endings of the two sides of the Western Turkic Khaganate after the Tang's investiture; the Gar family and the Western Turkic regimes of dependent tribes—along with an analysis of the Sino-Tibetan competition in the Western Regions during the Tang Dynasty.