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The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion

Door Paddy Docherty

Categorie
Geschiedenis Azië
Boeknummer
#269446
Titel
The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion
Auteur
Docherty, Paddy
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London, Faber and Faber
Jaar van uitgave
2007
ISBN10
0571219772
ISBN13
9780571219773
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
Thirty miles long, and in places no more than sixteen metres wide, the Pass is the principal route through the great mountain borderlands between India and Central Asia - and the path of invasion for generations of conquerors. In this ground-breaking book, Paddy Docherty charts its remarkable story - one which involves so many of the world's great leaders and civilisations, from the influential Persian kings to Alexander the Great, from the White Huns to Genghis Khan, not to mention the Ancient Greeks and countless tribes of nomads and barbarians. In addition, Docherty paints an illuminating picture of mountain warriors and religious visionaries, artists, poets and scientists as well as describing how around the Pass emerged three of the great world religions - Buddhism, Sikhism and Islam.... (Lees verder) Furthermore, he depicts its more modern significance as a lawless region of gunsmiths, drug markets and as a terrorist hideout. And through his own travels in this true frontier region and the continuing presence of US and British troops in Afghanistan, he brings the story into the twenty-first century.
Pagina's
261
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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