1st Edition
Turks and Khazars Origins, Institutions, and Interactions in Pre-Mongol Eurasia
By Peter B. Golden
Copyright 2010
380 Pages
by
Routledge
380 Pages
by
Routledge
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This second collection of studies by Peter Golden continues his explorations of the Türk Empire (mid-sixth to mid-eighth centuries), the stateless polities that appeared after its collapse, and of the Khazar Qaghanate (mid-seventh century to ca. 965-969), its imperial successor state in the western Eurasian steppes. Building on earlier traditions, the Türks created a paradigm for state building... Read more
Contents: Preface; Turks: origins and expansion; A Qaracay Nart tale of lupine origins: an echo of the Ašina tradition?; The Türk imperial tradition in the pre-Chinggisid era; The nomadic linguistic impact on pre-Cinggisid Rus' and Georgia; Nomads in the sedentary world: the case of the pre-Chinggisid Rus' and Georgia; The terminology of slavery and servitude in medieval Turkic; Some notes on the comitatus in medieval Eurasia with special reference to the Khazars; Khazar Turkic ghulâms in caliphal service; Khazar Turkic ghulâms in caliphal service: onomastic notes; Irano-Turcica: the Khazar sacral kingship revisited; The conversion of the Khazars to Judaism; Addenda and corrigenda; Index.
Biography
Peter B. Golden is Professor Emeritus and Academic Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Rutgers University, USA
