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A land of enormous proportions countless secrets and incredible history Central Asiathe heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane site of the legendary Silk Route and scene of Stalins cruelest deportationsis a remote and fascinating region Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of newly independent republics Central Asiacontaining the magical cities of Bukhara and Samarkand and terrain as diverse as the Kazakh steppes the Karakum desert and the Pamir mountainshas been in a constant state of transition The Lost Heart of Asia takes readers into the very heart of this little visited yet increasingly important region delivering a rare and moving portrayal of a world in the midst of change
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In this sweeping and richly illustrated history S Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asias medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest mindsremarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world Because nearly all of these figures wrote in Arabic they were long assumed to have been Arabs In fact they were from Central Asiadrawn from the Persianate and Turkic peoples of a region that today extends from Kazakhstan southward through Afghanistan and from the easternmost province of Iran through Xinjiang China Lost Enlightenment recounts how between the years 800 and 1200 Central Asia led the world in trade and economic development the size and sophistication of its cities the refinement of its arts and above all in the advancement of knowledge in many fields Central Asians achieved signal breakthroughs in astronomy mathematics geology medicine chemistry music social science philosophy and theology among other subjects They gave algebra its name calculated the earths diameter with unprecedented precision wrote the books that later defined European medicine and penned some of the worlds greatest poetry One scholar working in Afghanistan even predicted the existence of North and South Americafive centuries before Columbus Rarely in history has a more impressive group of polymaths appeared at one place and time No wonder that their writings influenced European culture from the time of St Thomas Aquinas down to the scientific revolution and had a similarly deep impact in India and much of Asia Lost Enlightenment chronicles this forgotten age of achievement seeks to explain its rise and explores the competing theories about the cause of its eventual demise Informed by the latest scholarship yet written in a lively and accessible style this is a book that will surprise general readers and specialists alike
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