Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVOLUME VI
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part One Global matrices
- Part Two Macro-regions
- Part Three Large-scale political formations
- Part Four Crossroads regions
- 14 Crossroads region: Central Asia
- 15 Crossroads region: Southeast Asia
- 16 The Caribbean region: crucible for modern world history
- 17 Crossroads region: the Mediterranean
- Part Five Overview
- Index
- References
14 - Crossroads region: Central Asia
from Part Four - Crossroads regions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVOLUME VI
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part One Global matrices
- Part Two Macro-regions
- Part Three Large-scale political formations
- Part Four Crossroads regions
- 14 Crossroads region: Central Asia
- 15 Crossroads region: Southeast Asia
- 16 The Caribbean region: crucible for modern world history
- 17 Crossroads region: the Mediterranean
- Part Five Overview
- Index
- References
Summary
During Mongol Empire of thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Central Asia was the crossroads through which merchants, scientists and envoys traveled, generally without hindrance, from one part of the Mongol domain to another, and then to other lands. After the collapse of Mongol rule in China in 1368, the Ming, an indigenous dynasty, took power. In the last third of fourteenth century, Temur and his descendants have been portrayed as barbaric devastators of the economies and cultures of the regions they subjugated. Uzbeks began to settle in cities and to engage in trade and self-sufficient farming. Galdan Khan initiated the last Mongol effort to create a nomadic empire. Qing troops were determined to occupy oases in the northwest. The Tsarist court had started to secure leverage over neighboring Central Asian regions. Although Central Asia appeared to be less central to global history from 1400 to 1800, it continued to be a crossroads, with links to numerous states across all of Asia.
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- The Cambridge World History , pp. 347 - 371Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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