The Cambridge history of early Inner Asia

Preface 1. Introduction: the concept of Inner Asia Denis Sinor 2. The geographical setting Robert N. Taaffe 3. Inner Asia at the dawn of history A. P. Okladnikov 4. The Scythians and Sarmatians A. I. Melyukvoa 5. The Hsiung-nu Ying-Shih Yu 6. Indo-Europeans in Inner Asia A. K. Narain 7. The Hun period Denis Sinor 8. The Avars Samuel Szadeczky-Kardoss 9. The peoples of the Russian forest belt Peter B. Golden 10. The peoples of the south Russian steppes Peter B. Golden 11. The establishment and dissolution of the Turk empire Denis Sinor 12. The Uighars Colin Mackerras 13. The Karakhanids and early Islam Peter B. Golden 14. Early and medieval Tibet Helmut Hoffman 15. The forest peoples of Manchuria: Kitans and Jurchens Herbert Franke Bibliographies Index.