[Turcologica 01] • An Introduction to the History of the Turkic People by Golden, Peter B. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A PREFATORY NOTE ON NAMES AND TRANSCRIPTIONS LIST OF MAPS

INTRODUCTION: The World of the Steppes

The Nomadic World Ethnic Processes in the Turkic World

CHAPTER I: Peoples and Languages of Eurasia

Altaic Languages Inner Asian-Central Asiatic/Türküt Group

INNER ASIATIC GROUP INNER ASIAN-TÜRKÜT-TURKÎ SOUTHWEST/OGUZ GROUP NORTHWEST OR QIPCAQ GROUP SOUTH SIBERIAN TURKIC NORTHEAST-, EAST SIBERIAN OR YAKUT

Mongolic Languages

MODERN MONGOLIC MANCHU-TUNGUSIC

Other Languages of Eurasia Sino-Tibetan Indo-European Uralic-Languages Languages of the Caucasus

CHAPTER II: The Legacy of Inner Asia

Pre-History of Eurasia Iranian Nomads Yüeh-chih and Saka Migrations The Kušan State The Hsiung-nu

CHAPTER III : Empires and Migrations : the Hsien-pi

The Hsien-pi Confederation The Tabğač The Jou-Jan [Avar] Qağanate The Hephthalites

CHAPTER IV: The Early Turkic Peoples of Western Eurasia

The Huns of Europe The Coming of the Oğuric Turkic Peoples The Early Oğuric Tribes Oğurs, Onoğurs and Bulğars in Western Eurasia The Sabirs The Caucasian Huns and other "Hunnic" Peoples The European Avars

CHAPTER V: The Türk Empires of Eurasia

The Ethnonym Türk The Question of Türk Origins A Reconstruction of the Earliest History of he Turkic Peoples The Türk Qağanates The Peoples of the Türk Qağanate Governance of the Türk Qağanate Relgions Writing Systems Economy

CHAPTER VI : Successors of the Türks in Inner Asia

The Uyğur Qağanate (744-840) Uyğur Statehood The Uyğur Economy The Soġdians and Uyğur Culture Religion The Qirğiz The Qitañ

CHAPTER VII: Successors of the Türks in Central Asia

Iranians, Muslims and Turks The Turkic Tribes The Qarluqs The Čigil and Tuxs(î) The Yağma The Kimek The Oğuz The Spread of Islam The Early Qaraxanids The Ghaznavid Ġulâm State Qaraxanids, Ghaznavids and the Rise of the Seljuks The Seljuks of Rûm The Khwârazmšâh State The Turkic Peoples and Cultures on the Eve of the Mongol Conquests The Turkic Tribes noted in Maḥmûd al-Kâšgarî The Turkic Tribes noted by Faxr ad-Dîn Mubârakšâh

CHAPTER VIII: The Successors of the Türks in Western Eurasia

The Khazar Qağanage: The Question of Origins The Khazar State Peoples and Institutions of the Khazar Qağanate The Fall of the Khazar Qağanate The Bulğar States The Pannonian Balkan Bulğars The Volga Bulğars The Hungarians The Baškirs The Pečenegs The Quman-Qipčaqs The Quman-Qipčaq-Qanglı Union

CHAPTER IX: The Turkic World in the Činggisid Era

Mongol Origins and State Formation The Mongol Empire The Turkic Peoples under the Činggisids The Činggisid Impact on the Turkic Lands The Ulus of Joči The Ulus of Čaġadai Turks in the Činggisid Near and Middle East

CHAPTER X: Temür, the Later Činggisids and the Last Turkic Empires of Eurasia

Aqsaq Temür and the Timurids Moġulistan The Later Čaġadaids and Eastern Turkistan The Fall of the Golden Horde and the Činggisid Successor States The Qazan and Qasimov Xanates The Crimean Xanate The Xanate of Astraxan The Fall of the Great Horde The Noğay (Manġıt) Horde and the Siberian Tatars The Eastern Qipčaqs: Özbeks and Qazaqs The Ôzbek Xanates The Qazaq Xanate The Qırğız

CHAPTER XI: The Turkic Peoples of the Near and Middle East

The Mamlûks The Beyliks of Asia Minor The Ottoman Empire: the Formative Years The Türkmen Confederations: the Qara Qoyunlu and Aq Qoyunlu The Rise of the Ṣafavids Ottomans, Ṣafavids and Mamlûks

CHAPTER XII: The Ethnogenesis of the Turkic Peoples

The Crimea The North Caucaus

The Volga-Ural-West Siberian Peoples

The Volga-Ural-West Siberian Tatars The Čuvaš

The Central Asian or Aralo-Caspian Qipčaqs

The Qazaqs The Qara Qalpaqs The Qırğız Modern Uyğurs

South Siberian Turks

The Altay Turks The Abakan (Abaqan)-Xakas Grouping ČulimTatars The Šor The Tuba Grouping

The Yakuts

Turkic Ethnonyrns: Forms and Transcriptions Arabic Forms Chinese Characters Bibliography Index