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This digital document is an article from Countries and Their Cultures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 3815 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Covers the broad range of popular religious culture of the United States at the close of the twentieth century. Beliefs, practices, symbols, traditions, movements, organizations, and leaders from the many traditions in the pluralistic American community are represented. Also includes cults and phenomena that drew followers, such as Heaven's Gale and UFOs. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Russian History, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1284 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Providing a comprehensive discussion of the people, politics, economics, religion, culture, and social systems of Russia, this work spans the time from the earliest beginnings of the Russian nation (among the ancient Eastern Slavic tribes) to the end of czarist Russia and on through the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. It provides the necessary information for readers to obtain a greater understanding of and appreciation for Russia in all of its many spheres. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Russian History, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 577 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Providing a comprehensive discussion of the people, politics, economics, religion, culture, and social systems of Russia, this work spans the time from the earliest beginnings of the Russian nation (among the ancient Eastern Slavic tribes) to the end of czarist Russia and on through the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. It provides the necessary information for readers to obtain a greater understanding of and appreciation for Russia in all of its many spheres. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 3674 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices provides information on current religious practices around the world with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers. Included are detailed entries on 13 major religions, such as Christianity and Islam, and entries on 28 religious subgroups, such as Shi'ites or Baptists.Provides Date of Origin, Dietary Practices, Number of Followers, Social Aspects, Controversial Issues, Major Theologians and Authors, Cultural Impact, Houses of Worship, Holy Places, What is Sacred, Rituals, Rites of Passage, Festivals and Holidays, Membership, Social Justice, Modes of Dress and Founder.Also includes significant religions in 193 countries that detail History, Political Impact, Other Religions, Religious Tolerance and more. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 5265 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Advances in technology continue to accelerate the pace at which people and companies are doing business with entities in foreign countries. As a result, the demand for comprehensive, up-to-date economic information about foreign companies has increased as well. The Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies satisfies this immediate need and provides a thorough understanding of the current and historical economic development of foreign nations. Clearly arranged by country within broad geographic regions, the Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies provides accurate, in-depth analysis of each country's economic environment, reliable statistics on the country's current economic conditions and trends and key demographics of the nation's citizens. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Russian History, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 516 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Providing a comprehensive discussion of the people, politics, economics, religion, culture, and social systems of Russia, this work spans the time from the earliest beginnings of the Russian nation (among the ancient Eastern Slavic tribes) to the end of czarist Russia and on through the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. It provides the necessary information for readers to obtain a greater understanding of and appreciation for Russia in all of its many spheres. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Cities of the World, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 6722 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.A compilation of current information on cultural, geographic, and political conditions in 193 countries and their cities covering six continents, based on the Department of State's Post Reports. ... Read more

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History of Uzbekistan to 1876, Samanids, Timurid dynasty, Sassanid Empire, Sogdiana, Bactria, Uzbeks, Khanate of Kokand, History of Uzbekistan (1876-1991), Basmachi Revolt, History of Uzbekistan (1991-present), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Terrorism in Tajikistan, Andijan massacre, Samarkand, Bukhara, Politics of Uzbekistan, Human rights in Uzbekistan, Economy of Uzbekistan, Islam in Uzbekistan, Terrorism in Uzbekistan ... Read more

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Persian people. Persian-speakers of Iran, T?jik people, Hazara people, Farsiwan, Qizilbash, Tats, Persian Empire, History of Iran, History of Tajikistan, History of Uzbekistan, History of Central Asia, Persian language, Iranian languages, Shi'a?Sunni relations, Islam in Iran, Islam in Uzbekistan, Culture of Iran, Culture of Afghanistan, Culture of Tajikistan, Turko-Persian tradition, Culture of Uzbekistan, Iranian art, Persian miniature, Music of Iran, Iranian architecture, Persian carpet, Persian gardens, Iranian women, Gender roles in Afghanistan, Women in Tajikistan. ... Read more

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Text in cyrillic (Russian or Uzbek). Illustrated with diagrams and black-and-white photographs. ... Read more

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The Silk Road evokes images of heavily laden caravans crossing endless deserts, steppes, and mountain ranges to reach the markets of wealthy oasis towns. From the second century B.C., this network of merchants' routes, well over 4,000 miles long, linked China and the Roman Empire. It served the trade of luxury goods, notably silk, and stimulated the spread of religion, culture, and art.

The republic of Uzbekistan, with its ancient urban cultural centers of Bukhara, Chiwa, and Samarkand, is the heartland of the Silk Road. The evolving history of the region is clearly explained here in the context of its complex geography, together with analyses of the architecture, the art of the book, Islamic arts and crafts, and the rich variety of textiles of the region.

Central Asia's position at the heart of the Eurasian landmass naturally attracted a long succession of conquerors, traders, envoys, and missionaries. People of many different religions, languages, and cultures met, and between the nomads of the steppes and the settled population of the cities there was a regular exchange of goods and ideas. The cultural history of the region is illustrated with pictures of archaeological finds and ethnographical objects from European and Uzbek museums and private collections, many published for the first time. 712 illustrations, 437 in color. ... Read more

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Comprehensive guide through the ages.
This German collaboration does well in discussing the general history of the region from the pre-Islamic Sogdian and Bactrian kingdoms, to the khanates and the intrigues of the Great Game to the present day independantcountry.

Uzbekistan itself, strangely enough, is largely a Soviet eracreation. The present borders include the historically important towns ofSamarkand and Burkhara (and much of the Fergana Valley), much to theannoyance of Tadjikistan. Thus, the work focusses on the regionaldefinition of Uzbekistan rather than as a people. (The Uzbeks trace theirname from Ozbeg, a leader of tribes of Mongol descent in the 14thCentury).

Vivid pictures of works of art as well as early photographschronicle the cultural sophistication in what was once the crossroads ofthe greatest civillizations in antiquity. An in depth analysis of thedifferent patterns and motifs in carpets points attest to the subtleinfluences in the region. The book cannot be faulted on its detail of itsanalysis of artifacts and works of art. Long a people with a nomadicinclination, such influences did not necessarily remain rooted for long,and these remain as probably its most reliable catalog of its past.

Thussaid, the book is informative to the point of being somewhat staid in itsnarrative. Not much is said about life after the transition from the formerUzbek SSR to an independant country. The work is obviously of some nationalimportance as the President of the new Republic provides theforward.

Recommended if you hold more than a casual interest in theregion. ... Read more

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Russian - English - Farsi comments under pictures. A Trilingual book.Title: Tashkent 2000 years old Full Color Pictures / A book commemorating the birthday of Toshkent, Uzbekistan / A Book from 1983 / The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) / Toshkent, ; Russian: Binding: HardcoverPublication date: 1983Unique Soviet publication. 200 full color pages! ... Read more

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Recent political changes in Central Asia, where the United States is replacing Russia as the dominant power, are having a profound effect on Russian speakers in the region. These people, formerly perceived as progressive and engaging with Europe, are now confronted by the erasure of their literary, musical, cinematic and journalistic culture, as local ethnic and American cultures become much stronger. 

This book examines the predicament of Russian culture in Central Asia, looking at literature, language, cinema, music, and religion. It argues that the Soviet past was much more complex than the simplified, polarised rhetoric of the Cold War period and also that the present situation, in which politicians from the former Soviet regime often continue in power, is equally complex.

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Sadr-i-Ziya's Diary lends valuable perspective tonumerous studies narrowly focused upon the modern Reformists (Jadids)of his area. It also, and perhaps in the first place, reveals theendless occupational and mortal uncertainties tormenting a CentralAsian Islamic judge practicing his profession within an aged politicaland economical system deteriorating during the last decades,ca. 1880-1920, of the state of Bukhara. By supplying a Bukharanintellectual's personal history, Sadr-i Ziya, author, poet andcalligrapher, also reveals himself as an admirable human being whoenjoys life but endures the repeated, scalding experience of losingbeloved children, their mothers, and other family members, in an erawhen medicine and prayer scarcely deterred the multitude of prevailinginflictions. Nothwithstanding this strong focus upon his personallife, Sadr-i Ziya provides an unparalleled view of the central roleplayed by the omnipresent religious hierarchy in his homeland. ... Read more