Sredney Azii") (Москва) 1974 Encyclopædia Iranica: Central Asia in pre-Islamic Times (R. Fryer) Encyclopædia Iranica: Central Asia from the Islamic Period to the Mongol Conquest (C. Bosworth) Encyclopædia Iranica: Central Asia in the Mongol and Timurid Periods (B. Spuler) Encyclopædia Iranica: Central Asia from the 16th to the 18th centuries (R.D. McChesney) Encyclopædia Iranica: Central Asia in the 18th–19th centuries (Yuri Bregel) Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads Notes References Herodotus, Histories'', IV. See original text in perseus project. External links New Directions Post-Independence from the Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archives Archaeology of Central Asia Prehistoric Asia Geography of Central Asia