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Title: Central Asia, Wms
Review: The Empire of the Steppes, A History of Central Asia by Rene GroussetReview: Wms (Jack R. Williams)This book recounts the early history of the Russian Steppes of Central Asia up to modern times. It is an excellent, authoritative work with a huge number of footnotes. Central Asia is an increasingly important part of the world but is generally totally opaque to the West. History has indeed flowed through these lands but the West's attention has usually been tied to navigable waters. The historians are of the West and write about the West. This book takes us from early pre-Christian history up to about 1750. It is a preparation for modern history and the growth of the Russian Empire.I recommend this book to anyone interested in history and its people. It fills an intellectual void that most of us have.
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