The early empires of central Asia. A study of the Scythians and the Huns and the part they played in world history; with special reference to the Chinese sources

by William Montgomery McGovern

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First edition

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1939. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 4 , 529, 1 ; 7 full-page maps, 9 illustrations on 3 plates; a fine copy in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Though there are several monographs on various special aspects of the field, this work represents the first attempt in any European language to cover as a whole the early history of Central Asia, from the earliest times c. 3000 B.C. down to the sixth century A.D. Central

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