| Description |
xvii, 237 pages : maps ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, 1096-2905 |
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Greenwood histories of the modern nations.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-227) and index. |
| Contents |
Timeline of historical events -- Indus heartland and Karakoram country -- Indus Valley civilization: Dravidians to Aryans -- Islam in South Asia: Indus and Delhi Sultanates -- Great Mughals and the Golden Era in Indo-Islamic civilization, 1526-1707 -- British rule and the independence movements -- Muslims in South Asia and the making of Pakistan -- Pakistan: Establishing the state, 1947-1958 -- Military takeover and the separation of east Pakistan, 1958-1971 -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's People's Party, and the military regime of General Zia-ul-Haq, 1972-1988 -- Democratic decade, 1988-1999: Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif -- General Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan in the twenty-first century -- Notable people in the history of Pakistan -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Pakistan -- History.
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India -- History.
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Indus civilization.
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| ISBN |
9780313341373 alkaline paper |
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0313341370 alkaline paper |
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