| Edition |
[2nd ed.]. |
| Description |
784 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Odyssey books & guides |
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Odyssey guides.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 728-750) and index. |
| Contents |
A brief history of Afghanistan : from 1500 B.C. to the present day -- Travel overview : general advice for travelers -- A journey to the source of the Oxus : Badakhstan, the Wakhan and the Great Pamir -- A short walk in the Hindu Kush : The Panjsher Valley -- Balkh : city of the high-lifted banners -- Herat : the pearl of the Khurasan -- Bamiyan and the Hazarajat -- Ghazni and Mahmud the Great -- Kandahar and the Pushtuns -- Nuristan : the country of light -- Kabul : light garden of the Angel King -- Kabul and the first Afghan war -- Wildlife of Afghanistan -- Chronology of 20th century Afghan history. |
| Summary |
"Thanks to 20 years of civil war and its association with terrorism, Afghanistan is now unjustly considered by many in the West as a barbarous backwater. ... aims to dispel this image in a a comprehensive introduction to 3,500 years of Afghan culture. Starting with a full history of the country from 1500 BC, each wonderfully illustrated chapter looks at the major regions and cities, describing their distinctive cultural and ethnic traditions, their associations with poets, artists, travellers and holy men, as well as warriors and conquerors ..."--Back cover. |
| Subject |
Afghanistan -- Description and travel.
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Afghanistan -- Guidebooks.
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Afghanistan -- History.
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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Afghanistan. (OCoLC)fst01205406
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Samhällsliv.
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Historia.
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks. (OCoLC)fst01423871
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Leeming, Matthew.
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| ISBN |
9789622178168 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9622178162 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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