01652cam a2200217 i 450000100070000000500170000700800410002402000180006505000290008310000220011224500360013425000290017026000450019930000290024450000410027350400640031450505470037852004550092565000260138065000280140611547520230410103822.0140331b2008    xxkab         000 0 eng |  a978140518243014a401 DS 357.5bV879a 20081 aVogelsang, Willem04aThe afghans /cWillem Vogelsang  aPaperback first edition.  aUnited Kingdom :bWiley-Blackwell,c2008  axii, 394 p.:bill., maps  aUpdate of the 2002 hardback edition.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 347-376) and index.0 aUp and down the Hindu Kush -- The peoples of Afghanistan -- The early years -- The advent of the Indo-Iranian speaking peoples -- Archaeology and the Indo-Iranians -- Scythian Horsemen -- Opening up to the West -- The Greeks -- Northern rulers -- The reassertion of the Iranian west -- The advent of Islam -- The Iranian dynasties -- The Mongols -- Towards the kingdom of Afghanistan -- The Sadozay dynasty -- War with Britain -- The Dynasty of Amir 'Abad al-Rahman Khan -- Changing Afghanistan -- The years of communism -- After the soviets.  aThe Afghans brings together different outside perspectives to form one coherent story, telling the dramatic history of the land and peoples of Afghanistan from prehistoric times to the present day. For this updated paperback edition, the author has provided a new final chapter covering developments since 2001, including the fall of the Taliban, state building and foreign intervention in the region. The bibliography has also been updated. -- Cover 0aAfghanistanxHistory. 4aAfganistánxHistoria.