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020			_a9781405182430
050	1	4	_a401 DS 357.5 _bV879a 2008
100	1		_aVogelsang, Willem
245	0	4	_aThe afghans / _cWillem Vogelsang
250			_aPaperback first edition.
260			_aUnited Kingdom : _bWiley-Blackwell, _c2008
300			_axii, 394 p.: _bill., maps
500			_aUpdate of the 2002 hardback edition.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 347-376) and index.
505	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.
520			_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
650		0	_aAfghanistan _xHistory.
650		4	_aAfganistán _xHistoria.
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