The Jews of Khazaria
In this thoroughly revised edition of a modern classic, The Jews of Khazaria explores many exciting new discoveries about the Khazars' religious life, economy, military, government, and culture. It builds upon new studies of the Khazars, evaluating and incorporating recent theori... read full description below.
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| ISBN-13 |
9780742549821 |
| ISBN-10 |
0742549828 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
Internationally sourced; usually ships 2-3 weeks |
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| Publisher |
AltaMira Press,U.S. |
| Imprint |
AltaMira Press,U.S. |
| Publication Date |
28 November 2009
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| Publication Country |
 United States |
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| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback |
| Edition |
2nd Revised edition |
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| Author(s) |
By Brook, Kevin Alan |
| Category |
Judaism
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| Interest Age |
All ages |
| Reading Age |
All ages |
| NBS Text |
Non-Christian Religions |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
352 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 154mm
Height: 232mm
Spine: 23mm |
| Weight |
503g |
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| Dewey Code |
947.0108829 |
| Catalogue Code |
Not specified |
Description of this Book
In this thoroughly revised edition of a modern classic, The Jews of Khazaria explores many exciting new discoveries about the Khazars' religious life, economy, military, government, and culture. It builds upon new studies of the Khazars, evaluating and incorporating recent theories, along with new documentary and archaeological findings. The book gives a comprehensive accounting of the cities, towns, and fortresses of Khazaria, and features a timeline summarizing key events in Khazar history.
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Awards & Reviews
| NZ Review |
This second, revised edition of Kevin Brook's well-received publication in 1999 of The Jews of Khazaria, integrates important new data culled from ongoing archaeological digs in southern Russia and the Crimea, genetic results of DNA processing, examination of formerly unknown or ignored coin hordes, and the continuing research of scholars around the world. It succeeds in elucidating controversial issues, while contextualizing the Khazar polity within the competitive 9th-11th-century world of Byzantium, the Arab Caliphate, and two regional upstarts: the Dnepr-based aggregate of Nordic, Slavic, and Turkic peoples known as Rus', and the Turkic-Islamic kaganate of Bulgar flourishing in the middle and upper Volga territory. As a full exploration in English of the history and culture of the Khazars, this volume is without equal, and would be quite useful reading in courses focused on the Kievan period of Russian history, as well as broader ones treating the dynamics of Central Eurasian histo |
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Author's Bio
Kevin Alan Brook is an historian who has researched the Khazars since 1993. He has contributed articles about the Khazars to The Encyclopaedia of Judaism Second Edition (Brill, 2005) and The Turks Vol. 1 (Yeni Turkiye, 2002). Since 1995, Brook has maintained the website of the American Center of Khazar Studies (Khazaria.com).
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