UIGHUR STORIES FROM ALONG THE SILK ROAD
1998509278University Press of America 1998. First Edition. Trade Paperback. FINE. SIGNED by co-author Karl Luckert on the title page. ix 345pp. First Edition published simultaneously with the hardcover. Like-new author's copy from the publisher. We acquired this along with Dr. Luckert's personal scholarly library and he graciously signed all of his author-copy. 'Uighur Stories from Along the Silk Road is a collection of folktales legends and myths collected in English for the first time. The Uighur people who lived along the northern rim of the Tarim Basin encountered foreigners from Europe Arabia Persia India China Mongolia and Japan who traveled through their land along the Silk Road the major trading route between Europe and China. This interaction began a rich multicultural heritage that gave birth to these tales and continued to flourish once the sea replaced the land route for trade. The stories encapsulate Uighur history in the words of the people who migrated from the Northern Mongolian Plateau to Central Asia. They reveal the effects of the gradual conversion to Islam as well as those of earlier beliefs involving Buddhism Nestorian Christianity and Manichaeism on the personality of the people.'. University Press of America paperback
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