This syllabus was prepared as a two-semester (thirty-week) course containing fifty-four outlines covering major topics in Inner Asian history. Suggestions for further reading are provided, together with some practical advice concerning matters of possible interest to instructors.

Inner Asia: A Syllabus (Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series) (Indiana University Publications.)

History

Sinor, Denis

Asia

Sinor Research Institute of Inner Asian Studies

Focusing on the decade from 1911 to 1921, which saw near cataclysmic upheavals throughout much of Eurasia that led to the collapse of major empires from the Hapsburg to the Romanov to the Qing, but also witnessed the rise of youthful regimes from their ashes. Among the latter was Outer Mongolia, which renounced two centuries of vasslage to China and declared its intention to create an independent, Westernized nation. This book examines the political maneuverings of Chinese and Russians over Mongolia's fate.

Between the Hammer and the Anvil?: Chinese and Russian Policies in Outer Mongolia, 1911-1921

Ewing, Thomas Esson

Rudi Paul Linder examines the the impact of nomadism on early Ottoman history and challenges the conclusions of Paul Wittek's Rise of the Ottoman Empire, which defined the approaches of more than two generatios of scholars. Nomads and Ottomans in Medieval Anatolia offers a revealing study of pastoral nomads inhabiting the Anatolian plateau, the ways they met their needs, their threat to settled society, and how that society controlled them in the high Middle Ages.

Nomads and Ottomans in Medieval Anatolia (Indiana University Uralic & Altaic Series)

Lindner, Rudi Paul

The Mongols of the West presents an English translation and analysis of the historical chronicle Qalimaq q&#257;diyin t&#363;jiyigi qur&#257;ji biciqsen tobci orosibai (Herein is Contained the Concise Written Collection of the History of the Kalmyk Khans). Usually referred to as "A Brief History of the Kalmyk Khans," this chronicle was written in Oirat script around the year 1819 and is one of few natively produced historical chronicles of the Kalmyks and their ancestors. The first, second, and fifth chapters of The Mongols of the West function as an introduction to the history and historiography of Western Mongolian groups such as the Kalmyks and Oirats, which provides the reader with the appropriate context for the text itself. The third and fourth chapters present the English translation of the chronicle and the chronicle in its original Oirat script respectively. Overall, this work is a major contribution to the field of Mongolian history and serves as an important source for scholars of Mongol and Inner Asian history and historiography.

The Mongols of the West (URALIC AND ALTAIC SERIES)

Halkovic Jr., Stephen A.

Americas

This reader contains a selection of materials, which range in time from the pre-literary language to contemporary items from newspapers. It includes examples taken from the literary language under Soviet rule and as Kyrgyz (Kirghiz) is used in the West and in China. The book is designed to present the reader with an understanding of both the variety of materials available in Kyrgyz and with the internal structure of the language. The material ranges in difficulty from primers to historical documents. Each text is presented as it originally appeared, followed by a literal English translation. In addition, comments on the style and content are included with each text. (The comments section is a combination of literary, linguistic, historical, grammatical, and sociolinguistic explanations and remarks.) Publication information for the texts proceeds each subsection (e.g., the oral tradition, early written documents, and toward modern Kyrgyz are all included in a larger section titled The Pre-literary Language). An explanation of the transliteration systems used in the book is also included.

A Kirghiz Reader (Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series, V. 154)

Zhen-hua, Hu

Imart, Guy

This volume is a translation into English of one of three variant texts treating early Hungarian history. As the third chronicle, following the Pict Chronicle (1358-1370) and the Buda Chronicle (1473), it was written by Johannes de Thurocz (Thuroczy Janos) who lived from c. 1435 to 1490. An educated nobleman, Thuroczy was the first layman known to have written a book in the Kingdom of Hungary. The second and third variants are based upon its predecessor.

Chronicle of the Hungarians (Medievalia Hungarica)

Thuroczy, Janos

Format Hardcover Subject Asian Languages Reference Publisher Indiana Univ Research

Mongol Elements in Manchu (Biblical and Judaic Studies)

Rozyck, William

A study of weather-magic as a major constituent of Inner Asian Turkic and Mongol natural religion. Weather-magic is a particular type of magic, a structured set of beliefs and the rites connected to then, rites aimed at affecting changes in the weather.

Weather-Magic in Inner Asia (Uralic & Altaic Series Vol. 158)

Molnár, A

Format Hardcover Subject Ural Altaic Languages Publisher Bloomington Indiana University Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies 1995

History of Cathay: A Translation and Linguistic Analysis of a Fifteenth-Century Turkic Manuscript (Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series)

Bellér-Hann, Ildikó

This handbook is a reference source on Estonian forms such as the singular and plural forms of nouns and adjectives or the various tense forms of verbs. Estonian relies extensively on the different forms that a given word can exhibit for indicating the grammatical relationships among the words in a sentence or text. For this reason the handbook is more extensive tha many comparable works aimed at native speakers. The materials in this handbook are arranged in such a manner so as to make it possible to discover that underneath the seeming chaos of Estonian forms, there is structure that is based on logic and regularity.

A Handbook of Estonian: Nouns, Adjectives, and Verbs (Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series)

Mürk, Harri

Europe

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