The Khyber Pass
Title | The Khyber Pass PDF eBook |
Author | Paddy Docherty |
Publisher | Union Square Press |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1402756968 |
Thirty miles long, and in places no more than sixteen meters wide, the Pass is the principal route through the great mountain borderlands between India and Central Asia -- and the path of invasion for generations of conquerors. In this ground-breaking book, Paddy Docherty charts its remarkable story -- one which involves so many of the world's great leaders and civilizations, from the influential Persian kings to Alexander the Great, from the White Huns to Genghis Khan, not to mention the Ancient Greeks and countless tribes of nomads and barbarians. He paints an illuminating picture of mountain warriors and religious visionaries, artists, poets and scientists as well as describing how around the Pass emerged three of the great world religions -- Buddhism, Sikhism and Islam. He also depicts the Pass' more modern significance as a lawless region of gunsmiths, drug markets and as a terrorist hideout. Just a few years after the Soviet Union was defeated by the Afghan Mujahideen, many thousands of soldiers from the United States, Britain and other nations are struggling to control Afghanistan. Through his own travels in this true frontier region Paddy Docherty brings this epic history into the twenty-first century.
The Land of Khyber
Title | The Land of Khyber PDF eBook |
Author | Teepu Mahabat Khan |
Publisher | Sang-e-Meel |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN |
Pakistan - The Land
Title | Pakistan - The Land PDF eBook |
Author | Carolyn Black |
Publisher | Crabtree Publishing Company |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780778793465 |
Brilliant full-color photographs explore Pakistan's varied landscape including mountain glaciers, the Indus River, the Thar Desert, and the Himalaya mountains. Children will enjoy learning about Pakistan's bustling cities and bazaars, the Karadoram Highway, monsoons, and more.
The Historian 2007 (1&2)
Title | The Historian 2007 (1&2) PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Tahir Kamran |
Pages | 168 |
Release | |
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Lords of the Khyber
Title | Lords of the Khyber PDF eBook |
Author | André Singer |
Publisher | London ; Boston : Faber and Faber |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 1984-01-01 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 9780571117963 |
Recounts the British attempts to conquer the Pushtuns of Afghanistan and offers profiles of the tribal leaders and their British foes
Into the Land of Bones
Title | Into the Land of Bones PDF eBook |
Author | Frank L. Holt |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2012-10-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520953754 |
The so-called first war of the twenty-first century actually began more than 2,300 years ago when Alexander the Great led his army into what is now a sprawling ruin in northern Afghanistan. Frank L. Holt vividly recounts Alexander's invasion of ancient Bactria, situating in a broader historical perspective America's war in Afghanistan.
The Century
Title | The Century PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1036 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Periodicals |
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