The Khyber Pass

The Khyber Pass
Title The Khyber Pass PDF eBook
Author Paddy Docherty
Publisher Union Square Press
Pages 300
Release 2008
Genre History
ISBN 1402756968

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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

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

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Pakistan - The Land

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

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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)

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

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

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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

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

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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

The Century
Title The Century PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 1036
Release 1926
Genre Periodicals
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