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WWW-VL HISTORY: UZBEKISTAN

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Research Tools
- Geography
  - Maps
  - Gazetteers
    - Ozbek World
    - Villages and Towns
  - World Heritage Sites
- Language
  - Languages of Uzbekistan
  - English-Uzbek Dictionary [with the conjugation of Uzbek verbs]
  - Zangari Kema. Uzbek-English Dictionary, by William Dirks
  - Ubek Fonts for Sale
  - Uzbek Word-Processing Programs for Sale
  - BBC Uzbek Service
  - Modern Literary Uzbek, by Khairulla Ismatulla, from Indiana University Languages and Computer Laboratories. Requires RealPlayer. Textbook available from
  - The Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, all of the materials of which must be purchased.
- Reference Works
- Dictionaries
- Encyclopedias
Bibliography
- Bibliography including link pages
  - Uzbek Embassy
  - Umid World Search Engine
  - Uzbek Government Resources
  - UziSciNet. Network of the Academy of Science [in Uzbek]
  - Uzbekistan, from Eurasia Net
  - The Unid World
  - First Page in Uzbekistan [English and Russian]
  - Freenet Uzbekhistan Search Directory
  - Material on Uzbekistan from Web Sites [from Full Coverage]
  - Subscription Page for Access to the Archives of the Bibliography of Asian Studies cost $175 per person per year.
  - Dissertations in Central Asian Studies. History
- Archives
  - Images of Uzbekistan [in Polish]
  - Images of Uzbekistan, from WebCorp
  - Images of Uzbekistan
- Libraries
- Journals
  - TRANSOXIANA Publicación Electrónica de la Escuela de Estudios Orientales "R.P. Ismael Quiles, S.J."
    Universidad del Salvador
    Buenos Aires
- Publishers and Bookdealers

Biography and Genealogy

Demography and Genealogy

Central Asian Population in Historical Perspectives, by Bakhtior Islamov

Materials

On-Line Texts and Document Collections
- The Origins of the Kazaks and the Ôzbeks, by .V. Togan
- Essays on Central Asia, by H.B. Paksoy
- Turk Tarihi, Toplumarin Mayasi, Uygarlik, by H.B. Paksoy
- Central Asian Monuments, ed. H.B. Paksoy
- Alpamysh. Central Asian Identity Under Russian Rule, by H.B. Paksoy
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur, trans. Edward Fitzgerald
- Sahi Bukhari (Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin al-Mughira al-Ja'fai), trans. M. Muhsin Khan [the definitive collection of the reported saying of the Prophet Muhammad, the hadith, as opposed to the Sunna, the recorded sayings of the Prophet]
- Öteki Dünya Kapisi Önünde (Before the door of of the Other World), by Sefer Bakcan Memories from Uzbek Human Rights Activist[
- Muhammad Salih (b.1949) and Erk Democratic Party
- Open Library of Legal Information, from Kyrghistan.
- Architectural monuments
- Washington Post on Uzbekistan
On-Line Journals
- The Historical Journals Guide
- Bulletin of the Association for the Advancement of central Asian Research, vols. 2 no. 1 - 5 no. 2, ed. H.B. Paksoy
- Oriental Magazine
Organizations
- Research Institutes
- Scholarly Societies
- Universities
  - Termez State University
  - American College in Uzbekhistan
- Funding Institutions
  - Ustoz Republican Foundation
  - Association of Asian Studies. Grants and Fellowships
- Timelines

Instruction

General
- Public Education in Uzbekistan
Distance Learning Centers
- Distance Learning, uz, in Russian and English
- Distance Education, Multimedia Instruction and Information Deliver Means, from the Ustoz Republican Foundation
On-Line Course Materials
On-Line Syllabi and Lectures
Employment
Grants and Fellowships
- Grant Opportunities
- The IREX Web Server

History

Surveys and Overviews
- The History of Uzbekistan [from the Embassy of Uzbekistan]
- The History of Uzbekistan, from Country Reports
- Brief History of Modern Uzbekistan [from uzOnline]
- Brief History of Uzbekistan [from Advantour]
- Brief History
Prehistoric
Ancient
- Antiquity to Alexander the Great
- "Applying the Lessons of Sun Tzu: An Analysis of the Eastern Campaign of Alexander the Great", by Rick Bauer, from the Ahnan Tomari Te Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, January, 2000
- Ta-yuan [Ta-wan] (Ferghana), from Selections from Han Narrative Histories.
- Notes on the Western Regions, from Selections from Han Narrative Histories.
- The Mission to the West by Zhang Qian, from Selections from Han Narrative Histories.
- K'ang-keu (Soghdiana), from Selections from Han Narrative Histories.
Medieval
- The Turkic Khaganate, Islam, the Samanid Dynasty
- Genghis Khan
- Timur (1336-1405) and Timurid Architecture
- Timur [from Old World Contacts]
- The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane, by Beatrice Forbes Manz, 1999 [book review by Danny Yee]
- The Timurids
- Map of Medieval Irrigation Channels in the Region of Samarkand
- Map of Timur's City of Samarkand
16th Century
- The Reign of Babur, 1526-1530
- The Memoirs of Babur for Oct 18th 1525 to Oct 8th 1526 [the conquest of North India]
- The Mughals. Babur
- Babur. The First Mughal Emperor [from The History of Pakistan]>
- The Mughal Dynasty. An Introduction to the Mughal Dynasty and Mughal Agra
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century
- Cholpan and the 20th Century, by Timur Kocaoglu. 15 April, 1996 [comment on Uzbek poets killed in Stalinist purges]
- Antisemitism in the Former Soviet Union: 1995-1997
- The Aral Sea and Defense Issues, an ICE Case Study
- Developing and Implementing National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP): Lessons from Uzbekistan

Topics

Cities

An Interactive Map

Samarkand

Welcome to Samarkand [in Russian]

Tashkent Page

Brief History of Uzbekistan [from Advantour]

Bukhara [from Advantour]

Khiva [from Advantour]

Tashkent [from Advantour]

Samarkand [from Advantour]

The Jews of Uzbekistan

WWW-VL HISTORY: UZBEKISTAN

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