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The Garden of the Eight Paradises: Babur and the Culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India (1483-1530)

Book by Stephen F. Dale; Brill, 2004

Subjects:

Afghanistan--History, Asia, Central--History, Babur--Emperor Of Hindustan--1483-1530, India--History--1000-1765, India--Kings And Rulers--Biography

Collections: History, Entire Library

...434, 440, 441 1 Bihzad, Afghanistan 181, 373 Bihzad, Kamal al...valley, India 362 British, in Afghanistan 307, 455 British, in India...also Sa(ii Butkhak River, Afghanistan 436 Byzantine Empire 18 8 calendars 273 cartography...
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Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, and Mujahid

Book by Ralph H. Magnus, Eden Naby; Westview Press, 1998

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Afghanistan--Politics And Government, Communism--Afghanistan, Islam And Politics--Afghanistan

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan Afghan Empire, 4 Ghilzai empire, 28 - 29...Interim Government AIG , 95 , 150 Afghanistan aid to, 36 , 62 , 106 , 173...tzarist relations with, 35 - 37 Afghanistan Womens Council. See Democratic...
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The Origins of Conflict in Afghanistan

Book by Jeffery J. Roberts; Praeger, 2003

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Afghanistan--Foreign Relations, Afghanistan--History--19th Century, Afghanistan--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...century, British forces invaded Afghanistan in an effort to reduce that...similarly failed to incorporate Afghanistan within the Empire. The wars left a legacy of...seized territory claimcd by Afghanistan, mitigated Afghan loathing...
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The Opium Economy in Afghanistan: An International Problem

Book by Office on Drugs and Crime; United Nations, 2003

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Opium Trade--Afghanistan

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...Alexander the Great conquered Afghanistan from Achaemenid Persia...territories he conquered in Afghanistan and the north-west frontier...divided between the Maurayan empire of India (which extended...was then called) and three empires established by nomads from...controlled Persia and southern Afghanistan, and the Kushans, who dominated...
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Small Players of the Great Game: The Impact of Anglo-Russian and Abdali-Khozeimeh Rivalries on the Creation of Afghanistan and Settlement of Eastern Iranian Borderlands

Book by Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh; RoutledgeCurzon, 2004

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Afghanistan--Boundaries, Geopolitics--Asia, Central, Iran--Boundaries, Pakistan--Boundaries

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Preservation of the new and extensive empire in India caused much concern...Britain and the creation of Afghanistan As for Afghanistans fate in...British made up the amirdom of Afghanistan in the mid-nineteenth century...together as the amirdom of Afghanistan. By supporting Shir Ali Khan...

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Journal Articles on: afghanistan empire

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The Garden of the Eight Paradises: Babur and the Culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India (1483-1530)

Journal article by Sholeh Quinn; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 128, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, The Garden of the Eight Paradises: Babur and the Culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India, 1483-1530 (Biography)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Babur and the Culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India (1483-1530...of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India (1483--1530...attempts at state formation in Afghanistan. Dale analyzes and explains...
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In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan

Journal article by Robert M. Cassidy; Parameters, Vol. 39, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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In the Graveyard of Empires: Americas War in Afghanistan. by Robert M. Cassidy In...of Empires: Americas War in Afghanistan. By Seth G. Jones. New York...civilian experts converging in Afghanistan. In the Graveyard of Empires...
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In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan

Journal article by Dacia Mcpherson; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 63, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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In the Graveyard of Empires: Americas War in Afghanistan. by Dacia McPherson Seth G...For many, the history of Afghanistan symbolizes the failure of foreign...between failed incursions in Afghanistan throughout history. Though...
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The Danger of Tribal Militias in Afghanistan: Learning from the British Empire

Journal article by Kimberly Marten; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 63, 2009

Subjects:

Alliances (Government relations)--Military aspects, Alliances--Military aspects, Counterinsurgency--Methods, Military campaigns--Management, Militias--Management, United States foreign relations--Military aspects, Warlords--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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...Tribal Militias in Afghanistan: Learning from the British Empire. by Kimberly...presence along the Afghanistan border in order to defend its Indian empire from potential...of the British Empire. (79) Hence Afghanistan is not really...
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Civil War in Afghanistan

Journal article by Gayle Mertz; Social Education, Vol. 65, 2001

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Afghanistan--History, Civil war--Study and teaching, Social sciences--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...tell the story of poverty in Afghanistan today. Nearly half the population...The kingdoms and oases of Afghanistan were major stops along the...during Europes Middle Ages. Empire-builders have desired control...For example, the British Empires covert struggle against Russian influence in Afghanistan in the 1800s was immortalized...

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Magazine Articles on: afghanistan empire

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What to Do about Afghanistan? as the U.S. Ponders the Question That Plagued the British Empire, Her Leaders Would Do Well to Reflect on 'The Man Who Would Be King,' a Tale about the Dangers of Imperialism

Magazine article by Steve Sailer; Insight on the News, Vol. 17, November 12, 2001

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Afghanistan--Foreign relations, Huston, John--Conduct of life, Kipling, Rudyard--Works, The Man Who Would Be King (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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What to do about Afghanistan? As the U.S. ponders...plagued the British empire, her leaders would...of an upcoming war in Afghanistan than John Hustons 1975...to do in a place like Afghanistan thats eminently not...the expanding Russian empire. Fearing the czars...
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First Women's Art Exhibit Opens in Afghanistan

Magazine article by Lauryn Oates; Herizons, Vol. 22, Winter 2009

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Afghanistan, Art exhibits, Women

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...Womens Art Exhibit Opens in Afghanistan by Lauryn Oates (KABUL...the courts of the Ottoman Empire and into the Indian kingdoms...courts of the Persian Empire. Afghanistan founded art schools and eager...Centre for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan (CCAA), expressed the deprivation...
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Losing Afghanistan

Magazine article by Leon Hadar; American Conservative, Vol. 7, July 28, 2008

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Afghanistan, Conflicts, Foreign policy, Iraq War-2003, Political campaigns, Postwar reconstruction, Territorial issues, Terrorism

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...friends are Iraq skeptics and Afghanistan enthusiasts, Ill try to...building in both Iraq and Afghanistan or, like other powers (the British Empire, czarist Russia, the...their preferred order on Afghanistan, we admit that we will...
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Call for Withdrawal of Foreign Troops, Political Solution in Afghanistan

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 21, January 1984

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Afghanistan--Relations with Soviet Union, Armed Forces in foreign countries, Soviet--Afghanistan, United Nations. General Assembly--Mediation and arbitration

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...had unilaterally invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 and installed...was attempting to make Afghanistan a subservient satellite...its efforts to absorb Afghanistan economically and culturally into the Soviet empire, the United States said...
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Afghanistan (Past and Future) and Its Public Health

Magazine article by Corrine Halperin Egan; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 26, May/Jun 2007

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Afghanistan, Children & youth, Family planning, Health care, Public health

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Afghanistan (Past and Future) and...a fascinating history of Afghanistan from 328 BCE, when Alexander...entered the then-Persian Empire, to the present. After...occupation and Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Hanif said, there is...

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Newspaper Articles on: afghanistan empire

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What America Could Learn from the British Empire: Frugality; English Effectively Administered Iraq and Afghanistan on the Cheap

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 28, 2011

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British Empire, ca. 1600-1970, British colonialism

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Learn from the British Empire: Frugality; English...Administered Iraq and Afghanistan on the Cheap. Byline...unlike us, the British Empire was content to punish...trainers. The British Empire would never have spent...Russian influence on Afghanistan, maintaining a friendly...
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Obama: Time to Withdraw Troops; 'We Stand Not for Empire' in Afghanistan, Elsewhere

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), June 23, 2011

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Al-Qaeda, Soldiers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Withdraw Troops; We Stand Not for Empire in Afghanistan, Elsewhere. Byline: Dave...33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by next summer - in time for...after costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. This decade of...
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HIGHLAND HEROES OF THE EMPIRE ; the Same Today: British Troops Still Face Danger in Afghanistan Colonial Days: Corporal Joe Nimmo Fought in Afhanistan in the 1920s, When the Royal Scots Fusiliers Wore Shorts and Topees, Left, While Wielding Lee Enfield Rifles

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 4, 2008

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Soldiers--Military aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...HIGHLAND HEROES OF THE EMPIRE ; the Same Today: British...Still Face Danger in Afghanistan Colonial Days: Corporal...young British soldier in Afghanistan. And suddenly it struck...Pakistans border with Afghanistan and its harsh surrounding...
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We're Erasing the British Empire from Schools History, Says Paxman

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 18, 2011

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British Empire, ca. 1600-1970, British colonialism, Paxman, Jeremy, Schools

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Were Erasing the British Empire from Schools History, Says...establishment for treating the British Empire as irrelevant. The Newsnight...on BBC2, added: Its to the Empire that we owe our sense of ourselves...be the first American war in Afghanistan but it is the third British...
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If We Hadn't Fought, Would We Still Have a British Empire? as the 70th Anniversary of Britain's Declaration of War Looms, the MoS Columnist Poses This Deeply Provocative Question

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 30, 2009

Subjects:

British Empire, ca. 1600-1970, Soldiers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Fought, Would We Still Have a British Empire? as the 70th Anniversary of Britains...Polish border, we were the worlds greatest empire. Half the globe used our currency, we...America, to whose lofty attacks on our Empire we justly responded by pointing at their...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: afghanistan empire

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Afghanistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...developed civilizations in S Afghanistan in prehistoric times...part of the Seleucid empire. In the north, Bactria...The Muslim conquest of Afghanistan began in the 7th cent...establishment of the Mughal empire in the 16th cent. In...his rule the status of Afghanistan became an international...
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Uzbekistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...The republic borders on Afghanistan in the south, on Turkmenistan...Samarkand the center of his huge empire. The realm was much reduced...northwest. A remnant of the empire of the Golden Horde , they...domain over parts of Persia, Afghanistan, and Chinese Turkistan...
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Akbar

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...general, he gradually enlarged his empire to include Afghanistan, Baluchistan, and nearly all...administration throughout his empire and adopted a policy of conciliating...because of him the later Mughal empire bore an indelible Persian stamp...
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Maurya

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of ancient India, for the first time in history brought nearly all India, together with Afghanistan, under one rule. The culture of the Mauryan empire represents the first great flowering of Indian civilization, not to be equaled until the...
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Mughal

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Mogul mo g l, mogul , Muslim empire in India, 1526 1857. The...chieftain who had his base in Afghanistan. Baburs invasion of India...Humayun , who soon lost the empire to the Afghan Sher Khan...occupied a vast territory from Afghanistan E to Orissa and S to the Deccan...

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