From\ Edinburgh University Press:
"Central Asia is commonly imagined as the marginal land on the periphery of Chinese and Middle Eastern civilisations. At best, it is understood as a series of disconnected areas that served as stop-overs along the Silk Road.\ However, in the mediaeval period, this region rose to prominence and importance as one of the centres of Persian-Islamic culture, from the Seljuks to the Mongols and Timur.\ Khodadad Rezakhani tells the back story of this rise to prominence, the story of the famed Kushans and mysterious {\textquoteleft}Asian Huns{\textquoteright}, and their role in shaping both the Sasanian Empire and the rest of the Middle East."
}, year = {2017}, journal = {Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia}, publisher = {Edinburgh University Press}, address = {Edinburgh, Scotland}, url = {https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-reorienting-the-sasanians.html}, language = {eng}, }