MAKING OR BREAKING THE RIVER BORDER: THINKING AND LIVING AMU DARYA IN THE 10th CENTURY
Abstract
The Amu Darya—known in antiquity as the Oxus and in Arabic as Jayḥūn—was one of the largest rivers of Central Asia. In the 10th century, it was both imagined and lived as a frontier.
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