Étienne de la Vaissière
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Étienne de La Vaissière is a French
historian
, professor at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales
, in Paris
. He is teaching economic and social history of early medieval Central Asia
, before and after the arrival of Islam
. He is a specialist of the Sogdian culture, its traders and nobility, and also of the nomadic invasions of the IVth-Vth c.
Some of his results are:
French people
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historian
History
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, professor at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
The École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...
, in Paris
Paris
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. He is teaching economic and social history of early medieval Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
, before and after the arrival of Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
. He is a specialist of the Sogdian culture, its traders and nobility, and also of the nomadic invasions of the IVth-Vth c.
Some of his results are:
- a depiction of the network which gave to the image of "Silk RoadSilk RoadThe Silk Road or Silk Route refers to a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass that connected East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world, as well as parts of North and East Africa...
" its only historical reality during the Early Middle AgesEarly Middle AgesThe Early Middle Ages was the period of European history lasting from the 5th century to approximately 1000. The Early Middle Ages followed the decline of the Western Roman Empire and preceded the High Middle Ages... - the textual proof that the HunsHunsThe Huns were a group of nomadic people who, appearing from east of the Volga River, migrated into Europe c. AD 370 and established the vast Hunnic Empire there. Since de Guignes linked them with the Xiongnu, who had been northern neighbours of China 300 years prior to the emergence of the Huns,...
and the XiongnuXiongnuThe Xiongnu were ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation north of the agriculture-based empire of the Han Dynasty. Most of the information on the Xiongnu comes from Chinese sources...
are indeed synonymous - a shift of 2 centuries in the history of Eastern ManichaeismManichaeismManichaeism in Modern Persian Āyin e Māni; ) was one of the major Iranian Gnostic religions, originating in Sassanid Persia.Although most of the original writings of the founding prophet Mani have been lost, numerous translations and fragmentary texts have survived...
(it arrived in ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
in the VI c.) - a reinterpretation of Abbassid IXth c. political history pushing the birth of the mamluk phenomenon to the 860's-870's
Books
- , De Boccard, Paris, 2002
- New edition corrected and expanded, 2004
- English translation
- , Peeters, Louvain, 2007
- With Éric Trombert, , École française d’Extrême-OrientÉcole française d'Extrême-OrientThe École française d'Extrême-Orient is a French institute dedicated to the study of Asian societies. Translated into English, it approximately means the French School of the Far East. It was founded in 1900 with headquarters in Hanoi in what was then French Indochina. After independence, its...
, Paris, 2005 - With Matteo Compareti, Royal Nawruz in Samarkand, supplement of the , 2006
- With M. Ghose "Ephtalites", in Bulletin of the Asia Institute, 2007.http://www.bulletinasiainstitute.org/
- Islamisation de l'Asie centrale. Processus locaux d'acculturation du VIIe au XIe siècle, Peeters, Louvain, 2008.
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