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THE HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN ADVISORY BOARD John T. Alexander Professor of History and Russian and European Studies, University of Kansas Robert A. Divine George W. Littlefield Professor in American History Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin John V. Lombardi Professor of History, University of Florida THE HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN Meredith L. Runion The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling, Series Editors Greenwood Press Westport, Connecticut (cid:129) London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Runion, Meredith L. The history of Afghanistan / by Meredith L. Runion. p. cm. — (Greenwood histories of the modern nations, ISSN 1096–2905) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–313–33798–7 (alk. paper) 1. Afghanistan—History. I. Title. DS356.R86 2007 958.1—dc22 2007026934 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2007 by Meredith L. Runion All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007026934 ISBN-13: 978–0–313–33798–7 ISSN: 1096–2905 First published in 2007 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Mom, Dad, Courtney, and Kory—With love. To Casey—My memories of you will live forever, and it saddens me you could not. This book is also dedicated to the women and children of Afghanistan. History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth. —Marcus Cicero Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results. —Niccolo Machiavelli Contents Series Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii Timeline xv 1 An Introduction to Afghanistan: The Land and People 1 2 Prehistory: The Emergence of Civilization in Ancient Afghanistan 13 3 Early Civilization and the Nomadic People of Afghanistan 21 4 Afghanistan from the Greek Hellenistic Culture to the Introduction of Islam 39 5 The Mongolian Invasion through the Shah Dynasty 53 6 The Durrani Empire through the Anglo-Afghan Wars, 1839–1919 67
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