Dawn of Tibet - The Ancient Civilization on the Roof of the WorldPaperback
Dawn of Tibet - The Ancient Civilization on the Roof of the WorldPaperback This unique book reveals the existence of an advanced civilization where none was known before, presenting an entirely new…
Specifikacia Dawn of Tibet - The Ancient Civilization on the Roof of the WorldPaperback
Dawn of Tibet - The Ancient Civilization on the Roof of the WorldPaperback
This unique book reveals the existence of an advanced civilization where none was known before, presenting an entirely new perspective on the culture and history of Tibet. While many associate Tibet with Buddhism, it was also once a land of warriors and chariots, whose burials included megalithic arrays and golden masks. In his groundbreaking study of an epic period in Tibet few people even knew existed, John Vincent Bellezza details the discovery of an ancient people on the most desolate reaches of the Tibetan plateau, revolutionizing our ideas about who Tibetans really are.
Based on decades of research, The Dawn of Tibet draws on a rich trove of archaeological, textual, This first Tibetan civilization, known as Zhang Zhung, was a cosmopolitan one with links extending across Eurasia, bringing it in line with many of the major cultural innovations of the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age.