Warwick Ball, . Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, 2021, xviii, 414 pp., 200 color illus., 25 b/w illus., 20 maps.

Central Asia has played a crucial role in world history, yet historians of medieval Europe have neglected incorporating it into their research and teaching. Fortunately, in recent years the trend toward studying the “Global Middle Ages” has encouraged scholars to broaden their horizons beyond Europe itself, and Central Asia has benefited from this trend. With