''The Cambridge History of Inner Asia'' is an ongoing series of history books published by

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(CUP) covering the early and modern history of

Inner Asia Inner Asia refers to the northern and landlocked regions spanning North, Central and East Asia. It includes parts of western and northeast China, as well as southern Siberia. The area overlaps with some definitions of 'Central Asia', mostly the ...

n and

Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...

n peoples. The first volume titled "''The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia''" was edited by Denis Sinor, a Distinguished

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at the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at

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in 1987 and published in 1990. This volume introduces the geographical setting of

and follows its history from the palaeolithic era to the rise of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century. The series' second volume, ''The Cambridge History of Inner Asia: The Chinggisid Age'', was published in 2009. Similar to the previous volume, a large group of international experts contributed to each chapter. This volume centres on the history and legacy of the Mongol World Empire founded by Genghis Khan and its successor states, including its impact upon the modern world. The Cambridge History of Inner Asia: The Modern Age is set to be released in the near future.

The volumes of the series are as follows: # ''Early Inner Asia'' (edited by Denis Sinor), (March 30, 1990). . # ''The Chinggisid Age'' (edited by Nicola Di Cosmo, Allen J. Frank and Peter B. Golden), September 28, 2009. # ''The Modern Age'' (edited by Annette Bohr and Edmund Herzig), forthcoming.

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