أم العالم | التاريخ المذهل لتركمانستان

By reclaiming Turkmenistan from the margins of global attention, Hine provides a lively history of “[Mother of the World](https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/mother-of-the-world/)” and her people. These days, news from Turkmenistan is rare. It might be easy to assume that this country has always been isolated, eccentric, or even insignificant. But his real history paints a completely different picture. Turkmenistan's desert landscape has been an unspoken point of tension at many crucial historical moments, whether as an integral, if poorly understood, part of the Soviet empire or as a major strategic prize in Genghis Khan's brutal conquests. Located at the crossroads of East and West, yet often isolated from them, Turkmenistan was a major crossroads on the Silk Road and once housed the largest city on Earth, which was also one of the world's most important centers of science and knowledge. Turkmenistan claims to be the cradle of the first monotheistic religion in the world, and it was perhaps one of the most prominent players in that crucial historical moment, the birth of civilization, along with Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus Valley. No other country can claim all this, yet Turkmenistan's past has remained hidden from our understanding for a long time. This is the extraordinary story of a beautiful land, its unique culture, and the wonderful people who call it home today.