1983/01/01 by Lisa Golombek · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Eurasian Exchange Networks #Islamic Studies and History #Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
paper · doi:10.2307/1523073
openalex publication_date 1983/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06
In the course of the fifteenth century metropolitan centers in the Timurid and Turkmen realms underwent astonishing growth. The old urban cores were ringed by new suburbs. Water facilities expanded to accommodate the vast garden estates that had been growing up in these previously open spaces. Suburbs with their own quarter infrastructures rapidly became integral parts of the cities as population pressure pushed out from the old cores. Despite the sprawling expanse of these enlarged metropolises, however, the old city core continued to show remarkable vitality. To some extent the ability of the old commercial centers to survive was due to the inclusion in