R.E.H. stories based in Turan

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R.E.H. stories based in Turan

i was wondering if I could get some help on reading material of stories based in Turan, Hyrkania or Shem

thanks
 
Turan stories came up a week ago or so. Are you wanting to stay with Howard and avoid pastiche?
 
True, the subject was discussed recently in another thread. If you search there, you'll find some reading advices.
 
thanks!!
i should have done the search first, sorry to bother

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13378&highlight=turan
 
found this entry in another great Conan web site,
it looks like all the stories that make reference to Turan

Hyborian Age I-II, Thing in the Crypt, Hall of the Dead, Hand of Nergal, Bloodstained God, Witch Shall Be Born, Road of Eagles, Devil in Iron, Queen of the Black Coast, Shadows in the Moonlight, Black Colossus, People of the Black Circle, Black Tears, Flame Knife, Conan the Renegade, Conan and the Manhunters, Shadows in Zamboula, Return of Conan, Conan of the Isles


Turan:---also called the Sunrise Empire, it is a nation with lands first extending only along the western reaches of the Vilayet Sea, but eventually stretching westward over the steppes and desert, reaching the border of Zamora by the time of Conan's reign. For the early history of the people who dominated Turan, see Hyrkanians. Turan was the wealthiest realm west of Khitai, with the possible exception of Vendhya. It had many ports along the Eastern and western shores of the Vilayet and was mistress of the inland sea. Its capital, Aghrapur, had a huge, magnificent palace called the Sunrise Court. The ambitious Turanians (often calling themselves Hyrkanians, after their ancient race) made forays in all directions as they attempted to enlarge their empire. They had usurped most of the important caravan cities of the Eastern Desert by Conan's time, crowded the eastern frontier of Zamora, taken over the caravan route to the Far East with the assistance of their kinsmen, the Hyrkanians of the far eastern steppe, and even invaded Vendhya. Their strongest monarch, Yezdigerd, exacted tribute from eastern Shem and Brythunia and fought successful battles with the armies of Hyperborea and Stygia. After the reign of Conan, the Hyrkanians of Turan took advantage of the disintegrating Aquilonian Empire to gobble up Zamora, Hyperborea, Brythunia, and Corinthia. In the South, they clashed with the Pictish invaders in Ophir, subjugated Shem completely, and overran Stygia. They had seriously overextended themselves by the time they marched into Amazon and had to withdraw to the north, settling down to a long series of wars against the Picts. Then came the ice, and Turan tottered as tides of northern barbarians and Cimmerians wrote finis to one of the greatest empires of the ancient world. (Hyborian Age I-II, Thing in the Crypt, Hall of the Dead, Hand of Nergal, Bloodstained God, Witch Shall Be Born, Road of Eagles, Devil in Iron, Queen of the Black Coast, Shadows in the Moonlight, Black Colossus, People of the Black Circle, Black Tears, Flame Knife, Conan the Renegade, Conan and the Manhunters, Shadows in Zamboula, Return of Conan, Conan of the Isles, et al.)
 
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