Abstract
Central Eurasia in the Middle Ages. Studies in Honour of Peter B. Golden, ed. István Zimonyi & Osman Karatay, Harrassowitz Verlag (Wiesbaden, 2016).
Almost all institutions talk about ‘vision.’ All proudly display a sentence or two about this
‘vision’ on their premises. In the lobby of a swimming pool construction company it is
possible to discover the statement: “Our philosophy is to have children splash happily in
each one of our pools.” One wonders if the swimming pool company intends to supply the
children, too. Similarly, one can find a dentist who wrote a vision which he intends his
future patients to read. Large multinationals reduce their vision to less than five words and
let the whole world know.