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Researchers Decode the Genetic Profile of the Sogdians, Reveals the Origins of the Silk Road Merchants
Researchers Decode the Genetic Profile of the Sogdians, Reveals the Origins of the Silk Road Merchants A new study by ...
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Study Sheds Light on the Sogdians, the Ancient Silk Road Traders
SUTE1, the man, had a mix of local and Central Asian heritage, with links to the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC). His male lineage traced back to Turkic groups from Mongolia and Russia, ...
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Pastoral Tribes of the Bronze Age in the Oxus valley (Bactria)
The ancient region of Bactria – now covering the countries of Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – was home to a wide variety of settled and nomadic tribes in the Bronze Age. Large-scale migration ...
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Did You Know? The City of Balkh: Ancient Capital of Bactria and Centre of Buddhism and Zoroastrianism along the Silk Roads
Throughout its long history Balkh has been the capital of the ancient region of Bactria, a major city of Khorasan, and a prominent centre during the Abbasid period. Well resourced, the city sat on an ...