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31 05, 2017

Sogdians – History of Central Asia

By Karen Carr|2019-09-11T05:54:27-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on Sogdians – History of Central Asia

Sogdians: A horse-drawn chariot from the Oxus Treasure (British Museum, thanks to Mary Harrsch) Where did they come from? The Sogdians came to Sogdiana probably about 1500 BC. (That's modern [...]

Scythians and Sogdians – Early Central Asia
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Scythians and Sogdians – Early Central Asia

Central Asia, History

31 05, 2017

Scythians and Sogdians – Early Central Asia

By Karen Carr|2017-05-31T13:23:39-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on Scythians and Sogdians – Early Central Asia

Central Asian yurts Nomads were travelling around Central Asia probably by 50,000 BC or so. By 24,000 BC, if not earlier, these nomads had split into at least two different [...]