Sogdians

31 05, 2017

Sogdians in China – History of Central Asia

By |2019-04-07T07:42:10-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on Sogdians in China – History of Central Asia

Sogdian traders in China about 550 AD (Musee Guimet) Sogdians and the Silk Road Even after the fall of the Han Dynasty, the Sogdians still controlled Silk Road trade between West [...]

31 05, 2017

Sogdians and the Silk Road – Central Asia

By |2019-04-07T07:32:31-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on Sogdians and the Silk Road – Central Asia

Gold coin from Sogdiana in the Hellenistic period The Sogdians meet Alexander Then in 328 or 327 BC the Macedonian conqueror Alexander conquered the Sogdians. Earlier Sogdian history Alexander the Great [...]

31 05, 2017

Scythians and Sogdians – Early Central Asia

By |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 [...]

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