The Sogdians were Iranian-speaking people from southern Central Asia who have long
been touted as critical players of the 'Silk Road'; they were highly active in managing trade …

Two main scholarly trends dominate the study of the relations between the Northeastern
frontier zone (s) of the Achaemenid Empire and the steppes: the assessment of the military …

The present paper examines written sources pertinent to Alexander the Great's expedition in
Bactria and Sogdiana. It focuses on the impact of the military campaigns on the local …

The present paper seeks to offer a new interpretative scenario against the background of
which to assess the dynamics underlying the interactions between the Achaemenid Empire …

Iskandar Tepa is a recently excavated rural settlement site in the steppe piedmonts of the
Kugitang, the westernmost foothills of the Pamir-Alay Mountain range in south Uzbekistan …

In this section, I move on to examine the interrelation between political organization in
Sogdiana and the middle Syr Darya under the Kangju confederacy and the structure and …

The article presents assemblage of Seleucid and Greco-Bactrian coins found by the Czech-
Uzbek archaeological expedition in the frame of a sampling metal detector survey in the …

Ceramic studies at Merv have a long tradition and include distinct academic schools and
diverse analytical approaches. In this contribution, I critically evaluate research strategies …

The eastern Kugitang piedmonts, southern Uzbekistan, have recently shown to be a
particularly rich region in terms of archaeology. Among a wide range of archaeological sites …

Статья посвящена изучению географических сведений о стране кыргызов в атласе
Нузхат ал-муштак фихтирак ал-афак арабского географа XII в. ал-Идриси …