Bactria
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Most of the sites identified are in northern Afghanistan's Balkh region, which more than two millennia ago was the heartland of Bactria.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024
The Yuezhi confederacy in Bactria had unified to form this empire, trading with both China and the Indian subcontinent and providing a conduit between the two, particularly from the city of Taxila.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Another hypothesis is that they descend from farmers who migrated from desert oases of Bactria, or what is now modern Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, based on similarities of agricultural and irrigation systems.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 27, 2021
Led by the marvelously named Kujula Kadphises, they conquered Greek Bactria in the first century A.D.
From New York Times • May 11, 2020
Is there any reason to doubt the Avesta that even before the Medes and Cyrus the princes of Bactria and Sogdiana were occupied with beating back the tribes of the steppes?
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
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