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Selaikic Civilizations and their approximant extent from 2400-500 BC
🕑 Added 2024-09-06 21:10:01 +0000 UTCYAZ II-III (Anau) is a Civilization that was located in the Murghab River delta region and existed from 1000 to 400 BC. It comprised 150 settlements, with the largest ones being Gonur Depe, Altyndepe, Nemazga, and Monjukli Depe. This region was initially home to the Oxus civilization until its urban settlements were abandoned before being taken over by Selaiki settlers and Andranovo nomads. It's unclear whether this was a single political entity, as the region experienced shifting demographics and territories due to war.
Tazabagyab (Amirabad) was a post-Bronze Age civilization located in the Khwarazm River delta on the south side of the Aral Sea. Legend has it that the Selaiki people asked a Tazabagyab chief named Afrasiab to be their king and unite the tribes. He accepted and married a Selaikic wife. Afrasiab's successor, Farangis, a Selaikic queen, oversaw the transformation of the region into the Amirabad kingdom. Her dynasty ruled the region for 500 years. About 50 settlements of this civilization are located in the area. They specialized in metalworking and built huge forts to defend against nomadic invasions. They adopted the warfare methods of the Andronovo people. The Amirabad people appear to have controlled the trade in minerals such as copper, tin, and turquoise, as well as pastoral products such as horses, dairy, and leather. This must have given them great political power in the old oasis towns. The civilization fell under the control of the Achaemenid Empire in 400 BC.
Bactria Margiana consisted of a group of city-states in the Bactria-Margiana valley, between the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains in northern Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The area served as a passage for the migration of people from the Indus Civilization, leading to a rapid settlement of the Selaiki people. Over time, these city-states gradually formed a single political entity around the first millennium BC. At its peak, this civilization had the largest population of Selaiki people and was the most renowned of its time.
The Gandhara Grave Culture and later Gandhara Kingdom were located in the Swat River valley (north Pakistan), possibly being the oldest Selaikic polity and a precursor to the collaps Indus civilization. The culture is named for its elaborate funeral traditions and monasteries, where extreme asceticism was practiced. The lands of this culture were eventually overtaken by the Indo-Aryans from the north, leading to the formation of the Gandhara Kingdom (1200-550 BC). This kingdom would later engage in a war against the Persian king Cyrus before being conquered in 550 BC.
Arrata An enigmatic civilization in southwestern Afghanistan and eastern Iran that thrived for 300-600 years. Information about this civilization is only found in Median and Babylonian writings. There is no evidence of what it was like or how far it extended. The only evidence of its existence is the ruins of the "umber city," which indicate that they had an advanced civilization for their time. Findings include surgical equipment, the world's oldest board game, artificial eyes, and a goblet that depicts what some archaeologists consider to be the earliest known animation This civilization might be the precursor of the Sagartians.
