History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Dawn of Civilization: Earliest Times to 700 B.C.Volume 1 of this UNESCO multi-volume series traces the history of man in this vast region from the Palaeolithic beginnings to circa 700 BC, when the foundations of the Achaemenian Empire were laid. The earliest history of man is evidenced and the food producing areas of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and the Indus Valley explored. The Bronze Age and the first signs of urbanization from the Indus to the Oxus are described as is the development of the nomadic pastoral tribes, such as the Aryans, whose history can be seen in proper perspective through archaeological evidence now available. A comprehensive first instalment for any enthusiast interested in the history and development of Asia. |
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Afghanistan agricultural Altyn-depe Amu Darya ancient animal archaeological arrowheads artefacts Asian Bactria Baluchistan beads Beshkent blades bone Bronze Age burial cave cemeteries centres ceramic clay complex copper cores Darya decorated desert early eastern economy evidence excavated figurines flakes forms Gansu goat graves groups hand-made Harappan Hissar horse implements India Indus Civilization Indus valley Iran Iranian Iron Age Kalibangan Kazakhstan knives Kopet Dag late layer material Mehrgarh Mesolithic microliths Middle Palaeolithic Mohenjo-daro Mongolia motifs mountain Mousterian mud-brick Mundigak Murghab Neolithic Neolithic cultures northern oases ornaments Painted Grey Ware painted pottery Pakistan pebble period Phase pits plain population pots pottery Proto-Indian Proto-Indo-Iranians Proto-Iranian rectangular region remains river scrapers second millennium B.C. settlements Shahr-i Sokhta shape similar southern Soviet Central Asia stage steppe stone tools structures surface terracotta third millennium B.C. tion tombs tradition tribes Upper Palaeolithic urban Vakhsh vases vessels walls western