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Bactria - Bactrians were the inhabitants of Bacteria

Time: 21st Century BC

Place: Balkh, Afghanistan

Details: Bactrians were the inhabitants of Bactria. Several important trade routes from India and China passed through Bactria and, as early as the Bronze Age, this had allowed the accumulation of vast amounts of wealth by the mostly nomadic population. The first proto-urban civilization in the area arose during the 2nd millennium BCE.

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