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Bactria

Bactrians were the inhabitants of Bacteria

21st Century BC
Balkh, Afghanistan

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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