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The Bactrian Kingdom That Controlled the Silk Road
Between the fall of Alexander's empire and the rise of the Silk Road, a remarkable Greek kingdom flourished in what is now northern Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The Greco-Bactrian kingdom, born from Alexander's easternmost colonies, became the hinge between China, India, and the Mediterranean. This episode follows the archaeological detective work that revealed Ai Khanoum, a lost Greek city on the Oxus river, complete with an agora, a gymnasium, and Delphic maxims carved in stone. We trace the rise of the Diodotids, the secession of Parthia under Arsaces, and the…
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