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The Silk Road's Lost Kingdom: Sogdiana's Forgotten Empire
Before the Arabs, before the Mongols, before even the Samanids, there was Sogdiana — a confederation of city-states that dominated the Silk Road for over a thousand years. This episode dives into the world of the Sogdians: their language (an Eastern Iranian tongue written in Aramaic-derived script), their religion (Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Nestorian Christianity all coexisted in their bazaars), and their astonishing reach — from Chinese courts to Byzantine palaces. We explore the ruins of Panjikent and Varakhsha, where murals depict epic battles and courtly feasts. We…
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