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Page 715
... Afghanistan is attested from the middle of the 1st millennium BC . The ancestors of the Tajiks consti- tuted the core of the ancient population of Khwārezm ( Khorezm ) and Bactria , which formed part of Transox- ania ( Sogdiana ) . They ...
... Afghanistan is attested from the middle of the 1st millennium BC . The ancestors of the Tajiks consti- tuted the core of the ancient population of Khwārezm ( Khorezm ) and Bactria , which formed part of Transox- ania ( Sogdiana ) . They ...
Page 718
... Afghanistan and southern Turkistan , tend to share many musical traits and instruments . In contrast , most groups , such as the Pashtuns , Ḥazāras , and Baluchs of Afghanistan and Pakistan or , in the extreme , the isolated mountain ...
... Afghanistan and southern Turkistan , tend to share many musical traits and instruments . In contrast , most groups , such as the Pashtuns , Ḥazāras , and Baluchs of Afghanistan and Pakistan or , in the extreme , the isolated mountain ...
Page 727
... AFGHANISTAN Skill in irrigation , with the resulting expansion in agri- culture , encouraged urbanism and the growth of states , changes that coincided with the rise of nomadism . While the nomadic cattle and horse breeders took over ...
... AFGHANISTAN Skill in irrigation , with the resulting expansion in agri- culture , encouraged urbanism and the growth of states , changes that coincided with the rise of nomadism . While the nomadic cattle and horse breeders took over ...
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