Ancient Afghanistan: The Land of a Thousand Cities

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🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Situated north of the Hindu Kush and south of the Oxus (Amu Darya) River, the history of the ancient region of Bactria is rich and diverse. From the Oxus Civilisation that flourished in the Bronze Age to the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great, the Greco-Bactrians and the Kushans.

In this podcast Tristan chats to David Adams, Australian photo journalist and documentary film maker, who has been fortunate enough to explore many of the archaeological sites of Bactria. From the 'City of Lady Moon' to the whereabouts of Bactra, 'Mother of All Cities', join David and Tristan as they discuss some of the most extraordinary ancient sites in the world.

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0:00.0	It's the ancients on History Hit. I'm Tristan Hughes your host and today's podcast
0:08.1	well I'm super excited to tell you all about it because we are talking about a land
0:14.0	that in antiquity was described as a land of a thousand cities, the ancient region of
0:21.5	Bacteria, now largely situated in modern day Afghanistan but also surrounding areas
0:28.0	such as Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and this land has got some incredible ancient history
0:34.9	whether you're looking at the Bronze Age Oksas civilization or the Persians, Alexander
0:40.8	the Great, the Greco-Bacterian Kingdom or even the cushions later on. It's absolutely astonishing
0:47.7	and in today's podcast we are talking to someone who has visited some of the most stunning
0:52.9	ancient sites in Afghanistan, a photojournalist who travels to the edges of the world.
0:59.8	Absolutely incredible. Now this man's name is David Adams, Australian, he's done many, many
1:07.1	documentaries, historical documentaries and in this podcast I have a chat with David about
1:12.0	the general ancient history of Afghanistan from the Bronze Age down to the Greco-Bacterian Kingdom.
1:17.7	Period, the Hellenistic Period and then we really delve into David's experience there and visiting
1:24.1	some of these incredible ancient sites including a site which I personally believe is one of the
1:30.4	most incredible in the whole of the world, the ancient Hellenistic city of Lady Moon, the city of
1:38.1	Ahanoum. So that further ado here's David.
1:51.1	David it's great to have you on the podcast. Thank you so much and I've really been looking forward to this.
1:57.0	Absolutely me too because we're talking about Afghanistan and antiquity,
2:00.8	Alexander the Great before Alexander the Great, incredible topic but first of all a bit of background
2:06.1	about yourself David because you've been to many many incredible places across the world,
2:11.6	lost world should we say. Well my son asked me the other day who's eight he said Dad how many
2:16.8	countries you know have you been to after we sort of established the nature of countries and things
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