Ancient Afghanistan: The Land of a Thousand Cities

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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Stretched along the north of the Hindu Kush mountain range and the south of the Oxus river, the history of the ancient region of Bactria envelops some of the most intriguing periods of the ancient world. The land, which now straddles parts of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, can be tracked through the Bronze Ages, the Persian Empire and the rule of Alexander the Great, Greco-Bactrian rule and the rule of the Kushites. To guide us through this history, Tristan from our sibling podcast The Ancients spoke to David Adams, the Australian photojournalist and documentary filmmaker. David has personally explored many of the archaeological sites of Bactria, he shares his experiences and explains how the evidence shows the impact of climate change on the societies who lived there.

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0:00.0	However, Martin Dad's Sociestria is that time of the week when we get from our sibling
0:04.1	podcast on here and we thought obviously this week got the Tristorian back with his
0:07.9	ancient's podcast only for serious lovers of ancient history.
0:13.2	This episode was so good.
0:14.3	This is an episode in which he talks to David Adams who's actually an Australian photojournalist
0:18.3	and documentary maker who's explored many of the archaeological sites of what was Montes
0:23.3	Bactria, now part of Afghanistan.
0:26.0	Afghanistan is the news at the moment folks who thought you might enjoy this episode.
0:28.8	This is a story about ancient Afghanistan land of thousands cities.
0:31.8	Has it always been the graveyard of empires?
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