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Bactria is the ancient name for the area in northeastern Afghanistan, northwestern Pakistan and southern Uzbekistan.
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The ancient Romans travelled overland on foot, on carts or coaches or riding horses. The navigated rivers on boats and seas on ships.
The Romans sailed the seas on ships and the rivers on boats. They travelled overland on foot, on donkeys or in wagons. The rich travelled on horses.
Overview of Cause:Soviet ExpansionPerception of Muslim Regimes (Iran)Instability of AfghanistanUS Soviet Competition during Cold WarWarm Water Port on Indian Ocean (continued conquest as Afghanistan is landlocked)Betrayl of Ancient RelationshipEthnic divisions within Afghanistan
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Bactria is the ancient name for the area in northeastern Afghanistan, northwestern Pakistan and southern Uzbekistan.
The ancient historical region of Central Asia between the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges was once known as Bactria and is now part of modern-day Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.
Bactria
Bactria was the ancient name for a region of southwest Asia during the bronze age.Perhaps you mean bacteria, a microscopic unicellular organism; the plural is bacterium.
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Ancient Persia would now be Iran.
Pashtuns are ethnically and iinquistically a people of eastern iranian ancestry (possible partial modern day descendants of Bactrians/Scythians) speaking a language called pashto(or pakhto). There is evidence of a limited greek contribution to the gene pool. Pashto language is related to the extinct Bactrian language and has many loan words from ancient greek dating from the greek occupation of Bactria (northern afghanistan) in ancient times.
The ancient Romans travelled overland on foot, on carts or coaches or riding horses. The navigated rivers on boats and seas on ships.
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The Romans travelled on foot on carts or riding on a donkey. Richer people rode horses or travelled on wagons. They also sailed on ships.
The Romans sailed the seas on ships and the rivers on boats. They travelled overland on foot, on donkeys or in wagons. The rich travelled on horses.