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Today's Tajiks are the off-springs of the Ancient Bactrians.
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Invaders who defeated the Bactrians and established a kingdom in northern India?
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How do Dromedaries and Bactrians conserve energy while moving?
They conserve energy by storing fat in their humps.
How is a camels temperament?
Both Bactrians and Dromedary males are difficult to deal with during the mating season, but Dromedaries are purportedly more prone to spit and kick than Bactrians are. Other than that, I'm told they are generally "indifferent" in attitude and have a personality similar to cattle.
Are camels found in different continents?
Yes. The dromedary can be found in Africa as well as the middle east, and bactrians are native to the Gobi desert region in Asia.
What specias are camels?
There are two main types of camels- Dromedary camels, and Bactrian. Dromedaries are the more common one-humped type, typically found in North Africa and the Middle East, whereas Bactrians are two-humped and found in Northern Asia, particularly Mongolia. Bactrians are also an endangered species. Camas occur with the successful mating of a Dromedary camel and a llama, but are not considered a true camel species.
What was the cultural diffusion for the Persian Empire?
It ranged across Egyptians, Phoenicians, Thracians, Carians, Greeks, Armenians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Bactrians, Indians, and many other tribes and peoples.
What brought the Persians and the meds together as allies?
Mardonius there chose out first all the Persians called Immortals, save only Hydarnes their general, who said that he would not quit the king's person; and next, the Persian cuirassiers, and the thousand horse, and the Medes and Sacae and Bactrians and Indians, alike their footmen and the rest of the horsemen.
Are Pashtuns Greek?
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.
What are Dromedary and Bactrian?
Both Dromedary and Bactrian are species of camel. Dromedaries have one hump and are found in Northern Africa and one area of Australia. Bactrians are two humped camels native to central Asia. Unlike Dromedaries, Bactrian camels are critically endangered. Both species of camel have been domesticated although domesticated Dromedaries are much more common except in Asia where Bactrian camels have been a domesticated pack animal for thousands of years.
What were the provinces in the Persian empire?
1. Ionians, Asian Magnesians, Aeolians, Carians, Lycians, Milyans, Pamphylians2. Mysians, Lydians, Lasonians, Cabalians, Hytennians3. Hellespontine Phrygians, Phrygians, Asian Thracians, Paphlagonians, Mariandynians, Syrians4. Cilicians5. the area from the town of Posidium as far as Egypt, omitting Arabian territory (which did not pay taxes). All Phoenicia, Palestine Syria, and Cyprus, were herein contained. In the biblical Book of Ezra, this district is called Abar Nahara ("beyond the Euphrates river")6. Egyptians and the Libyans in the border towns of Cyrene and Barca7. Sattagydians, Gandharans, Dadicae, Aparytae8. Susa and the surrounding area, Cissia9. Mesopotamia (Babyloniaand Assyria)10. Mesopotamia (Babyloniaand Assyria)11. Caspians, Pausicae, Pantimathi, and Daritae12. Bactrians and all neighboring peoples as far as the Aegli13. Pactyica, Armenians, and all the peoples as far as the Black Sea14. Sagartians, Sarangians, Thamanaeans, Utians, Myci, and the inhabitants of thePersian Gulf islands (where prisoners or displaced people were sent)15. the Sacae and the Caspians16. Parthians, Chorasmians, Sogdians, and Arians17. Paricanians and Asiatic Ethiopians18. Matienians, Saspires, Alarodians19. the Mushki, Tibareni, Macrones, Mossynoeci, Marres20. Indians
When did the Central Asian States become independent?
Central Asia is the core region of the Asiancontinent and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and fromAfghanistan in the south to Russia in the north. It is also sometimes referred to as Middle Asia, and, colloquially, "the 'stans" (as the five countries generally considered to be within the region all have names ending with the Persian suffix "-stan", meaning "land of")[3] and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent.In modern contexts, all definitions of Central Asia include these five republics of the former Soviet Union: Kazakhstan (pop. 16.6 million),Kyrgyzstan (5.5 million), Tajikistan (7.6 million),Turkmenistan (5.1 million), and Uzbekistan (29.5 million), for a total population of 64.7 million as of 2012. Other areas sometimes included areAfghanistan, Mongolia, eastern Iran and northern and western Pakistan, and sometimes Xinjiangand Tibet in western China, Jammu and Kashmirin northern India, and southern Siberia in western Russia.Various definitions of its exact composition exist, and no one definition is universally accepted. Despite this uncertainty in defining borders, it does have some important overall characteristics. For one, Central Asia has historically been closely tied to its nomadic peoples and the Silk Road.[4] As a result, it has acted as a crossroads for the movement of people, goods, and ideas between Europe, West Asia, South Asia, and East Asia.[5]During pre-Islamic and early Islamic times, Central Asia was a predominantly Iranian[6][7] region that included the sedentary Eastern Iranic speaking Bactrians, Sogdians and Chorasmians, and the semi-nomadic Scythians and Alans. The ancient sedentary population played an important role in the history of Central Asia. After expansion by Turkic peoples, Central Asia also became the homeland for many Turkic peoples, including the Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Turkmen, Kyrgyz andUyghurs. Central Asia is sometimes referred to as Turkestan[citation needed].From the 19th century, up to the end of the 20th century, most of Central Asia has been part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, both being Slavic majority countries. As of 2011, the "stans" are still home to about 7 million Russians and 500 thousand Ukrainians.[8][9][10]
How large did the Persian empire become?
These are the provinces of the Empire mentioned by the historian Herodotus: 1. The Ionians, the Magnesians in Asia, the Aeolians, Carians, Lycians, Milyans, and Pamphylians contributed together a total sum of 400 talents of silver. 2. The Mysians, Lydians, Lasonians, Cabalians, and Hytennians, 500 talents. 3. The people on the southern shore of the Hellespont, the Phrygians, the Thracians of Asia, the Paphlagonians, Mariandynians, and Syrians, 360 talents. 4. The Cilicians paid 500 talents of silver, together with 360 white horses (one for each day in the year); of the money, 140 talents were used to maintain the cavalry force which guarded Cilicia, and the remaining 360 went to Darius. 5. From the town of Posidium, which was founded by Amphilochus, son of Amphiaraus, on the border between Cilicia and Syria, as far as Egypt - omitting Arabian territory, which was free of tax, came 350 talents. This province contains the whole of Phoenicia and that part of Syria which is called Palestine, and Cyprus. 6. Egypt, together with the Libyans on the border and the towns of Cyrene and Barca (both included in the province of Egypt) paid 700 talents, in addition to the money from the fish in Lake Moeris, and the 120,000 bushels of grain allowed to the Persian troops and their auxiliaries who were stationed in the White Castle at Memphis. 7. The Sattagydians, Gandarians, Dadicae, and Aparytae paid a joint tax of 170 talents. 8. Susa, with the rest of Cissia - 300 talents. 9. Babylon and Assyria - 1000 talents of silver and 500 eunuch boys. 10. Ecbatana and the rest of Media, with the Paricanians and Orthocorybantes - 450 talents. 11. Caspians, Pausicae, Pantimathi, and Daritae - a joint sum of 200 talents. 12. The Bactrians and their neighbors as far as the Aegli 360 talents. 13. Sakâ tigrakhaudâ. Relief from the eastern stairs of the Apadana at Persepolis. Pactyica, together with the Armenians and their neighbors as far as the Black Sea - 400 talents. 14. The Sagartians, Sarangians, Thamanaeans, Utians, Myci, together with the inhabitants of the islands in the Persian gulf where the king sends prisoners and others displaced from their homes in war - 600 talents. 15. The Sacae and Caspians - 250 talents. 16. The Parthians, Chorasmians, Sogdians, and Arians -300 talents. 17. The Paricanians and Asiatic Ethiopians - 400 talents. 18. The Matienians, Saspires, and Alarodians - 200 talents. 19. The Moschi, Tibareni, Macrones, Mosynoeci, and Mares - 300 talents. 20. The Indians, the most populous nation in the known world, paid the largest sum: 360 talents of gold-dust.
