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For the first time a comprehensive presentation of the development of urban cultures in Central Asia from the Early Bronze Age (around 3000 BC) to the Middle Ages (about 1200 AD) is exemplarily illuminated in this book on the basis of individual research projects. The treated area extends from Turkmenistan to Mongolia and was home to cultures such as the Bronze Age Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC), the Sogdian of the Iron Age, the early Parthian or various early medieval ones, namely in the Zhetysu (?Seven Stream country?) in the southeast of Kazakhstan. The urban civilizations that developed here were closely interrelated, on the one hand, with the cultures of the nomadic ranchers who traversed and inhabited this vast region and, on the other hand, with the more developed neighboring civilizations of the Near East and the Far East. Thus, the region became a diverse exchange zone of cultural and religious influences and also played a major role in the transmission of cultural impulses.0The richly illustrated book reflects the contributions of a conference that took place in Bern in 2016 and includes 28 contributions from 50 researchers from 14 countries. The results of many of the excavations presented here will be published in English for the first time. Each article is accompanied by an extensive bibliography and a Russian abstract.

Cities and towns --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- History --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban --- Asia, Central --- Central Asia. --- Kasachstan --- Kirgisien --- Tadschikistan --- Turkmenistan --- Usbekistan --- Central Asia (general region) --- Civilization --- Kirgisistan --- Kirgistan --- Kyrgyzstan --- Kyrgysstan --- Kirgisische Republik --- Kirgizija --- Kyrgyzskaja Respublika --- Kyrgyz Respublikasy --- Respublika Kyrgyzstan --- Republic of Kyrgyzstan --- Кыргыз Республикасы --- Кыргызстан --- Kirgisische Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik --- 1991 --- -Kasachien --- Qazaqstan --- Qazaqstan Respublikasy --- Republik Kasachstan --- Ķazaķstan --- Ķazaķstan Respublikasy --- Kazachstan --- Respublika Kazachstan --- Kazakhstan --- Republic of Kazakhstan --- Kazakstan --- Казахстан --- Kasachen --- Kasachische SSR --- 10.12.1991 --- -Asia, Central --- Soviet Central Asia --- Tūrān --- Turkestan --- West Turkestan --- Asia --- Central Asia --- Tajikistan --- Toǵikiston --- Tadžikistan --- Ǵumḩurii Toǵikiston --- Respublika Tadžikistan --- Tožikiston --- Tadjikistan --- Tayikistan --- Tojikiston --- Todschikiston --- Tožikiston Žumḩurijati --- Republik Tadschikistan --- Tochikiston --- Тоҷикистон --- Republic of Tajikistan --- تاجیکستان --- Республика Таджикистан --- Tadschikische Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik --- 31.08.1991 --- -O'zbekiston Respublikasi --- Usbekien --- Özbekiston Jumhuriyati --- Oʹzbekiston --- Ŭzbekiston --- Ŭzbekiston Respublikasi --- Uzbekistan --- Ouzbekistan --- Respublika Uzbekistan --- Republic of Uzbekistan --- Republik Usbekistan --- Oʹzbekiston Respublikasi --- Ўзбекистон Республикаси --- Usbeken --- Usbekische SSR --- 01.09.1991 --- -Turkmenische SSR --- Turkmenien --- Turkmenskaja SSR --- Türkmenistan --- Türkmenistan Respublikasy --- Turkmenia --- Respublika Turkmenistan --- Republic of Turkmenistan --- Turkmenostan Respublikasy --- Turkmenen --- 27.10.1991 --- -History