Irrigation and society in Central Asia from the beginnings to the Achaemenid period. The present paper deals with the problem of the origin of artificial irrigation in Central Asia, from the beginnings in the early 3rd millennium B.C. to the Achaemenid period. It is based mainly on archaeological evidence since textual sources are scarce. Information brought by archaeological excavations and surveys (ancient canal remains, sites and artefacts) is put together with palaeo-environmental data in order to estimate the weight of environmental vs socio-economical parameters in the process of formation of early archaeological cultures in Central Asia. These cultures are spread over enormous territories and they are possibly reflecting socio-poli...
As the main oases developed in the arid regions of Central Asia, the region of Samarkand is the outc...
Ancient China remains an important case to investigate the relationship between statecraft developme...
Southern Central Asia witnessed widespread expansion in urbanism and exchange, between roughly 2200 ...
Abstract In the history of Humanity the emergence of cities is a core sign of transition from the b...
Thousands of archaeological mounds and relicts of irrigation canals characterize the Central Asian l...
This article summarizes the outcome of a workshop sponsored by the Durham University Centre for Iran...
The Khorezm oasis sits at the epicenter of an environmental disaster. Since the late 19th century, t...
At the heart of Central Asia, the Middle Zeravshan Valley and the city of Samarkand are crisscrosse...
Irrigation has been practised near the Syr Darya river in Central Asia for over 1300 years. Low-leve...
The oasis of Samarkand in the Middle Zeravshan Valley (modern Uzbekistan) was a major political and ...
Irrigation and the State in ancient Egypt. In this paper I examine the relationship between irriga...
Many fundamental studies of the origins of states have built upon landscape data, but an overall stu...
the overall population of almost 60 mln people and arable land of 8 mln ha (without Northern Kazakhs...
This dissertation investigates the imperial relationship between the heartland and provinces of the ...
Ancient Irrigation Systems in the Aral Sea Area is the English translation of Boris Vasilevich Andri...
As the main oases developed in the arid regions of Central Asia, the region of Samarkand is the outc...
Ancient China remains an important case to investigate the relationship between statecraft developme...
Southern Central Asia witnessed widespread expansion in urbanism and exchange, between roughly 2200 ...
Abstract In the history of Humanity the emergence of cities is a core sign of transition from the b...
Thousands of archaeological mounds and relicts of irrigation canals characterize the Central Asian l...
This article summarizes the outcome of a workshop sponsored by the Durham University Centre for Iran...
The Khorezm oasis sits at the epicenter of an environmental disaster. Since the late 19th century, t...
At the heart of Central Asia, the Middle Zeravshan Valley and the city of Samarkand are crisscrosse...
Irrigation has been practised near the Syr Darya river in Central Asia for over 1300 years. Low-leve...
The oasis of Samarkand in the Middle Zeravshan Valley (modern Uzbekistan) was a major political and ...
Irrigation and the State in ancient Egypt. In this paper I examine the relationship between irriga...
Many fundamental studies of the origins of states have built upon landscape data, but an overall stu...
the overall population of almost 60 mln people and arable land of 8 mln ha (without Northern Kazakhs...
This dissertation investigates the imperial relationship between the heartland and provinces of the ...
Ancient Irrigation Systems in the Aral Sea Area is the English translation of Boris Vasilevich Andri...
As the main oases developed in the arid regions of Central Asia, the region of Samarkand is the outc...
Ancient China remains an important case to investigate the relationship between statecraft developme...
Southern Central Asia witnessed widespread expansion in urbanism and exchange, between roughly 2200 ...