Ancient Afghanistan: The Land of a Thousand Cities
Dan Snow's History Hit
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A Brief History of the Roman Empire
Alexander was supposed to have been responsible for 16 or so cities within his conquest. And i think some of them sort of, we don't know where they are. There's about three or four different quite large s that could be one of his cities, alexandria and camidia. But as far as the ones in central asian afghanistan, i can generally say that they were pre existing centres that at the time of occupation, he and his armies would have taken over. Bactria would have been a great city in itself. The idea that somehow the greeks brought civil nation and culture is ridiculous. These places are really looking in an occupying army that
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