A millennium of History: The Iron Age in Southern Central Asia (2nd and 1st millennia BC).

Johanna Lhuillier (1) , Nikolaus Boroffka (2)

1 Archéorient - ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien
2 DAI - Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

“A Millennium of History” contains new research on 1000 years of history by international scientists. The Iron Age is framed by two major cultural changes: the end of Bronze Age urban civilizations and their huge cemeteries and the conquest of Central Asia by Alexander the Great. The integration of the region into the Achaemenid Persian Empire lies at its core. Radical social changes in settlements, technology, networks and spiritual life may be connected to the roots of the Avesta and the Zoroastrian religion, which became official in the Persian Empire. A new look at texts and archaeology demonstrates full integration of Bactria and Sogdia into Achaemenid Empire during the 6th Century BC.

Mots clés: Iron Age en; Central Asia en; Archaeology en

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire; Anthropologie biologique; Histoire; Linguistique; Religions

Johanna Lhuillier, Nikolaus Boroffka (Dir.). A millennium of History: The Iron Age in Southern Central Asia (2nd and 1st millennia BC).: Proceedings of the conference held in Berlin (June 23-25, 2014). Dedicated to the Memory of Viktor Ivanovič Sarianidi. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 2018, Archäologie in Iran und Turan 17 & Mémoires de la Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan XXXV, 978-3-496-01594-9. ⟨halshs-01957949⟩