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Genetic data on Iron Age samples from modern-day Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan confirm the admixture between local BMAC groups and Andronovo-related populations, at the end of Oxus Civilization. These Southern Central Asian Iron Age population derived around 57% of their ancestry from Western Steppe Herders (Andronovo) and c. 43% from the BMAC ...
The series also explores the pre-existing Oxus civilization which existed by the Amu Darya since the Bronze Age. In 2019, David Adams produced a series of documentaries for the History Channel entitled End of Empire: The Rise and Fall of Dynasties which featured films about Tamerlane , Charlemagne , Attila the Hun and Edgar the Peaceful .
The six-part documentary Alexander's Lost World explores the possible sites of Bactrian cities that historians believe were founded by Alexander the Great, including Alexandria on the Oxus. The series also explores the pre-existing Oxus civilization. [44] The site was portrayed in the 2004 film Alexander where Darius III was found dying.
The romanized form Oxus reflects the Greek form of the name (Ὸξωι), while in Bactrian the god was known as Vaxš. [a] [4] On a unique coin of the Kushan king Huvishka, the form Oaxšo (OAXϷO) has been identified. [1] Oxus was considered the divine representation of the river he shared his name with, the modern Amu Darya.
The Amu Darya (/ ˌ ɑː m uː ˈ d ɑːr j ə / AH-moo DAR-yə), [a] (Persian: آمو دریا) also shortened to Amu and historically known as the Oxus (/ ˈ ɒ k s ə s / OK-səss), [2] [b] is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan.
Gonur Depe (Turkmen: Goňur depe) is an archaeological site, dated from 2400 to 1600 BCE, [1] and located about 60 km north of Mary (ancient Merv), Turkmenistan consisting of a large early Bronze Age settlement.
' Land beyond the Oxus ', now called the Amu Darya) is the Latin name for the region and civilization located in lower Central Asia roughly corresponding to eastern Uzbekistan, western Tajikistan, parts of southern Kazakhstan, parts of Turkmenistan and southern Kyrgyzstan.
Oxus River, also called the Amu Darya, Amu or Amo River, a major river in Central Asia. Oxus valley (disambiguation) Oxus civilization, a bronze age civilization of central Asia; Oxus (god), an Eastern Iranian god regarded as the personification of the Amu Darya; Oxus Cobra, also known as the Caspian cobra, Central Asian cobra, or Russian cobra