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City · c. 43 CE · in Europe
Capital of Kushan Empire (43–237), Eastern Kushans (238–346), Western Kushans (238–259).
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Around the same time and place
- Silk Road (c. 130 BCE – c. 1450 CE): A network of overland caravan routes linking China with Central Asia, Persia and the Mediterranean, along which silk, spices, horses, religions, technologies and diseases travelled for more than 1,500 years.
- Kushan Empire (c. 30–375 CE): Empire founded by Kujula Kadphises around 30 CE that united Bactria, Gandhara and northern India, linking Rome, Parthia and Han China through trade.
- Ujjain (c. 600 BCE – c. 405 CE): Capital of Janapada of Avanti (600 BCE–405 BCE), Western Satraps (43–405).
- Sogdians (c. 500 BCE – c. 900 CE): Iranian people of the Zeravshan valley around Samarkand and Bukhara whose merchants dominated trade along the Silk Roads, especially between the 4th and 8th centuries.
- Saka (c. 700 BCE – c. 100 CE): Iranian-speaking nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppe, related to the Scythians, who later migrated into Bactria and north-western India.
- Nisa (c. 239 BCE – c. 224 CE): Capital of Parthian Empire (239 BCE–224).
- Hecatompylos (c. 239 BCE – c. 224 CE): Capital of Parthian Empire (239 BCE–224).
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