When covering real history on this blog I normally try to stick to covering the Bronze Age to Classical Antiquity in general or the region of Southeast Asia / Sundaland specifically. However the photo of these walls from a city that was once part of the Silk Road is very inspiring to my imagination.
These central Asian cities are fascinating to me because they were influenced by so many different cultures. The Persian, Greeks, Arabs, Turks and Mongols all left their mark.
Read more about Merv and the surrounding areas:
Update: These images are from the Turkmenistan site linked above and show the ruins of a Bronze Age civilisation that date back to 2500 BCE. Ancient History of Turkmenistan: Gonur
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