Kelteminar Culture Flourishes in Central Asia
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Barbarians, Nomads, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: Asian History, Russian/Former Soviet States History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Central Asia
- Date: c. 5000-c. 3000
Article abstract: Kelteminar culture was the first extended settled civilization in the western part of Central Asia.
Summary of Event
Kelteminar culture was discovered as the result of aerial searches in 1939 by Soviet archaeologist S. P. Tolstov. In 1946, he led an expedition to Khwarizm that produced further discoveries there. The heartland of Kelteminar was along the eastern bank of the Amu Dar’ya (Oxus) River in Khwarizm. That great river then emptied out into the Caspian Sea as well as the Aral Sea and produced a lake in Khwarizm called...
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