According to early Chinese sources, this region was known as Dayuan, and was the source of 'heavenly horses' that apparently would sweat blood in the summer.
According to early Chinese sources, this region was known as Dayuan, and was the source of 'heavenly horses' that apparently would sweat blood in the summer. The city of Alexandria Eschate was founded here in 329 BCE, and according to Roman historians remained culturally Hellenic until at least the 1st century CE. From early on a key section of the Silk Road, this region's fertility and wealth have seen it be controlled by the Achaemenids, Greco-Bactrians, Samanids, Mongols, and Russians among others. The region is formed by the Naryn, Kara, and Syr Darya rivers, and is bounded by the Tien-Shan and Gissar-Alai mountains, as well as the sands of Karakchikum. Since the 20th century a centre of cotton production and home to such cities as Andijan, Namangan, and Khujand, FTP, what is this large fertile valley shared by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan?
According to early Chinese sources, this region was known as Dayuan, and was the source of 'heavenly horses' that apparently would sweat blood in the summer.
Fergana Valley (also accept: Farghana Valley, Farg'ona Vodiysi, Fergana Oeroeny, Ferganskaya Dolyna)