The northern and southern tributaries of the Oxus made its valleys rich centers of agriculture, but it was more important for its strategic location between China, India, and the West. The prophet Zoroaster is said to have made his first converts in there and to have died there. It became an importa
The northern and southern tributaries of the Oxus made its valleys rich centers of agriculture, but it was more important for its strategic location between China, India, and the West. The prophet Zoroaster is said to have made his first converts in there and to have died there. It became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire, and after the conquests of Alexander the Great it became the center of an independent Greek kingdom whose rulers struck fine Greek coins. FTP, name this province, that gave its name to a type of camel.
The northern and southern tributaries of the Oxus made its valleys rich centers of agriculture, but it was more important for its strategic location between China, India, and the West.
{Bactria}