Title on Photograph: CENTRAL ASIA, 500 BC-AD 600. EMPIRES AND TRIBUTE.
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 1, PAGE 82.
Comments on Subject: GREAT EMPIRES OF CENTRAL ASIA FROM THE PERSIANS TO THE KUSHANS SHOW JUST HOW DESIRABLE THIS REGION IS. RICH NATURAL RESOURCES SUCH AS CAMELS AND BULLS, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF RAW MATERIALS AS WELL AS THE INDIGENOUS SKILLS TO PRODUCE FABULOUS JEWELLARY AND WEAPONS, HAVE MEANT THAT CENTRAL ASIA HAS BEEN CONQUERED BY WESTERN, EASTERN ADN INDIGENOUS GROUPS OVER MANY CENTURIES.
Group: ANCIENT WORLD ART
Bibliography: ATLAS OF WORLD ART
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