Samarkand the Center of the World: Proposals for the Identification of the Afrāsyā̄̄b Paintings by Matteo Compareti
Samarkand the Center of the World: Proposals for the Identification of the Afrāsyā̄̄b Paintings
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Matteo Compareti
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Samarkand the Center of the World: Proposals for the Identification of the Afrāsyā̄̄b Paintings

Sasanika Series #5

Matteo Compareti

429 pages • first pub 2016 (view editions)

nonfiction art history
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"In antiquity Samarkand was the capital of the Persian province of Sogdiana. Its language, culture, and "Zoroastrian" religion closely approximated those of the Persians. Following its conquest by Alexander, its strategic position and fertile soil...

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