Guiyi Prefecture
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Guiyi Prefecture, also known as the Jinshan Kingdom of the Western Han and the Dunhuang Kingdom of the Western Han, was a Chinese military district that was usually de facto independent but nominally
Section of a wall mural commemorating the victory of Zhang Yichao over the Tibetan Empire, Mogao Cave 156, Late Tang dynasty (9th century).
Section of a wall mural commemorating the victory of Zhang Yichao
Zhang Yichao departing from a fortress
A 10th-century mural painting in the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang depicting monastic architecture at Mount Wutai
Sogdia
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Sogdia or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilization between the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya rivers, and in present-day Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Sogdiana was
Sogdian soldier circa 338 BCE, tomb of Artaxerxes III.
Sogdians on an Achaemenid Persian relief from the Apadana of Persepolis, offering tributary gifts to the Persian king Darius I, 5th century BC
Head of a Saka warrior, as a defeated enemy of the Yuezhi, from Khalchayan, northern Bactria, 1st century BCE.
A Yuezhi (left) fighting a Sogdian behind a shield (right), Noin-Ula carpet, 1st century BC/AD.