War of the Heavenly Horses
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The War of the Heavenly Horses or the Han–Dayuan War was a military conflict fought in 104 BC and 102 BC between the Chinese Han dynasty and the kingdom of Dayuan, in the Ferghana Valley at the easter
A man spanning a crossbow in a battle scene, Han dynasty
Bust of a horse, 1st century BC, Han dynasty
CMOC Treasures of Ancient China exhibit painted figure of a cavalryman, horse detail
Dayuan
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Dayuan is the Chinese exonym for a country that existed in Ferghana valley in Central Asia, described in the Chinese historical works of Records of the Grand Historian and the Book of Han. It is menti
War of the Heavenly Horses
…Chinese: 漢宛戰爭; pinyin: Hàn Yuān Zhànzhēng) was a military conflict fought in 104 BC and 102 BC between the Chinese Han dynasty and the kingdom of Dayuan, in the Ferghana Valley at the easternmost end of the former Alexander's empire (between modern-day Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan). The war was…
Probable Greek soldier (maybe king according to royal headband), woolen wall hanging, Sampul tapestry, 3rd–2nd century BCE, Sampul, Urumqi Xinjiang Museum.
Silver tetradrachm of King Eucratides I, who probably lost the territory of Ferghana to the Sakas.
A Saka (Scythian) horseman from the area north of the Tian Shan, Pazyryk, c.300 BCE.
Zhang Qian leaving emperor Han Wudi, for his expedition to Central Asia from 138 to 126 BCE, Mogao Caves mural, 618–712 CE.