The Persians, Alexander, the Seleucids and the Greco-Bactrians – they had all built forts on the southern bank of the Jaxartes river (today the Syr Darya in central Asia) to fend off the threat of raiding nomads from the north.

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The Persians, Alexander, the Seleucids and the Greco-Bactrians: they had all built forts on the southern bank of the Jaxartes river (today the Syr Darya in central Asia) to fend off the threat of raiding nomads from the north

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I probably had to play with Dresden’s design the most before I found a build that I liked. He’s a Bactrian camel, so I needed to fit two humps on his back (something I just skipped over when I initially made him)

Redesign from this week and original ref from 2009

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The Persians, Alexander, the Seleucids and the Greco-Bactrians: they had all built forts on the southern bank of the Jaxartes river (today the Syr Darya in central Asia) to fend off the threat of raiding nomads from the north.

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Was reading 'Combat Trauma and the Ancient Greeks' and got the idea that the Balafre statue from the ancient Oxus culture was maybe a God/spirit for people with incurable conditions (instead of an evil dragon God) that maybe main chara from the Bactria comic can visit

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Bactrian Camel sketches in dip pen and ink from London zoo!

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Another exciting discovery in 2019 is the excavation of a subsidiary tomb of the First Emperor's mausoleum. Besides bronzes & jades, it yields a gold (or gilt?) Bactrian camel, adding evidence to contacts between the First Empire of China & Central Asia through the Silk Road.

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catch up! Bactrian camel and maned wolf

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Ai Khanum, Afghanistan (ancient Eucratidea) was an important city of the Bactrian Kingdom of Alexander the Great's successors under the rule of King Eucratides I (r. 165-145BC). The city was thoroughly looted after the late 70's Soviet invasion. (1/2)

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Offering new in my Vintage of Red Panda and Bactrian Camel Perfect for image transfer crafts https://t.co/JwkFIneNMR

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Gilded silver dish showing Dionysos (detail), Seleucid Empire/Bactrian Kingdom, 3rd to mid 2nd cent. BC, from "Arts of the Hellenized East"

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an easy way to remember them:
-the Dromedary; one-humped camel
-the Bactrian; two-humped camel

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Preparing for this weekend's ZSL Saturday Sketch. Bactrian camel and Llamas study sheet

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