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Illustration of what appears to be two Sogdian men in the Tang Dynasty Court.

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2023-06-13

I'm wondering what relics these beautiful costumes are based on? I really need it :>> just want to learn more about Sogdian culture

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2022-09-22

Coats from the Hephthalite era (and earlier) tended to be shorter, extending above the knee, and did not always have a slit up the side of the skirt. They were also made with one lapel, whereas Sogdian coats from the mid 7th C onwards had two lapels (5)

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2021-10-23

The Roman soldier and historian Ammianus Marcellinus (330-395 AD) made a list of the domains of the Sassanian king Shâpur II (309-379 AD).

He listed Tokharistan ("Bactriani"), Sogdiana, Sistân and Scythia as Sassanian territories.

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2021-10-19

Fans of the 1986 Journey to the West TV show will recognize the Chinese opera-style jiegu (戒箍) headband worn by Sun Wukong. Jin Xu tells me this band style derives from a 3-crescent headpiece worn by Sogdian kings & dignitaries. Here is a related paper.

https://t.co/oGM3Vuebez https://t.co/ktVCYDzkvh

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2021-09-07

Voici ce à quoi devaient ressembler les bâtiments érigés par le roi Darius utilisant la meilleure qualité d'ébène et d'argent égyptiens, du cèdre du Liban, de l'or fin de Bactriane, du lapis-lazuli et du cinabre de Sogdiane, de la turquoise de Khwarezm et de l'ivoire d'Inde !

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2021-05-18

TIL a cave filled with 7000+ scrolls was walled up in China in 11 century, and rediscovered in 1900. Texts in Chinese, Tibetan, Hebrew, Khotanese, Sanskrit, Sogdian, Tangut, Uyghur, Old Turkic; diverse traditions and topics, like this famous star map!

https://t.co/ZaS7pywL8H https://t.co/t2eVhOAGzS

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2021-02-20

🇺🇿 The Uzbek section of the corridor finishes with two Sogdian settlements: Varakhsha and Paikend, the former known for its impressive murals (📷, Hermitage Museum) which combine Sogdian traditions with Indian, Sasanian, Umayyad motives 8/12

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2021-02-05

Tang Dynasty officials farewells Sogdian caravan, Ginkgostory.

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2021-01-09

Among the 200 burial mounds found in Noin-Ula (modern Mongolia) it was found this amazing embroidered carpet that shows some guys with non-Turkic features and wearing traditional from Bactrian-Sogdian clothes.

Short thread.

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2020-10-31

Steven + Celestine = Sogdianite

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2020-09-08

Did you know had a strange belief that an artificially deformed head was a symbol of high status, achieved by binding the head during infancy?

Sogdian clay ossuary and deformed skulls. Seventh-eight century. Afrasiab Museum,

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2020-09-07

Thank you for the initiative!! I'm an art historian at Vassar College, interested in the Silk Road and preparing a book manuscript on the art of Sogdian immigrants from Central Asia in 6th-c China. My first article on this subject can be found here: https://t.co/wRG1wMkNOC

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2020-08-31

Thread on Mughal dishes with a Central Asian/Khorasani origin:

Let´s start with Samosas, one of the most famous Indian/Pakistani snacks, originated in Central Asia. The name "Samosa" comes from the Sogdian word "Sambosak".

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2020-04-28

To drink: wine, naturally.

There were two types of wine with different words, but their differences aren’t known. Sogdian wine was known to be very potent, which is I guess why many silver cups are basically shot glasses.

https://t.co/Pt8BnE3W0i

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2020-03-14

THREAD

DIADEMS IN SOGDIANA AND TOKHARISTAN 👑

Image: my replica of the Jiulongshang crown + original, found in Western To read more: https://t.co/N4MMrVCpVw

~NA

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2020-03-11

Check out quoted tweet below by for real Sogdian women fashion. I am just here to trigger by posting what he considers to be wildly inaccurate reconstruction of Sogdian women dress by Chinese artist Taoye in the sketch book “Sogdian Beauty” https://t.co/y09NGIvoJD

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2020-03-11

The year of the three Emperors in an Achaemenid way. Within the span of one year (424-423 BCE) three Persian kings (Xerxes II, Sogdianus, Darius II) followed one another. A messy entanglement of Palace intrigues and familial feuds led up to that result.

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2020-03-08