The Silk Road's Lost Language: Sogdian Merchants of Uzbekistan

Long before the Timurids or the Shaibanids, the Sogdian people dominated the Silk Road from their Central Asian homelands around Samarkand and Bukhara. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the fascinating world of the Sogdians — their language, their vast trade network stretching from Byzantium to China, and their role as cultural intermediaries who spread Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Nestorian Christianity across Asia. They discuss the Sogdian script that gave rise to the Uyghur and Mongolian alphabets, the discovery of the Mount Mugh archives that shed light on Sogdian society, and the mysterious 'Sogdian rock' inscriptions in the Tian Shan mountains. How did these merchants, who never built an empire, leave such a lasting mark on Eurasian history? And what happened to them after the Arab conquest? Join us for a journey into the forgotten voices of the Silk Road.

#Sogdians #SilkRoad #Uzbekistan #CentralAsia #SogdianLanguage #MountMugh #Buddhism #Manichaeism #NestorianChristianity #Samarkand #Bukhara #TianShan #AncientScripts #MongolianAlphabet #SogdianRock #History #FexingoHistory #LostCivilizations

Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo