The costume of this figure tells us that this is a Sogdian (pronounced Sog-di-en). Sogdians were people who inhabited an area called Sogdiana, in modern-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. They were ...
Between this agate rhyton, believed to have been brought to Tang China by Sogdian merchants who dominated the ancient Silk Road between the 4th and 7th centuries, and the seashell-shaped one from ...
The rival empires fought off and on for three centuries. Meanwhile, new peoples entered Iranian territory from Central Asia. Some spoke Iranian languages (e.g., Sogdian); others spoke Turkic languages ...
The Iranian-stock Sogdians were the ultimate deal closers of the Silk Road. Sogdian mothers spooned sugar into their babies’ mouths to sweeten their tongues for future bazaar haggling.
Dr. Porta, a specialist in Greek poetry and religion, ably represented the Classics at Willamette in the year after Prof. Usher's departure (2000-2001). Among other things, he taught an intermediate ...