Gonur Depe and the Oxus civilisation
A forgotten civilisation builds palaces in the Karakum
Around 2300 BC the Murghab delta held a walled city with a palace and fire shrines, the centre of what archaeologists call the Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex. Its excavator Viktor Sarianidi called it a 'fifth centre of civilisation' alongside Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus and China.
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Alive at the time
- Sargon of Akkad (aged 60)