The royal palace of Toprak-Kala
A desert palace with a hall of dancing masks
In the 2nd and 3rd centuries the kings of Khwarazm lived in a three-towered palace on a raised platform amid irrigated fields. Sergei Tolstov's expedition uncovered painted halls, a shrine with reliefs of dancing women known as the Hall of Dancing Masks, and an archive of documents on leather.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 212 Caracalla grants citizenship to all — 12 years later
Middle East
- c. 200 Compilation of the Mishnah — same year
- 224 Ardashir founds the Sasanian Empire — 24 years later
Americas
- c. 200 Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan — same year
Alive at the time
- Galen (aged 71)
- Nagarjuna (aged 50)
- Cao Cao (aged 45)
- Zhuge Liang (aged 19)