Specificity of the beginnings of Chinese civilization  

See Piraz 2017: 415-23

Introduction to the Archaeology of Pre-Islamic Iran This course is a written version of the courses given at Ferghana University in March and April 2024.…

Introduction Historical aspect

Who are the Xiongnu? What are the social, military, and political practices of these nomads?

The “flying” horse of the Lanzhou Museum

General course on Silk Roads The main stages and main issues

Urban planning How the organization of cities passed from the Sogdian era to Islamization. Comparisons with Persia. Description of the development of cities Pendjikent Samarkand-Afrasiab Bichapur Bukhara…

Was the Silk Road “invented” thanks to the explorer Zhang Qian, sent by Emperor Wudi? How the struggles against the Northern Nomads (in present-day Mongolia) pushed the Chinese under Emperor Wudi to take an interest in the “Western Countries” (Xiju) What is at stake in the “conquest of the West” » ?