East Iran in Late Antiquity - oldies but goldies

 Salvete Omnes,

 

     I have been shifting between subjects in my studies, and recently the ancient and early medieval topic popped out. Namely, I listed to two lectures from 2016 -  hence 'oldies but goldies' - :) 

The Silk Road and the Iranian Political Economy in Late Antiquity - by prof. Richard Payne
and
East Iran in Antiquity: Silk Road and Central Asia outside the Paradigm of Eurasian Trade -  prof. Khodadad 

Rezakhani .

and to go along with the lectures, there are some Sogdian images (including Rustam) or the Sogdians and their famous traders in the Han, Tang Chinese etc art, especially the sculpted figures of the land cruiser of the Eurasian land trade routes - the  camel, the Central Asia context it is the Bactrian camel.
On the Silk Road foundation site   you can read a rather intriguing article by Daniel Potts on the Bactrian Camels and Bactrian-Dromedary Hybrids.

valete