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Sogdians (noun) - refers to an ancient Iranian people who inhabited the region of Sogdiana, located in the eastern part of modern-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. They were known for their trade along the Silk Road and their cultural interactions with neighboring civilizations
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Sogdians ran the civil administration of the empire.
The freedom loving Sogdians put up strong resistance.
Sogdians practiced Zoroastrianism and lived by arable agriculture based on artificial irrigation.
The military power of the Sogdians never recovered.
The Sogdians practiced a variety of religious faiths.
The heroic insurrection of the Sogdians was brutally put down.
Shymkent grew as a market center for trade between Turkic nomads and the settled Sogdians.
Much of the culture and heritage of the Sogdians was lost due to the war.
The Sogdians thought they were safe.
Afshin was used by the Sogdians.
Both the Sogdians and the Uyghurs benefited enormously from this alliance.
Slave girls were one of the major products Chinese bought from Sogdians.
Sogdians and Bactrians occupied important positions in the administration and military of the Achaemenid Empire.
These incursions were coupled with uprisings against the Caliphate among the local Sogdians.
Some Sogdians in Central Asia believed in the religion.

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And the Iaxartes forms also the boundary between the Sogdians and the nomads.
Sogdians travelling to Upper Mongolia are mentioned in Chinese sources.
Achaemenid soldiers fighting against either Scythians or Sogdians.
At this time caravans of Sogdians travelling to Upper Mongolia are mentioned in Chinese sources.
Relationship with the Sogdians.
At this time caravans of Sogdians traveling to Upper Mongolia are mentioned in Chinese sources.
The Chinese character dominated Turfan in the eyes of the Sogdians.
As the Sogdians.
For the Sogdians it provided their Chinese trading communities with Uyghur protection.
The more easterly Khorezmians and the Sogdians were also closely affiliated, in linguistic terms.
Sogdians had a great influence on the nomads, who while settling mixed with the local population.
Many Han Chinese along with Sogdians settled in Turfan during the post Han dynasty era.
This large-scale migration included Eastern Iranian speaking peoples such as the Sogdians.
The freedom-loving Sogdians put up strong resistance.
Sogdians 6-8th centuries of trade between China and the Mediterranean countries has acted as a mediator.
Ancient Panjakent was a small but flourishing town of the Sogdians in pre-Islamic Central Asia.
Where the Sogdians moved in considerable numbers, their language made a considerable impact.
The 5th and 6th centuries saw a large emigration of Sogdians to China.
However, the Sogdians epitomized the religious plurality found along the trade routes.
Furthermore, although the main religion of the Sogdians was Manichaeism, not Buddhism, the.
The Sogdians were particularly active as merchants in the so-called " Silk Road.
Russian Vikings, Mongols, Sogdians and Persians lie in wait to attack.
In response, Turgesh attacks began in 720, and the native Sogdians launched uprisings against the Caliphate.
At the same time, Sogdians led by Spitamen began to revolt.
In 780 a group of Uyghurs and Sogdians was killed while leaving Chang'an with tribute.

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