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    Shahr-e Sukhteh (Persian: شهر سوخته, meaning "Burnt City"), c. 3550–2300 BC, also spelled as Shahr-e Sūkhté and Shahr-i Sōkhta, is an archaeological site...
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    complex and advanced social structure. The main cities so far known are Shahr-i Sokhta (in modern Iran) and Mundigak (Afghanistan). Research on the finds from...
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  • Bronze Age culture of the 3rd millennium BC. Some scholars link it with Shahr-i Sokhta, Mundigak, and Bampur. The term "Helmand civilization" was proposed...
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    Periods III and IV of Shahr-i Sokhta, and the last part of Mundigak Period IV. According to Jarrige et al., ... the pottery of Mundigak I, the earliest occupation...
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  • phases (Periods I-VI) at the site. There were links with major sites such as Shahr-i Sokhta in Iran, and Mundigak. During the Period I of Shahr-e Sukhteh (3200–2800...
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    Paléorient, pp. 141–145, 2001 Amiet, Pierre, et al., "Phase 10 at Shahr-i Sokhta: Excavations in Square XDV and the Late 4th Millennium B.C. Assemblage...
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    Indus Valley civilization Central Iranian Plateau ("Jiroft culture") Shahr-i Sokhta Konar Sandal Tepe Yahya Zayandeh River Civilization Tappeh Sialk Paleolithic...
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    was the second largest centre of the Helmand Culture, the first being Shahr-i-Sokhta which was as large as 150 acres (60 hectares), by 2400 BCE. Bampur in...
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    Hamun Lake (redirect from Hamun-i-Helmand)
    has important archeological remains. The giant prehistoric city of Shahr-i-Sokhta is located in the area. Also the ruins of an ancient Achaemenid city...
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    BC). It is best known from excavations of the archaeological site of Shahr-i Sokhta, a massive third millennium BC city. Other smaller sites have been identified...
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    Zabern, ISBN 978-3-8053-1171-7. Vidale, Massimo, "A “Priest King” at Shahr-i Sokhta?", December 2017, Archaeological Research in Asia 15, DOI:10.1016/j...
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    Dasht-e Lut (redirect from Dasht-i-Lut)
    desert. And on the eastern side, there was a giant ancient city of Shahr-i-Sokhta. The Lut area is an important region for Iranian archaeology. Recently...
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    may be South Asia, since it is highly concentrated there. Shahr-i Sokhta and Gonur sites Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran and Gonur, Turkmenistan. H1a1d2 - Bronze...
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    & Schmitt-Strecker S., 2003, Early Bronze Age copper metallurgy at Shahr-i Sokhta (Iran), reconsidered, T. Stollner, G. Korlin, G. Steffens & J. Cierny...
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  • They were found not only in Mesopotamia, but also in Bampur IV, and in Shahr-i Sokhta. They were also found in the lower levels at Mohenjodaro. Steatite bowls...
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    evidence of the use of ocular prosthesis is that of a woman found in Shahr-I Sokhta, Iran dating back to 2900–2800 BC. It has a hemispherical form and a...
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    in the archaeological record in such distant sites as Tepe Yahya and Shahr-i-Sokhta in Iran, as well as in the Indus Valley, sheds light on the ancient...
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    Assyrian king ever went was Hamadan. Hansman, John F. (1972, 1978). Shahr-i Sokhta. Majidzadeh (1976): Shahdad; Majidzadeh (2004): Jiroft. Hansman (1978):...
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    Sialk Jiroft culture Kura-Araxes culture Atropatene Arran (Caucasus) Shahr-i Sokhta Akkadian Empire Elam Mannaeans Aratta Kingdom of Pontus Urartu Neo-Assyrian...
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  • "Tarxien". The Megalithic temples of Malta. Retrieved 2007-07-07. "Shahr-i Sokhta". "Newgrange Stone Age Passage Tomb – Boyne Valley, Ireland". www.newgrange...
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  • of Archaeology, Kyiv, October 2002 (p. 75). The previous estimates by S. I. Kruts for Maydanets and Talianki are 8,000 (1,575 housed within 270 ha) and...
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    Qazvin. Other extant examples of this style are Chogha Zanbil, Sialk, Shahr-i Sokhta, and Ecbatana. Elamite and proto-Elamite buildings among others, are...
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    sophisticated cultures and thus contains some key archaeological sites. The Shahr-i Sokhta, or "Burnt City", in Iran, built in 3100 B.C. near a currently dried-up...
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    (c. 3200–2600 BCE) • Shahr-i Sokhta (c. 2800–2000 BCE) • Dahan-e Gholaman (c. 2800–2300 BCE) • Marlik (c. 2800–2300 BCE) • Tall-i Bakun (c. 2500 BCE) •...
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  • Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen's Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat Cultural 922  Iran Shahr-I Sokhta Cultural 1456  Iraq Erbil Citadel Cultural 1437  Israel Caves of Maresha...
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    Retrieved 7 August 2016. "Persepolis". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 August 2016. "Shahr-e Sukhteh". UNESCO. Retrieved 21 August 2017. "Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh...
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    Said Qala Tepe, Deh Morasi Ghundai, Mundigak periods III–IV, and Shahr-i Sokhta periods I–III, all of which date to the last half of the third millennium...
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    Sohr Damb (section Period I)
    and throughout the borderlands, Mundigak IV reached its largest size, Shahr-i Sokhta (II–III) grew into an urban center with monumental architecture, and...
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  • Retrieved 4 Aug 2014. "Old City of Sana'a". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011. "Shahr-e Sūkhté". UNESCO. Retrieved 22 June 2014. "Old Walled City of Shibam"....
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  • cinema), and Turkish cinema. A 5,200-year-old earthen bowl found in Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran, has five images of a goat painted along the sides. This is believed...
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