Shortugai

settlement · 2000 BC – 1000 BC

An ancient trading colony on the Oxus river in the vicinity of the lapis lazuli mines of northern Afghanistan dating to ca. 2000 BC.

Shortugai

Coordinates: 37.32365, 69.52560
Dating: attested

Sources

Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
Wikidata · CC0 1.0
Wikidata (CC0)

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