Dayuan
Sign in to savethumb|320px|The Dayuan (in Ferghana) was one of the three advanced civilizations of [[Central Asia around 130 BCE, together with Parthia and Greco-Bactria, according to the Chinese historical work Book of Han.]]
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16 sectionsContents
- History
- Persia
- Hellenistic rule (329–160 BCE)
- Greco-Bactrian kingdom (250–160 BCE)
- Saka rule
- Yuezhi migration
- Han Chinese rule and interaction
- Zhang Qian's Report
- Urbanized city-dwellers
- Appearance and Culture
- Han-Dayuan war
- Era of East-West trade and cultural exchange
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
thumb|320px|The Dayuan (in Ferghana) was one of the three advanced civilizations of [[Central Asia around 130 BCE, together with Parthia and Greco-Bactria, according to the Chinese historical work Book of Han.]]
Dayuan (or Tayuan; ; Middle Chinese dâiC-jwɐn Although the states from Dayuan west to Anxi speak rather different languages, their customs are generally similar and their languages mutually intelligible. The men all have deep-set eyes and profuse beards and whiskers. They are skillful at commerce and will haggle over a fraction of a cent. Women are held in great respect, and the men make decisions on the advice of their women.