Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex

The Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (short BMAC), also known as the Oxus civilization, is the modern archaeological designation for a Bronze Age civilization of Central Asia, dated to c. 2400–1900 BC in its urban phase or Integration Era.

Quotes

• [N]umerous discoveries of archaeologists in the southern regions of modern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, as well as in north Afghanistan, are so similar to the items found in Margiana, that the cultural unity of Bactria and Margiana in the Bronze age is unquestioned.
  • V. Sarianidi and N. Dubova, quoted by Massimo Vidale, Treasures from the Oxus: The Art and Civilization of Central Asia (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017), ch. 2