Ancient states on the territory of Uzbekistan
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the names, homelands and occupations of three ancient peoples in a table.
Saka — Syr Darya; Massagetae — lower Amu Darya; Sogdians — Zarafshan and Kashkadarya. All practised farming, herding and crafts.
2
Find Khorezm, Bactria and Sogdiana on the map and write their large cities.
Khorezm — Kuzaliqir, Tuproqqala; Bactria — Bactra, Qiziltepa; Sogdiana — Afrosiyab.
3
Khorezm arose in the 7th century BCE. About how many years ago? Count about 700 years from 700 BCE to year 1 and about 2,000 years from then to now.
2700
4
Why did people like to live along rivers? Write in two sentences.
Rivers give water for irrigation and drinking and make the land fertile. So farming and cities grew along rivers.
5
Ask your parents what “history of statehood” means and write one sentence.
The history of statehood is the story of how states arose, developed and changed.