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Central Asia was one of the lands that Alexander the Great conquered and then, the intensive Greek migration began to the area. Greek culture spread rapidly in Central Asia after this migration. Until recently, the effects of Greeks in East was limited to a few literary and numismatic sources. However, over the last three decades important information has been reached with archaeological researches carried out in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Ai Khanoum, founded and shaped in the Hellenistic period is both one of the most famous Greek colonies in Central Asia and is a significant center of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. In this study, Ai Khanoum city’s history, urban planning and construction are analyzed.
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