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Tajik is or will develope into a major ethnicity of its own but at the same time are also the more authentic "Persians". Irani "Persians" know this. The real Achamenid Persian kings are long Dead, or mixed out of existence, some survivors fled to Bactriana region. Not to mention, that ancient Bactria was the 2nd/Eastern capital of Achamenid Aryans. 2nd in line for the Achamenid throne once the Western capital was burned to the ground as what happened once Alexander invaded and killed Darius and burned Persepolis to the ground, Bessus of Bactria be coming New Achamenid trone bearer. Western region was where the most to be gained financially With egypt, Greece, Levantine lands, etc. Eastern half had China, Indian, etc.
With the dead of the ancient silk road, once western European markets found their way across the African seashores, role of Eastern half deminished. At the same time western Europeans also killed the importance and wealth of middle east and eastern Europe (greece/anatolia) regions. These regions are all struggling in modern time.
Khurasan region at their greatest extent.
With the dead of the ancient silk road, once western European markets found their way across the African seashores, role of Eastern half deminished. At the same time western Europeans also killed the importance and wealth of middle east and eastern Europe (greece/anatolia) regions. These regions are all struggling in modern time.
Khurasan region at their greatest extent.