3400 BC to 2000 BC

Sarazm

Near Panjakent in the Zeravshan valley lies Sarazm, one of the oldest proto urban settlements of Central Asia, inhabited from the fourth to the late third millennium BC. Its people farm, work copper and trade turquoise, lapis lazuli and sea shells over great distances, from the steppe to Iran and the Indus. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage site.