Foundations of Eastern Civilization | Silk Roads - The Lost Kushan Empire (Lecture 18)

Lecture 18: During the first two centuries of the Common Era, the Kushans dominated a huge area of inner Asia, stretching from modern Uzbekistan in the north to central India in the south and from the Iranian plateau in the west to the Tarim Basin in the east. The Kushans created a stable political entity at the heart of Central Asia, which allowed for the flowering of trans-Eurasian mercantile and cultural exchange that took place along the Silk Roads. Although the role of the Kushans is often underestimated and remains virtually unknown outside of specialist circles, in this lecture, we’ll see just how crucial they were, not just to Eastern civilization but to world history.

Suggested Reading:
Benjamin, “The Kushans.”
———, “The Kushans in World History.”
———, “‘The great deliverer, the righteous, the just, the autocrat, the god, worthy of worship.’”

Lecture 19: https://www.bitchute.com/video/lBh2FB2m0qt3/