Tashkent 2008

This monograph reviews the issues of urban formation in the Fergana Valley region of Uzbekistan. It analyzes and summarizes a large number of written and archeological materials obtained during numerous excavations. The authors examine in detail the various processes and phenomena of tangible and common cultural heritage of urban centers in ancient Fergana Valley in the first millennium B.C.E. - first millennium C.E. The book should be of use to a wide audience of readers and scholars interested in history and culture of this region.