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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2176575, member: 26302&quot;]Well, the entire area over time have different rulers, mini-kingdoms, etc. It was all very fluid. Best to just know Samarkand, Bukhara, Chach oasis, Ustrushana, South Sogdia, etc were all quasi independent city states that at times were ruled together, but at times ruled separately. However, their base population were all ancient Persian, with Huns, Chinese, Turks, Mongols, and other at times controlling them and merging into their society. Calling a coin a Chach coin in the sixth century is like calling a coin Antioch from the second century. Yes, the Antioch coin was struck under the Romans, but the coin is still distinctly a coin from Antioch, not Rome. Chach coins were always Sogdian coins, that was their ethnicity, but Chach may have been ruled by Samarkand, Huns, Turks, Mongols, or someone else at the time, but its still a Chach coin, (which by ethnicity also makes it Sogdian).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Make sense?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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