Question
This city’s namesake culture established the trading colony of Shortugai on the Oxus River. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this archaeological site. This city is the type-site and sometimes-namesake of a culture that also originated the “Priest-King” and the Pashupati seal.
ANSWER: Harappa [accept Harappan Civilization]
[10h] An “archaeological complex” named for Bactria and this region was home to Gonur Depe (“go-NOOR deh-PEH”), where Harappan seals have been found. A much later mention of this region’s name appears in the Behistun Inscription, which records the rebellion of Frāda there.
ANSWER: Margiana [or Marguš or Margush or Margianḗ or Marv; accept Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex; accept Frāda of Margiana]
[10e] A horse burial at Gonur Depe may predate similar ones from the Urals’ Sintashta culture, which made early examples of these objects. Blades could be added to these objects’ wheels to make their “scythed” form.
ANSWER: chariots [accept scythed chariots]
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