Sogdia () or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilization in present-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.

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 Iranian languages
 Tocharians

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Further reading

Other websites 

 Sogdian on Interlinguae
 Xerxes II and Sogdianus 
 The Sogdians: Influencers on the Silk Roads (Online exhibition)

Former countries in Central Asia
Kazakhstan
History of Tajikistan
5th century
Persian culture
History of China