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The '''Kushan Empire''' was a relatively short-lived empire that controlled a vast area from the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea across the north and east of modern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and much of the Ganges valley in northern [[India]]. From the last years of the first century A.D. to its disintegration in the first half of the 3rd. it controlled all the land trade routes between the [[Mediterranean]], then under the [[Roman]]s at the height of its power, and [[China]].
The '''Kushan Empire''' was a relatively short-lived empire that controlled a vast area from the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea across the north and east of modern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and much of the Ganges valley in northern [[India]]. From the last years of the first century A.D. to its disintegration in the first half of the 3rd. it controlled all the land trade routes between the [[Mediterranean]], then under the [[Roman]]s at the height of its power, and [[China]].
They did not last long. Like the Parthians. they were defeated by the Sassanians, who were to rule most of south-west Asia from the first half of the 3rd century for the next 400 years.
They did not last long. Like the Parthians. they were defeated by the Sassanians, who were to rule most of south-west Asia from the first half of the 3rd century for the next 400 years.
Reference: "Times Atlas of World History"
[[Category: Ancient History]]
[[Category: Ancient History]]
[[Category: Empires]]
[[Category: Empires]]