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Afghanistan
THE PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD
Afghanistan
THE PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD
Archaeological exploration began in Afghanistan in earnest
after World War II and proceeded promisingly until the Soviet
invasion disrupted it in December of 1979. Artifacts typical of
the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron ages
were found. It is not yet clear, however, to what extent these
periods were contemporaneous with similar stages of development
in other geographic regions. The area that is now Afghanistan
seems in prehistory--as well as ancient and modern times--to have
been closely connected by culture and trade with the neighboring
regions to the east, west, and north. Urban civilization in the
Iranian plateau, which includes most of Iran and Afghanistan, may
have begun as early as 3000 to 2000 B.C. About the middle of the
second millennium B.C. people speaking an Indo-European language
may have entered the eastern part of the Iranian Plateau, but
little is known about the area until the middle of the first
millennium B.C., when its history began to be recorded during the
Achaemenid Empire.
Data as of 1997
