The Achaemenids in the History of Central Asia

The author in the volume devoted to the joint Italian/Russian/Turkmenian activities in south Turkmenistan entitled Archaeological Map of the Murghab delta, is dealing with an historical outline of the Achaemenid dynasty in Central Asia. Starting from the analyses of the epigraphic documentation, the author gives a view of the real geographic extension of the dynastic power in Central Asia, including Margiana, which never was listed as official province of the Empire.