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Penjikent

A 'Pompeii of Central Asia', a Sogdian town rich in painted murals.

Dated events and their evidence

• 500 CE mainstream
  a Sogdian merchant town rises (from ~5th c.) source
• 722 CE mainstream
  sacked by the Arab conquest and abandoned source

Where

39.4950° N, 67.5810° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjakent

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