In this issue, we discussed the topic of pre-Islamic culture in Central Asia. Our guests this time are: historian, professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences Gaybulla Boboyorov and Doctor of Philosophy Munira Khotamova. 0:00 — Teaser 2:05 — Assalamu alaykum to everyone! 3:18 — The pre-Islamic period 5:00 — It took 50 years for the Arabs to conquer Central Asia 6:07 — Why is it divided into “before and after Islam”? 9:00 — We were not poor or uncultured before the Arabs 10:30 — What is culture? 12:55 — Claims of both sides 14:00 — There is no higher or lower culture 19:00 — The connection between culture and climate 21:05 — Latifa 22:05 — Pre-Islamic religions 31:23 — Written sources come first 34:40 — Attitude towards women 37:00 — The Turkic Khaganate and other Turkic cultures 43:50 — Sogdian culture 46:20 — Customs of the ancient Turks 49:49 — About the Kazakh film "Tomaris" 51:27 — We have a misconception about nomadism 52:00 — The Mongols were not just savages 52:59 — The Turkic Khaganate is an Empire 54:45 — The Turks themselves were blacksmiths 55:30 — Nomads were orderly 57:50 — The Turkic Khaganate in Chinese and Byzantine sources 1:02:00 — Arabs were amazed by the Sogdians and Turks 1:05:15 — There were sanctuaries in the Turkic Khaganate 1:07:45 — Fine arts were very well developed 1:10:05 — The Caliphs had a guard of Turks 1:11:30 — Fine arts were not prohibited in Islam 1:13:16 — About murals 1:15:30 — There were people who patronized scholars 1:16:38 — Sogdian and Turkish inscriptions 1:19:25 — Literacy among the ancient Turks 1:20:25 — The Turks had a profession called scribe 1:22:23 — Pre-Islamic calligraphy 1:24:50 — Pre-Islamic literature 1:27:30 — The Karakhanids created the first Turkic-Muslim literature 1:28:20 — Literature of the Turkic Khaganate 1:32:35 — Tibetan medicine 1:34:02 — Babur was treated with the Turkic method 1:35:00 — Nomadic and sedentary Turks 1:36:40 — History of huts 1:41:00 — Mongols in the game Age of Empire 1:41:35 — The convenient side of huts 1:43:40 — Houses in the Sogdian and Kushan periods 1:44:20 — Bazaar and central streets 1:47:40 — About the word arik and ariks 1:49:39 — There were no windows in houses in the pre-Islamic period 1:52:30 — There are many topics to talk about 1:53:20 — About the Kushan period 2:00:08 — End Donate to the project: https://tirikchilik.uz/KurultoyPodcast The project was created by the "Profsoyuz" PR agency Topic: Pre-Islamic culture in Central Asia: urban planning, art and diplomacy Author and host: Nodir Nishonov (@dervish_nod) Chief expert and consultant: Eldar Asanov Editor: Odilbek Fayzullaev Executive producer: Mirdiyor Ayubov Designer: Muhammadsultan Yusuf Motion designer: Sarbon Rustamov The editing process of this podcast was carried out with the help of artificial intelligence.