Abstract
Southern Central Asia as a crossroads of cultures and civilisations bore witness throughout Prehistory and history to number of waves of newcomers, typically nomadic in their origin. These peoples every now and then arrived from the northern steppe belt to enrich the melting pot of ideas, subsistence strategies and languages, often seizing power over local oases in the process. Greco-Macedonian invasion was different on many levels and its impact on local population was multi-layered and is easily traceable in archaeological record.
This contribution shows examples of changes in local Bactrian societies and in regional economy caused by arrival of Greeks, but also those related to their loss of control that we have had opportunity to study during last five years under the aegis of Kreas.