WRITTEN SOURCES OF THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF CENTRAL ASIA IN THE ANCIENT AND EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIODS

This article analyzes sources and chronicles related to the history of the ancient and early medieval periods. Ancient documents and written sources concerning the history of the Uzbek people and the development of statehood are scattered across different parts of the world, and their exact number and content remain unknown. Today, one of the important tasks facing historians and specialists in source studies is to find, study, and introduce such written materials and manuscripts into scientific circulation. Written sources related to the history of Central Asia are also distinguished by the fact that many of them, compared with other historical sources, have not yet been sufficiently studied.