Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Afghanistan is uniquely situated as a throughway of cultures throughout its history due to it geographic placement in South Asia. Afghanistan's location lends porous borders to trade routes between the East and West, while the Silk Road providing a vector for Buddhism and Hellenistic culture and even Egyptian influences from the west, renders an amalgamation of culture and art. Perpetual invasion and conflict has rendered a cyclic continuum of renaissance and destruction of art and culture in Afghanistan. Even when not directly damaged due to State polices, art suffered during the decades of conflict as people struggled for survival, being forced to pack their belongings and move again, again and again. Art, a luxury, became one of the first casualties of war. — Tradition of Suppression. }
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- Destruction_of_Art_in_Afghanistan abstract "Afghanistan is uniquely situated as a throughway of cultures throughout its history due to it geographic placement in South Asia. Afghanistan's location lends porous borders to trade routes between the East and West, while the Silk Road providing a vector for Buddhism and Hellenistic culture and even Egyptian influences from the west, renders an amalgamation of culture and art. Perpetual invasion and conflict has rendered a cyclic continuum of renaissance and destruction of art and culture in Afghanistan. Even when not directly damaged due to State polices, art suffered during the decades of conflict as people struggled for survival, being forced to pack their belongings and move again, again and again. Art, a luxury, became one of the first casualties of war. — Tradition of Suppression".