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First settlements in this area appeared in the IX-X c. BC. In the VII c. BC the area became inhabited with Saka and later Usun tribes, as proved by the kurgans – burial mounds – of “sakas tsars”. The most famous found is the “Golden man” of the Issyk Kurgan. In X-XIV centuries the cities located in this area were involved in the commercial relations of the Great Silk Road. Its own mint is built in Almaty. Later the distinctive culture “Zhetysu” (Semirechye) is formed in this region, the Kazakh state arises and Kazakh nationality forms.
