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Bactria

Bactria (/ˈbæktriə/; Bactrian: βαχλο, Bakhlo), or Bactriana, was an ancient Iranian civilization in Central Asia, located in the area south of the Oxus River (modern Amu Darya) and north of the Hindu Kush mountains, within modern-day Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Bactria was strategically located south of Sogdia and west of the Pamir Mountains.…

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Capital
Bactra
Historical era
Antiquity
Today part of
Afghanistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan
• Disestablished
900/1000 AD
• Established
2500/2000 BC

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Bactria

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Bactria

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related to Daxia, Tukhara and Tokharistan · 42
Bactria → AD, Afghanistan, As Tukhara, Asii, Bactrian, BC, China, Chinese, Da Yuezhi, Daxia, During, Dàxià, European, Greater Yuezhi, Greco-Bactrian, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Greco-Bactrians, Han, Han Chinese, Indo-European
related to Bronze Age · 35
Bactria → Afghanistan, Amu Darya, Assyrian, Bactra, Bactrian, Balkh, BC, BMAC, Bronze Age, Bāxçiš, Central Asia, Ctesias, Diodorus Siculus, Greek, Greeks, Its, Margiana, Margiana Archaeological Complex, Margu, Merv
related to Etymology · 31
Bactria → Ancient Greek, Avestan, Bactrian, Bakhdi, Bakhlo, Baktrianē, Balkh River, Balx, Baxl, Bāhlīka, Bāxtri, Bāxtriš, Chinese, Dàxià, English, Greek, Hellenized, Historically, Latin Bactriana, Middle Persian
related to Achaemenid Empire · 27
Bactria → Achaemenid Empire, After Darius III, Alexander, Asia Minor, Barca, BC, Bessus, Branchidae, Cyrenaica, Cyrus, Darius, Didyma, During, Ernst Herzfeld, Great, Greek, Greeks, He, Herodotus, In
related to Alexander the Great · 26
Bactria → After Alexander's, Alexander, Alexander's, Alexandria, Alexandria Eschate, Amyntas, Arrian, At, Diodorus Siculus, Eventually, Furthest, Greek, He, In, Justin, Oxus, Oxyartes, Philip, Roxana, Satrap
related to Indo-Greek Kingdom · 21
Bactria → Afghanistan, After Demetrius, Attic, But, By, Demetrius, Demetrius II, East, Eucratides, Euthydemus, For, Greek, Greeks, Hindu Kush, India, Indus, Indus River, Justin, Most, The Bactrian
related to Bactrian people · 18
Bactria → Alexander, Bactrian, Bactrians, BC, Bronze Age, China, Control, From, Great, Greco-Bactrian, Greeks, India, Persians, Seleucid Empire, Several, Silk Road, The, These
related to Geography · 16
Bactria → According, Amu Darya, Balkh River, Carmanian, Greek, Hindu Kush, Kunduz River, Margiana, On, Oxus River, Pierre Leriche, Sari Pul River, Shirin Tagab River, The, The Amu Darya, The Bactrian
related to Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · 14
Bactria → Antiochus III, BC, Considerable, Diodotus, Great, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, He, Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Romans, Seleucid, Seleucids, Sogdia, South Asia, The Greco-Bactrians
related to Seleucid Empire · 11
Bactria → Antiochus, Greece, Greek, Greeks, Persians, Seleucid Empire, Seleucus, The, The Greek, The Macedonians, When Alexander's

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bactrian empire century bc region greek alexander great iranian language kingdom persian south central asia ancient known early afghanistan area

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BactriaCapitalBactra1.00infobox
BactriaHistorical eraAntiquity1.00infobox
BactriaToday part ofAfghanistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan1.00infobox
Bactria• Disestablished900/1000 AD1.00infobox
Bactria• Established2500/2000 BC1.00infobox
Bactriais ageographic location after which Bactrian camels are named0.90text
Munjiinstance ofreplaced by north-eastern Iranian languages0.80text
Yidghainstance ofreplaced by north-eastern Iranian languages0.80text
Ishkashimiinstance ofreplaced by north-eastern Iranian languages0.80text
and Pashtoinstance ofreplaced by north-eastern Iranian languages0.80text
Bactriarelated to Achaemenid EmpireErnst Herzfeld0.60section

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