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Sogdia

Sogdia (/ˈsɒɡdiə/) or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilisation located between the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya rivers, in what is now Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Sogdiana was also a province of the Achaemenid Empire, and is listed on the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great. Sogdiana was first conquered by…

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Capital
Samarkand, Bukhara, Khujand, Kesh
Currency
Imitations of Sasanian coins coins and Chinese cash coins as well as "hybrids" of both.
Languages
Sogdian
Religion
Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Buddhism, Islam, Nestorian Christianity, Hinduism

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Sogdia

Nodes557
Edges556
Triples712
Avg. degree2
Density0.003591
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related to Notable people · 73
Sogdia → Abbasid, Abbasids, Abdallah, Afshin, Alexander, Amoghavajra, An Chongrong, An Chongzhang, An Lushan, An Lushan Rebellion, An LushanAn Chonghui, Apama, Artaios, Bactria, Baoyu, BCEDivashtich, BCShi Jingtang, BCTarkhun, Bessus, Buddhist
related to Trade and diplomacy with the Byzantine Empire · 58
Sogdia → After, Although Roman, Aurelian, BCE, Byzantine, Byzantine Empire, Byzantines, Byzantium's, CE, Central Asia, Central Asian, Chang'an, China, Chinese, Chinese Silk Road, Constantinople, Eastern Roman, Eastern Roman Empire, Eastern Rome, First Turkic Khaganate
related to Hellenistic period (327–145 BC) · 49
Sogdia → According, Achaemenid, Achaemenid Persians, After, Alexander, Alexander IV, Alexander's, Amyntas, Apama, Apamea, Appian, Ariamazes, Asia, Bactria, Bactrian, BCE, Bessus, Coenus, Craterus, Darius III
related to Name · 40
Sogdia → According, Applying, Assyrian Aškuz, Chinese, English, Four Old Iranian Ethnic, Greek, Greek Skuthēs, Herodotus, In, Indo-European, Middle Sogdian, Names, Old Persian, Old Sogdian, Oswald Szemerényi, Persian, Pontic, Royal Scythians, Saka
related to Achaemenid period (546–327 BC) · 36
Sogdia → Achaemenid, Alexander, Aramaic, Artaxerxes II, Bactria, BC, BCE, Behistun Inscription, Black Sea, Central Asia, Central Asian, Cyrus, Darius, Egypt, Given, Great, Greece, Greek, Herodotus, Histories
related to Modern historiography · 35
Sogdia → Buddhism, Central Asian Culture, China, Chinese, Chinese Tang, Dunhuang, French Sinologist, Gansu, Ikeda, In, Japanese, Kageyama Etsuko, Kuwabara, Lop Nur, Mongolian, Nestorian Christianity, Northwest China, Ordos Loop, Paul Pelliot, Pulleyblank
related to Language · 34
Sogdia → Achaemenid, Aramaic, Bactrian, Central Asia, Christians, Eastern Iranian, First Turkic Khaganate, Gokturks, Iran, Judging, Jurchen, Khotanese Saka, Khwarazmian, Later, Manchu, Manichaean, Manichaeans, Mongol Empire, Mongolia, Mongolian
related to Sogdian merchants, generals, and statesmen in Imperial China · 32
Sogdia → Ancient Letters, Another, Artivan, Aside, Aurel Stein, CE, Central Asia, Chatis, China, Chinese Western Jin, Dunhuang, Farnkhund, Han Chinese, Indians, Jin, Luoyang, Many Sogdians, Miwnay, Nanai-dhat, Nanai-vandak
related to Central Asia and the Silk Road · 29
Sogdia → BCE, Byzantium, Central Asia, China, Chinese, Dunhuang, Emperor Wu, Ferghana Valley, Han, In, India, Indochina, Kangju, Khotan, Kingdom, Kushan Empire, Kushans, Later, Most, Saka
related to Turkic Khaganates (557–742 CE) · 29
Sogdia → Afrasiab, An Jia, Anxi Protectorate, Archaeological, Battle, Bukhara, CE, China, Chinese, First Turkic Khaganate, From, Hephthalites, Khosrow, Korean, Muslim, Oxus, Qarshi, Samarkand, Sasanians, Sogdian

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sogdian sogdians chinese china empire also tang silk century samarkand sogdiana dynasty trade central persian asia bce ce one merchants

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SogdiaCapitalSamarkand, Bukhara, Khujand, Kesh1.00infobox
SogdiaCurrencyImitations of Sasanian coins coins and Chinese cash coins as well as "hybrids" of both.1.00infobox
SogdiaLanguagesSogdian1.00infobox
SogdiaReligionZoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Buddhism, Islam, Nestorian Christianity, Hinduism1.00infobox
the Mihr Yashtinstance ofwhich would place the composition of Young Avestan texts0.80text
the Vendidad in the first half of the first millennium BCE.The first mention of Gava is found in the Mihr Yashtinstance ofwhich would place the composition of Young Avestan texts0.80text
i.e. the hymn dedicated to the Zoroastrian deity Mithrainstance ofwhich would place the composition of Young Avestan texts0.80text
Varkhumaninstance ofand the Sogdian rulers0.80text
as well as the Western Turksinstance ofand the Sogdian rulers0.80text
all became nominal vassals of Chinainstance ofand the Sogdian rulers0.80text
as part of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang dynastyinstance ofand the Sogdian rulers0.80text
until the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana.Arab Muslim conquestinstance ofand the Sogdian rulers0.80text

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