Margiana

E1026035

ancient region historical region

Margiana was an ancient historical region in Central Asia, centered on the oasis city of Merv and known for its role as a key hub along the Silk Road.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Margiana (in classical sources)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
abbreviation	BMAC (in Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex) NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture	Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Aria NERFINISHED ⓘ Bactria NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyrcania NERFINISHED ⓘ Parthia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Merv NERFINISHED ⓘ
centeredOn	Merv NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ
conqueredBy	Alexander the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
economy	oasis agriculture and long-distance trade ⓘ
geographicalFeature	oasis ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Erk Kala NERFINISHED ⓘ Gyaur Kala NERFINISHED ⓘ Merv NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasModernArchaeologicalSite	Ancient Merv NERFINISHED ⓘ
irrigatedBy	Murghab River NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Silk Road hub ⓘ fortified settlements ⓘ oasis agriculture ⓘ
languageInAntiquity	Eastern Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Asia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedBy	Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Parthian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionInAntiquity	Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
ruledBy	Parthian kings NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian kings NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucus I Nicator NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of east–west trade routes ⓘ
timePeriod	Achaemenid period NERFINISHED ⓘ Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Parthian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy	Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ trade routes between Iran and Central Asia ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteAt	Ancient Merv NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ancient Merv → knownAs → Margiana ⓘ

Murghab River → historicalRegion → Margiana ⓘ

Ancient Iran → hasPart → Margiana ⓘ

Marv → knownAs → Margiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Margiana (in classical sources)