Bactria

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ancient region historical region

Bactria was an ancient historical region in Central Asia, centered around the Oxus River, known for its role as a crossroads of Persian, Greek, and later Central Asian cultures.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Bactria canonical 29
Bactra 2
Bactriana 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Ai-Khanoum ⓘ
Balkh ⓘ
borderedBy Arachosia ⓘ
Hindu Kush ⓘ
Parthia ⓘ
Sogdia ⓘ
capital Bactra ⓘ
Balkh ⓘ
centeredOn Oxus River ⓘ
classicalNameInGreek Bactria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baktria
conqueredBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
Cyrus the Great ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culture Central Asian culture ⓘ
Greek culture ⓘ
Persian culture ⓘ
surface form: Iranian culture
earliestInhabitants Iranian peoples ⓘ
economyBasedOn caravan trade ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
flourishedDuring Hellenistic period ⓘ
Kushan Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kushan period
importantFor Silk Road trade ⓘ
knownAs Bactria ⓘ
surface form: Bactriana
knownFor Hellenistic art ⓘ
coinage ⓘ
horse breeding ⓘ
urban centers ⓘ
languageUsed Bactrian language ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
mentionedIn Avestan texts ⓘ
Behistun Inscription ⓘ
modernTerritoryIncludes Afghanistan ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
religionPracticed Buddhism ⓘ
Hellenistic religion ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
satrapyOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
scriptUsed Greek alphabet ⓘ
strategicRole crossroads between Iran and India ⓘ
crossroads between Near East and Central Asia ⓘ
successorState Greco-Bactrian Kingdom ⓘ
Kushan Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
early 1st millennium CE ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Iranian languages → historicalRegion → Bactria ⓘ
Tajiks → traditionalRegion → Bactria ⓘ
Kushan Empire → territoryIncludes → Bactria ⓘ
Roxana → isHistoricallyAssociatedWith → Bactria ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Bactria
Hellenistic art → developedIn → Bactria ⓘ
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom → capital → Bactria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bactra
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom → namedAfter → Bactria ⓘ
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom → territoryIncludes → Bactria ⓘ
Ai-Khanoum → locatedIn → Bactria ⓘ
Indo-Greek Kingdoms → locatedIn → Bactria ⓘ
Indo-Greek Kingdoms → hasCapital → Bactria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bactra
Karshi → historicalRegion → Bactria ⓘ
Balkh → historicalRegion → Bactria ⓘ
Bactrians → ethnicGroupOf → Bactria ⓘ
Bactrians → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Bactria ⓘ
Bactrians → ethnonymDerivedFrom → Bactria ⓘ
Bactria → knownAs → Bactria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bactriana
Bactria → classicalNameInGreek → Bactria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baktria
Sogdia → neighboringRegion → Bactria ⓘ
Yuezhi → migratedTo → Bactria ⓘ
Yuezhi → regionOfActivity → Bactria ⓘ
Northeastern Iranian languages → hasHistoricalRegion → Bactria ⓘ
Termez → historicalRegion → Bactria ⓘ
Masistes → satrapy → Bactria ⓘ
Achaemenid dynasty → territoryIncludes → Bactria ⓘ
Oxus River → associatedWithAncientRegion → Bactria ⓘ
National Museum of Afghanistan → hasCollectionFrom → Bactria ⓘ
Kujula Kadphises → capitalRegion → Bactria ⓘ
Kujula Kadphises → ruledRegion → Bactria ⓘ
Huvishka → regionRuled → Bactria ⓘ
Central Asian campaign → hasLocation → Bactria ⓘ
Empire of Alexander the Great → territoryIncludes → Bactria ⓘ
Arachosia → borderedBy → Bactria ⓘ
Ancient Iran → hasPart → Bactria ⓘ