Marv
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Marv is an ancient city in present-day Turkmenistan that was a major Silk Road hub and one of the great cultural and commercial centers of the Islamic world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marv canonical | 3 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Silk Road city
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ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalImportance | key site for study of urbanism in Central Asia ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
China
ⓘ
India ⓘ Persia ⓘ Transoxiana ⓘ the Mediterranean world ⓘ |
| country | Turkmenistan ⓘ |
| declineCause | Mongol invasions in the 13th century ⓘ |
| economyHistorical |
agriculture based on oasis irrigation
ⓘ
craft production ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| feature |
caravanserais
ⓘ
extensive fortifications ⓘ palatial complexes ⓘ remains of mosques and madrasas ⓘ urban walls and citadels ⓘ |
| flourishedIn |
Achaemenid period
ⓘ
Parthian period ⓘ Sasanian period ⓘ Seljuk period ⓘ early Islamic period ⓘ |
| governingEmpireHistorical |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Parthian Empire ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ Seljuk Empire ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Margiana
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surface form:
Margiana (in classical sources)
Merv ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Mary Region ⓘ historical region of Khorasan ⓘ present-day Turkmenistan ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Murghab River region
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surface form:
Murghab River oasis
|
| near | modern city of Mary ⓘ |
| partOf |
Silk Road routes
ⓘ
surface form:
Silk Road
|
| regionHistorical |
Khorasan
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Khorasan
|
| religionHistorical |
Islam
ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
surface form:
Zoroastrianism (pre-Islamic)
|
| role |
commercial center of the Islamic world
ⓘ
cultural center of the Islamic world ⓘ major Silk Road hub ⓘ |
| servedAs |
capital of the Seljuk Empire at one time
ⓘ
provincial capital in various empires ⓘ |
| significance | one of the great cities of the Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| UNESCOCriteria |
(ii)
ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| UNESCOListingName |
World Heritage property "State Historical and Cultural Park Ancient Merv"
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surface form:
State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.