Zarafshan River valley

E517736
geographical region river valley

The Zarafshan River valley is a historically significant region in Central Asia that formed the heartland of the Sogdian civilization and a key corridor of Silk Road trade and culture.

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Surface form Occurrences
Zeravshan Valley 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
river valley ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteInValley Afrasiab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Varakhsha NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Panjakent ⓘ
contains Bukhara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kattakurgan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Navoi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panjakent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samarkand NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity caravan trade ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
silk trade ⓘ
formedHeartlandOf Sogdian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Sogdians NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Sogdiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor fruit orchards ⓘ
irrigated farming ⓘ
oasis agriculture ⓘ
vineyards ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Sogdian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterLanguageSpoken Tajik ⓘ
Uzbek ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCityInValley Bukhara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panjakent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samarkand NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Zarafshan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Amu Darya basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPracticed Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manichaeism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nestorian Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance link between China and Iran ⓘ
link between Ferghana Valley and Bactria ⓘ
traversedBy Zarafshan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasKeyCorridorOf Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultural exchange between China and the Near East ⓘ
trans-Eurasian trade ⓘ
wasPartOf Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bukhara Khanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samanid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sogdian satrapy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Timurid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Sogdians → coreTerritory → Zarafshan River valley ⓘ
Zeravshan River → hasValley → Zarafshan River valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zeravshan Valley