Marw

E792638
ancient city archaeological site historical settlement

Marw (Merv) was an important ancient city in Khorasan, serving as a major political, military, and cultural center in early Islamic and pre-Islamic Central Asia.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Marw canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
historical settlement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Marv NERFINISHED ⓘ
Merv NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Samanid period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Abdullah Khan Kala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bairam Ali Khan Kala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erk Kala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gyaur Kala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sultan Kala NERFINISHED ⓘ
declinedAfter Mongol conquest ⓘ
flourishedDuring Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parthian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Islamic learning ⓘ
multi-ethnic population ⓘ
religious scholarship ⓘ
urban prosperity ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Khorasan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Murghab River NERFINISHED ⓘ
onTradeRoute Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Greater Khorasan NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType oasis city ⓘ
religionsPracticed Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedAs Seljuk capital at times ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ
military center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
strategicRole frontier of Iranian world ⓘ
gateway between Iran and Transoxiana ⓘ
sufferedEvent Mongol invasion NERFINISHED ⓘ
destruction in 13th century ⓘ
UNESCOCountry Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOListingName Ancient Merv NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Abbasid province of Khurasan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umayyad province of Khurasan NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasImportantIn early Islamic Central Asia ⓘ
pre-Islamic Central Asia ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Abbasid uprising in Khorasan → hasMainLocation → Marw ⓘ
Yazdegerd III → deathPlace → Marw ⓘ