Eastern Iranian cultures

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Eastern Iranian cultures canonical	1
Iranian cultural sphere	1

Statements (187)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural sphere ⓘ
associatedWithLanguageFamily	Eastern Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-European languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian languages ⓘ
characterizedBy	complex religious history ⓘ distinctive textile and carpet production ⓘ fortified cities and citadels ⓘ linguistic diversity ⓘ mix of nomadic and sedentary lifestyles ⓘ mountain agrarian communities ⓘ multiethnic interactions ⓘ oasis-based urban centers ⓘ participation in Silk Road trade ⓘ rich epic and poetic traditions ⓘ tribal social organization ⓘ use of Eastern Iranian languages in administration and literature in antiquity ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Bactria NERFINISHED ⓘ Badakhshan NERFINISHED ⓘ Caucasus region ⓘ Central Asian steppes NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Gandhara NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindu Kush NERFINISHED ⓘ Indus valley borderlands ⓘ Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Khorasan NERFINISHED ⓘ Khwarezm NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ North Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern India NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamir Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Sistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sogdia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarim Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Transoxiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Western China NERFINISHED ⓘ Xinjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Afghan highland cultures ⓘ Alanic culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Architectural traditions of Eastern Iranian regions ⓘ Bactrian culture ⓘ Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Badakhshan regional culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Baluch tribal cultures ⓘ Calligraphic traditions of Persianate Central Asia ⓘ Caravan trade cultures of Sogdian merchants ⓘ Chorasmian culture ⓘ Clan and lineage systems of Eastern Iranian nomads ⓘ Courtly cultures of Eastern Iranian dynasties ⓘ Craft and textile traditions of Eastern Iranian peoples ⓘ Diaspora communities of Eastern Iranian peoples ⓘ Eastern Iranian Buddhist cultures NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Iranian Christian communities NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Iranian Islamic cultures ⓘ Eastern Iranian Zoroastrian cultures NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Iranian diaspora cultures in Europe ⓘ Eastern Iranian diaspora cultures in North America ⓘ Eastern Iranian diaspora cultures in Russia ⓘ Eastern Iranian diaspora cultures in the Middle East ⓘ Epic and oral poetry traditions of Eastern Iranian peoples ⓘ Fortified oasis cultures of Khwarezm NERFINISHED ⓘ Gandharan culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Hephthalite culture ⓘ Indo-Parthian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-Scythian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Irrigation-based agrarian cultures of Eastern Iran ⓘ Ishkashimi culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Khorasan regional culture ⓘ Khotanese culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Khurasanian Islamic culture ⓘ Khwarezmian culture ⓘ Kushan culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Local spring festival traditions in Eastern Iranian regions ⓘ Madrasah-based scholarly cultures of Transoxiana ⓘ Manichaean communities in Eastern Iranian regions ⓘ Mazdean religious traditions in Eastern Iran ⓘ Medieval Sogdian diaspora communities ⓘ Miniature painting traditions of Central Asia ⓘ Modern Afghan national culture ⓘ Modern Baluch culture ⓘ Modern Ossetian national culture ⓘ Modern Pamiri minority cultures ⓘ Modern Pashtun transnational culture ⓘ Modern Tajik national culture ⓘ Modern Yaghnobi minority culture ⓘ Mountain agrarian cultures of Eastern Iranian peoples ⓘ Mughal-era Indo-Iranian frontier cultures ⓘ Munji culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Musical traditions of Eastern Iranian peoples ⓘ Nestorian Christian communities in Central Asia ⓘ Nomadic horse-archer cultures of Scythians and Sarmatians ⓘ Nomadic steppe cultures of Eastern Iranian peoples ⓘ Nowruz celebration traditions in Eastern Iranian regions ⓘ Nuristani-related highland cultures ⓘ Oasis urban cultures of Eastern Iranian peoples ⓘ Ormuri culture ⓘ Ossetian culture ⓘ Pamiri cultures ⓘ Parachi culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Parthian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashtun culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashtun tribal cultures ⓘ Persianate cultures of Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Safavid-era cultures of Khorasan ⓘ Saka culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Saka culture of the Tarim Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarikoli culture ⓘ Sarmatian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Scythian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Shughni culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Silk Road oasis cultures of Central Asia ⓘ Sistan and Baluchistan regional culture ⓘ Sistanian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Sogdian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Sogdian merchant culture ⓘ Sufi literary traditions of Khorasan and Transoxiana ⓘ Sufi lodge cultures in Khorasan and Central Asia ⓘ Sufi traditions of Khorasan ⓘ Tajik culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajik mountain village cultures ⓘ Timurid-era cultures of Transoxiana ⓘ Transoxiana regional culture ⓘ Tribal customary law traditions among Eastern Iranian peoples ⓘ Tumshuqese culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Urban culture of Balkh ⓘ Urban culture of Dushanbe ⓘ Urban culture of Herat ⓘ Urban culture of Kabul ⓘ Urban culture of Kandahar ⓘ Urban culture of Khiva ⓘ Urban culture of Khujand ⓘ Urban culture of Merv ⓘ Urban culture of Nishapur ⓘ Urban culture of Peshawar ⓘ Urban culture of Quetta ⓘ Urban culture of Termez ⓘ Urban cultures of Bukhara and Samarkand ⓘ Urban guild traditions in Eastern Iranian cities ⓘ Wakhi culture ⓘ Yaghnobi culture ⓘ Yazgulami culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Achaemenid period NERFINISHED ⓘ Contemporary period ⓘ Early Islamic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Kushan period NERFINISHED ⓘ Medieval Islamic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Modern period ⓘ Mughal period NERFINISHED ⓘ Safavid period NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Timurid period NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Art and architecture of Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Caucasian cultures ⓘ Central Asian Islamic scholarship ⓘ North Indian frontier cultures ⓘ Persian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ Silk Road trade networks NERFINISHED ⓘ Steppe nomadic military traditions ⓘ Sufi orders of the wider Islamic world ⓘ Turkic-Islamic cultures of Central Asia ⓘ
influencedBy	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese culture ⓘ Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic culture ⓘ Indian culture ⓘ Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Manichaeism NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongol cultures ⓘ Persianate court culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkic cultures ⓘ Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Iranian cultural sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
todayIncludes	Afghan cultural traditions ⓘ Baluch cultural traditions ⓘ Ossetian cultural traditions ⓘ Pamiri cultural traditions ⓘ Pashtun cultural traditions ⓘ Tajik cultural traditions ⓘ Yaghnobi cultural traditions ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

eastern Iran → crossroadsOf → Eastern Iranian cultures ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Iran

Axial Age → associatedWithRegion → Eastern Iranian cultures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranian cultural sphere