Chorasmia

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ancient polity cultural region historical region

Chorasmia is a historical region in Central Asia, centered around the lower Amu Darya River, that served as an important cultural and political hub in various Persian and Turkic empires.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient polity ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Karakum Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kyzylkum Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
centeredOn lower Amu Darya River NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Persians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arab armies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn Khwarazmian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicBase long-distance trade ⓘ
riverine agriculture ⓘ
flourishedIn 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ
hasCapital Gurganj NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kath NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasImportantArchaeologicalSite Ayaz-Kala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toprak-Kala NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasImportantCity Konye-Urgench NERFINISHED ⓘ
Urgench NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariantName Chorasm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khorezm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khwarazm NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Zoroastrian traditions ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
oasis settlements ⓘ
trade routes between Iran and the steppe ⓘ
languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken Eastern Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterLanguageGroupsSpoken Turkic languages ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Karakalpakstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islamic Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khwarazmian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian cultural sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sassanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Timurid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkic cultural sphere ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPracticed Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicRole buffer between Iranian plateau and steppe nomads ⓘ
timePeriod antiquity to Middle Ages ⓘ
traversedBy Amu Darya NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Khwarezm → hasAlternativeName → Chorasmia ⓘ