Merv

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ancient city archaeological site oasis city

Merv was an important ancient oasis city in Central Asia that flourished as a key commercial and cultural hub along the Silk Road.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
oasis city ⓘ
approximateCoordinates 37.661°N 62.179°E ⓘ
countryAtTimeOfPeak Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Seljuk Empire ⓘ
destroyedBy Mongol Empire ⓘ
Tolui ⓘ
destroyedInYear 1221 ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
1st century BCE ⓘ
1st century CE ⓘ
2nd century BCE ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ
3rd century BCE ⓘ
3rd century CE ⓘ
hasLandmark Askhab Mausoleums ⓘ
Kyz Kala ⓘ
surface form: Greater Kyz Kala

Kyz Kala ⓘ
Kyz Kala ⓘ
surface form: Little Kyz Kala

Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum ⓘ
Yusuf Hamadani Mausoleum ⓘ
hasPart Abdullah Khan Kala ⓘ
Bairam Ali Khan Kala ⓘ
Erk Kala ⓘ
Gyaur Kala ⓘ
Sultan Kala ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1999 ⓘ
historicalName Transoxiana ⓘ
surface form: Margiana

Margush ⓘ
Marv ⓘ
knownFor Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Silk Road trade ⓘ
commercial hub ⓘ
cultural hub ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
languageOfHistoricalInhabitants Arabic ⓘ
Middle Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Middle Persian

Parthian language ⓘ
surface form: Parthian

Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
locatedInCountry Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Mary Region ⓘ
locatedOn Murghab River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 886 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Ancient Merv ⓘ
surface form: State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”

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Khorasan → majorCity → Merv ⓘ