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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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Merv canonical	27

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ oasis city ⓘ
approximateCoordinates	37.661°N 62.179°E ⓘ
countryAtTimeOfPeak	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Parthian Empire ⓘ Persia ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire 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 ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Mary Region ⓘ
locatedOn	Murghab River ⓘ
partOf	Silk Road routes ⓘ surface form: Silk Road
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	886 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName	Ancient Merv ⓘ surface form: State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”

Referenced by (27)

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

Silk Road routes → majorCityOnRoute → Merv ⓘ

Mary → historicalAssociation → Merv ⓘ

Khorasan → majorCity → Merv ⓘ

Sasanian Empire → notableCity → Merv ⓘ

Sultan of the Seljuk Empire → residence → Merv ⓘ

Seljuk Empire → capital → Merv ⓘ

Muslim conquest of Persia → capturedCity → Merv ⓘ

Transcaspia → majorCity → Merv ⓘ

Tahirid dynasty → capital → Merv ⓘ

Tahirid dynasty → territoryIncludes → Merv ⓘ

Silk Road cultural sphere → notableCenter → Merv ⓘ

Ancient Merv → knownAs → Merv ⓘ

Trans-Caspian Railway → passesThrough → Merv ⓘ

Murghab River → nearbyAncientCity → Merv ⓘ

Central Asian architecture → historicalCenter → Merv ⓘ

Yelena Bonner → placeOfBirth → Merv ⓘ

Yazdegerd III → deathPlace → Merv ⓘ

Erk Kala → partOf → Merv ⓘ

Gyaur Kala → location → Merv ⓘ

Sultan Kala → partOf → Merv ⓘ

Abdullah Khan Kala → locatedIn → Merv ⓘ

Bairam Ali Khan Kala → locatedIn → Merv ⓘ

Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum → locatedIn → Merv ⓘ

Margush → historicalCenter → Merv ⓘ

Marv → knownAs → Merv ⓘ

Askhab Mausoleums → locatedIn → Merv ⓘ

Yusuf Hamadani Mausoleum → locatedIn → Merv ⓘ