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Also known as Bactriana, Baktria, Baktriana

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Bactria was an ancient Iranian civilization located in Central Asia between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush mountains, in what is now Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Its strategic position between major mountain ranges made it an important crossroads in the ancient world, protected by natural barriers on multiple sides.

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Former Subdivision.native_name: Balkh
Former Subdivision.conventional_long_name: Bactria
Former Subdivision.common_name: Bactria
Former Subdivision.subdivision: Province
Former Subdivision.nation: the Achaemenid Empire, Seleucid Empire, and Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
Former Subdivision.era: Antiquity
Former Subdivision.capital: Bactra
Former Subdivision.image_map: thumb|center|300px|Ancient cities of Bactria
Former Subdivision.year_start: 2500/2000 BC
Former Subdivision.year_end: 900/1000 AD
Former Subdivision.today: AfghanistanTajikistanUzbekistan

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: historical region
Country: Turkmenistan
Continent: Asia
Capital: Balkh
Image: Bactria-320BCE.png

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different from: Bactria
located in/on physical feature: Central Asia
Commons category: Bactria
topic's main category: Category:Bactria
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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