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Khwarazm

Also known as Chorasmia, Corasmia, Khvarezm, Khwaremia, Khvarezmia, Khorezm, Khwarezm

Khwarazm or Chorasmia is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by the Karakum Desert, and on the west by the Ustyurt Plateau. It was the center of the Iranian Khwarezmian civilization until the 9th century, when Turkic tribes moved into and ruled the lands. A series of kingdoms such as the Afrighid dynasty and the Anushtegin dynasty, whose capitals were (among others) Kath, Gurganj (now Konye-Urgench) andfrom the 16th century onKhiva. Today Khwarazm belongs part

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Khwarazm is a large oasis region in western Central Asia centered on the Amu Darya river delta, historically home to the Iranian Khwarezmian civilization before Turkic tribes took control around the 9th century. The region was the seat of successive kingdoms with capitals including Kath, Gurganj, and later Khiva, and remains significant as a cultural and historical area of Central Asia.

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Former Country.conventional_long_name: Khwarazm(Chorasmia)
Former Country.common_name: Khwarazm
Former Country.capital: Khiva
Former Country.year_start: 1292 BCE 
Former Country.year_end:  AD 1324
Former Country.image_map_caption: Location of the Khwarazm heartland in Central Asia
Former Country.image_map2: Map of Khwarazm in the Islamic period, before the Mongol invasion.svg
Former Country.image_map2_caption: Map of Khwarazm during the early Islamic period
Former Country.image_map2_size: 300
Former Country.today: TurkmenistanUzbekistan

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Commons category: Khwarazm
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1924-00-00

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Names and etymology
Names
Etymology
History
Legendary
Early people
Khwarezmian language and culture
Achaemenid period
Hellenistic period
Sassanid period
Afrighids
Khwarezmid Empire
Mongol conquest by Genghis Khan
Khwarezm during the rule of Qunghrat dynasty (1360–1388)
Khwarazm during the reign Shibanids – Arabshahids
Khwarazm during the reign Uzbek dynasty of Qungrats
Khwarazm in 1873–1920
Soviet period
In Persian literature
Notable people
See also
Crusader-related
Notes
References
Sources
External links

==Names and etymology== ===Names=== Khwarazm has been known also as Chorasmia, Khaurism, Khwarezm, Khwarezmia, Khwarizm, Khwarazm, Khorezm, Khoresm, Khorasam, Kharazm, Harezm, Horezm, and Chorezm.