Margiana
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Margiana ( Margianḗ, Old Persian: Marguš, Middle Persian: Marv) is a historical region centred on the oasis of Merv and was a minor satrapy within the Achaemenid satrapy of Bactria, and a province within its successors, the Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian empires.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Margiana is referenced by 220 other articles, and connects out to Sasanian Empire, Parthian Empire and Khwarazm.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 651 disestablishments, Former monarchies of Iran and Merv.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Former Subdivision.image_map_caption
- Margiana, ca. 300 BC
- Former Subdivision.native_name
- Marv
- Former Subdivision.conventional_long_name
- Margiana
- Former Subdivision.common_name
- Margiana
- Former Subdivision.subdivision
- Province
- Former Subdivision.nation
- the Seleucid Empire, Parthian Empire and Sasanian Empire
- Former Subdivision.era
- Antiquity
- Former Subdivision.capital
- Merv
- Former Subdivision.image_map
- Margiana-300BCE.png
- Former Subdivision.year_start
- c. 281–261 BC
- Former Subdivision.year_end
- 651 AD
- Former Subdivision.event_end
- Annexed by the Rashidun Caliphate
- Former Subdivision.today
- AfghanistanTurkmenistanUzbekistan
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- Margiana
- inception
- 0281-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0651-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Ancient period
- Achaemenid period
- Hellenistic Period
- Post-Hellenistic period
- Religion
- See also
- References
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Margiana ( Margianḗ, Old Persian: Marguš, Middle Persian: Marv) is a historical region centred on the oasis of Merv and was a minor satrapy within the Achaemenid satrapy of Bactria, and a province within its successors, the Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian empires.
It was located in the valley of the Murghab River which has its sources in the mountains of Afghanistan, and passes through Murghab District in modern Afghanistan, and then reaches the oasis of Merv in modern Turkmenistan. Margiana bordered Parthia to the south-west, Aria in the south, Bactria in the east and Sogdia in the north.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Margiana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations