Margiana
Also known as Margush
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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- Margiana, ca. 300 BC
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- Marv
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- Margiana
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- Margiana
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- Province
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- the Seleucid Empire, Parthian Empire and Sasanian Empire
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- Antiquity
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- Merv
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- c. 281–261 BC
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- 651 AD
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- Ancient period
- Achaemenid period
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- Post-Hellenistic period
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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.
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