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Battria
Also known as Bactriana, Baktria, Baktriana
regione storica dell'Asia centrale
AI overview
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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Key facts
- 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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3 mapped locations