Бактрия

Also known as Bactriana, Baktria, Baktriana

историческая область

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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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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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Article · Русский

Ба́ктрия (бактр. βαχλο, Bakhlo; др.-греч. Βακτριανή, Бактриана от др.-перс. Baxtri-; перс. باختر ,بلخ‎; тадж. Балх, Бохтар; узб. Balx) — историческая область, на сопредельных территориях современных Таджикистана, Узбекистана и Афганистана, между горной цепью Гиндукуш на юге и Ферганской долиной на севере. Столицей страны был город Бактры на территории северного Афганистана. Бактрийцы говорили на вымершем бактрийском — иранском языке индо-иранской подгруппы индоевропейской языковой семьи.Современные таджики, юг Таджикистана и север Афганистана являются потомками древних бактрийцев.

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