Baktrien

Also known as Bactriana, Baktria, Baktriana

historiskt landskap i Centralasien

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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Baktrien, även Baktriana, (klassisk grekiska Βακτριανή Baktriane; grekiska Βακτρία Baktria; persiska باختر Bâxtar; arabiska باختر Bhalika; kinesiska 大夏 Daxia) är ett historiskt landskap i Centralasien, beläget mellan Hindukush och floden Amu Darja, och vars huvudstad var Baktra (nuvarande Balkh i Afghanistan). Området var bebott redan 50 000 år f.Kr. och där bedrevs jordbruk och boskapsskötsel 6 000 år f.Kr eller ännu tidigare. Under antiken och medeltiden var det ett viktigt kulturellt centrum tills Balkh förstördes av Djingis Khan år 1220.

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