Khwarazm
Sign in to saveKhwarazm or Chorasmia is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by the Karakum Desert, and on the west by the Ustyurt Plateau. It was the center of the Iranian Khwarezmian civilization until the 9th century, when Turkic tribes moved into and ruled the lands. A series of kingdoms such as the Afrighid dynasty and the Anushtegin dynasty, whose capitals were (among others) Kath, Gurganj (now Konye-Urgench) andfrom the 16th century onKhiva. Today Khwarazm belongs part
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Khwarazm is a large oasis region in western Central Asia centered on the Amu Darya river delta, historically home to the Iranian Khwarezmian civilization before Turkic tribes took control around the 9th century. The region was the seat of successive kingdoms with capitals including Kath, Gurganj, and later Khiva, and remains significant as a cultural and historical area of Central Asia.
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- Former Country.conventional_long_name
- Khwarazm(Chorasmia)
- Former Country.common_name
- Khwarazm
- Former Country.capital
- Khiva
- Former Country.year_start
- 1292 BCE
- Former Country.year_end
- AD 1324
- Former Country.image_map_caption
- Location of the Khwarazm heartland in Central Asia
- Former Country.image_map2
- Map of Khwarazm in the Islamic period, before the Mongol invasion.svg
- Former Country.image_map2_caption
- Map of Khwarazm during the early Islamic period
- Former Country.image_map2_size
- 300
- Former Country.today
- TurkmenistanUzbekistan
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26 sectionsContents
- Names and etymology
- Names
- Etymology
- History
- Legendary
- Early people
- Khwarezmian language and culture
- Achaemenid period
- Hellenistic period
- Sassanid period
- Afrighids
- Khwarezmid Empire
- Mongol conquest by Genghis Khan
- Khwarezm during the rule of Qunghrat dynasty (1360–1388)
- Khwarazm during the reign Shibanids – Arabshahids
- Khwarazm during the reign Uzbek dynasty of Qungrats
- Khwarazm in 1873–1920
- Soviet period
- In Persian literature
- Notable people
- See also
- Crusader-related
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Khwarazm or Chorasmia is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by the Karakum Desert, and on the west by the Ustyurt Plateau. It was the center of the Iranian Khwarezmian civilization until the 9th century, when Turkic tribes moved into and ruled the lands. A series of kingdoms such as the Afrighid dynasty and the Anushtegin dynasty, whose capitals were (among others) Kath, Gurganj (now Konye-Urgench) andfrom the 16th century onKhiva. Today Khwarazm belongs partly to Uzbekistan and partly to Turkmenistan.
==Names and etymology== ===Names=== Khwarazm has been known also as Chorasmia, Khaurism, Khwarezm, Khwarezmia, Khwarizm, Khwarazm, Khorezm, Khoresm, Khorasam, Kharazm, Harezm, Horezm, and Chorezm.