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Toprak-kala
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Toprak-Kala, in modern Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, was an ancient palace city and the capital of in Chorasmia in the 2nd/3rd century CE, where wall paintings, coins and archives were discovered. Its history covers a period from the 1st to the 5th century CE. It is part of the "Fifty fortresses oasis" in modern-day Uzbekistan.
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Place details
- Locality
- Qızılqala sovxoz
- Region
- Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikası
- Country
- Oʻzbekiston
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Toprak-Kala
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Toprak-Kala
- Ancient site.image
- Toprak-Kala 01.jpg
- Ancient site.image_size
- 300px
- Ancient site.caption
- Ruins of Toprak-Kala
- Ancient site.map_type
- West Asia#Uzbekistan
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Parthian, Sasanian
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1938
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Toprak-Kala palace city
- Artifacts
- Nearby Kyzyl-Kala fortress
- Related sites
- References
- External links
Toprak-Kala, in modern Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, was an ancient palace city and the capital of in Chorasmia in the 2nd/3rd century CE, where wall paintings, coins and archives were discovered. Its history covers a period from the 1st to the 5th century CE. It is part of the "Fifty fortresses oasis" in modern-day Uzbekistan.
==Toprak-Kala palace city== Toprak-Kala appears to have been built by Artav (Artabanos), ruler of Khwarezm, in the 1st or 2nd century CE. The establishment of Toprak-Kala probably followed the abandonment of Akchakhan-Kala, 14 km to the southwest.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Toprak-kala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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