- (/xwəˈræzəm/; Old Persian: Hwârazmiya; Persian: خوارزم, Xwârazm or Xârazm) or
Chorasmia (/kəˈræzmiə/) is a
large oasis region on the Amu
Darya river delta in...
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Chorasmia (Old Persian: 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 hUvārazmiya, 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 hUvārazmiš) was a
satrapy of the
Achaemenid Empire in Persia.
Chorasmia had become...
- lapis-lazuli and carnelian ... was
brought from Sogdiana. The
turquoise from
Chorasmia, the
silver and
ebony from Egypt, the
ornamentation from Ionia, the ivory...
- 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...
- Gedrosia,
Cyrus attacked the
regions of Bactria, Arachosia, Sogdia, Saka,
Chorasmia,
Margiana and
other provinces in the east. In 533 BC,
Cyrus the Great...
- Kazakl'i-Yatkan, in
modern Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, was an
ancient fortress in
Chorasmia built in the 4th/ 3rd
century BCE and
occupied until it was despoiled...
- province) as the
homeland of Zoroastrianism; Frye
voted for
Bactria and
Chorasmia;
Khlopin suggests the
Tedzen Delta in present-day Turkmenistan. Sarianidi...
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related to Sogdian. The
language was
spoken in the area of
Khwarezm (
Chorasmia),
centered in the
lower Amu
Darya south of the Aral Sea (the northern...
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Tuqaq Temur Beg Commander-in-chief of the
Oghuz army Ma'munid
rulers in
Chorasmia (r. 995–1117)
Seljuk Beg The
founder of
Seljuk dynasty Altun Tash (1017–1032)...
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brought from Sogdiana. The
precious stone turquoise, this was
brought from
Chorasmia,
which was
wrought here. The
silver and the
ebony were
brought from Egypt...
