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Margiana (Gr****: Μαργιανή Margianḗ, Old Persian: Marguš,
Middle Persian: Marv) is a
historical region centred on the
oasis of Merv and was a
minor satrapy...
- The Bactria–
Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) is the
modern archaeological designation for a
particular Middle Bronze Age
civilisation of southern...
- history.
Under the
Achaemenid Empire, it was the
center of the
satrapy of
Margiana. It was
subsequently ruled by ****enistic Kings, Parthians, Sasanians,...
- the
region was
bordered by the
great Carmanian desert and the
plain of
Margiana. The Amu
Darya and
smaller rivers such as (from west to east) the Shirin...
- the
source lay in
Central Asia and
could be ****ociated with the Bactria–
Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC).
Another lost
language is that of the Indus...
- 1600 BCE from the Indo-Iranians, and
migrated southwards to the Bactria–
Margiana culture (BMAC), from
which they
borrowed some of
their distinctive religious...
- land.
Sometime in the 280s BCE, the
Parni attempted to
invade Seleucid Margiana in
order to
expand their regional power and security. The
Seleucids quickly...
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Apatophysis margiana is a
species of
beetle in the
family Cerambycidae, in the
subgenus Apatophysis. It is
founded in
Central Asia,
including Afghanistan...
-
Andronovo horizon. The Indo-Aryans
migrated through the
adjacent Bactria–
Margiana area (present-day
northern Afghanistan) to
northwest India,
followed by...
- "distinctive
religious beliefs and practices" from the non-Indo-Aryan Bactria–
Margiana culture (BMAC; 2250–1700 BCE) of
south of
Central Asia, when
pastoral Indo-Aryan...
