Bactria — Bactrian redirects here. For the camel, see Bactrian camel. For the language, see Bactrian language .Bactria (Bactriana, Bākhtar in Farsi, also: بـلـخ (spelled: Bhalakh ) in Arabic and Indian languages, and Daxia in Chinese) is a historical… … Wikipedia
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex — The Bactria Margiana Archaeological Complex (or BMAC, also known as the Oxus civilization) is the modern archaeological designation for a Bronze Age culture of Central Asia, dated to ca. 2200 ndash;1700 BC, located in present day Turkmenistan,… … Wikipedia
Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex — The extent of the BMAC (after EIEC). The Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (or BMAC, also known as the Oxus civilization) is the modern archaeological designation for a Bronze Age culture of Central Asia, dated to ca. 2300–1700 BC, located… … Wikipedia
Maka (satrapy) — Maka was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire and later a satrapy of the Parthian and Sassanian empires (known as Mazun), corresponding to modern day Bahrain, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates, plus the northern half of Oman and also… … Wikipedia
Chorasmia (satrapy) — Chorasmia (Old Persian Uvârazmiya) was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire. Chorasmia had become part of the Achaemenid Empire before 522, and it seems to have been ruled by the satrap of Parthia. By the time of Darius III, it had become an… … Wikipedia
District XVII (satrapy) — District XVII was, according to Herodotus, the 17th satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire. It comprised the Paricanians and Asiatic Ethiopians.[1] References ^ Satrap … Wikipedia
Aria (satrapy) — Aria ( el. Polytonic|Ἀρ(ε)ὶα, Latin Aria , representing Old Persian. Haraiva , Avestan Haraeuua ), name of a region in the eastern part of the Persian empire, several times confused with Ariane in the classical sources. Geography Aria was an Old… … Wikipedia
ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… … Universalium
Achaemenid Empire — Persian Empire redirects here. For other uses, see Persian Empire (disambiguation). Persian Empire ← … Wikipedia
Achaemenid Assyria — Persian Assyria redirects here. See Asuristan for post Achaemenid Assyria. ܐܬܘܪܐ Athura … Wikipedia
