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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...
- Oasis,
formerly known as
Alexandria (Gr****: Ἀλεξάνδρεια),
Antiochia in
Margiana (Gr****: Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐν τῇ Μαργιανῇ) and Marw al-Shāhijān (Persian: مرو...
- girl
named Margiana. Her
master hires Sinbad to make a man out of his lazy, no-good son Haroun.
Sinbad agrees on the
condition that
Margiana comes along...
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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...
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level V at Namazga-Depe. This
Bronze Age
culture is
called the Bactria–
Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC). The
Kulli culture,
similar to that of the...
- 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...
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composed in the
ancient Iranian satrapies of Arachosia, Aria, Bactria, and
Margiana,
corresponding to the
entirety of present-day
Afghanistan as well as parts...
- the
related practices were
borrowed by the Indo-Aryans from the Bactria–
Margiana culture (BMAC).
Although the word is only
attested in Indo-Iranian traditions...
- culture. The Indo-Aryans
religious beliefs and
practices from the Bactria–
Margiana culture and the
native Harappan Indus beliefs of the
former Indus Valley...
