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Sogdia (/ˈsɒɡdiə/) or
Sogdiana was an
ancient Iranian civilization between the Amu
Darya and the Syr Darya, and in present-day Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan...
- was
founded in 1970, and is
named after the
ancient historical area of
Sogdia. In
Soviet times, the club was
mainly involved in the
Second and
First Leagues...
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based in Bactria,
expanded eastwards to the
Tarim Basin,
westwards to
Sogdia and
southwards through Afghanistan, but they
never went
beyond the Hindu-Kush...
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their cunning. Camels, women, girls, silver, and gold were
seized from
Sogdia during a raid by
Qapaghan Qaghan.
Numerous artifacts of gold and silver...
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Euthydemid dynasty. He is
thought to have
originally been a
satrap of
Sogdia, who
usurped power from
Diodotus II in 224 BC.
Literary sources, notably...
- an
Eastern Iranian language spoken mainly in the
Central Asian region of
Sogdia (capital: Samarkand;
other chief cities: Panjakent, Fergana, Khujand, and...
- The
Ikhshids of
Sogdia, or
Ikhshids of Samarkand, were a
series of
rulers of
Soghdia in Transoxiana, with
their capital at Samarkand,
during the pre-Islamic...
- to the
Muslim conquest of Transoxiana. He was also
worshiped in
nearby Sogdia and Chorasmia.
According to Al-Biruni he was
still venerated in the last...
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Alexander the
Great 900km 559miles 15
Babylon 14
Malavas 13
Hydaspes 12
Cophen 11
Sogdian Rock 10
Persian Gate 9
Uxians 8
Gaugamela 7
Alexandria 6 Gaza...
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bordered Parthia to the south-west, Aria in the south,
Bactria in the east and
Sogdia in the north.
Historians currently disagree as to the
exact history of Margiana...
