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Balkh (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 45 39 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.7615 decimal degrees |
| Long: 066 54 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 66.9006 decimal degrees |
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Note: On the site of the ancient city of Bactra, which gave its name to the Greek province of Bactria. It is the first known city to which the Indo-Iranian tribes moved from the north of Amu Darya, ca. 2000/1500 BCE. It was on the route of Alexander the Great and the ancient Silk Road; once a center of Zoroastrianism and an early bishopric. It was twice destroyed: by Genghis Khan (12th century) and Tamerlane (13th century). The site is now a village, having been reduced by the movement of the capital after a cholera epidemic in 1911. |
Names: |
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| Balkh (preferred,C,V)
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| Umm Al-Belaad (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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............ | meaning "mother of cities," due to its antiquity |
| Bactresh (C,V)
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| Bākhtar (C,V)
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| Balhika (C,V)
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| Bamik (C,V)
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| Bazirabad (C,V)
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| Bkahdi (C,V)
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| Vazirabad (C,V)
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| Балх (C,V,Russian,U)
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| Вазирабад (C,V,Russian,U)
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| بلخ (C,V)
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| Bactra (H,O)
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............ | ancient |
| Zariaspa (H,O)
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| Βάκτρα (H,V,Greek,U)
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| Zaraspadum (H,V)
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| Ζαριάσπα (H,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Balkh (province) (P) |
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Balkh (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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since at least 4th century BCE |
| village (C) |
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since 19th century |
| religious center (H) |
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| city (H) |
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ancient |
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Related geographic places: |
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| historical connection .... |
Hephthalite Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia) [8711763] |
| located on .... |
Silk Road .......... (road) |
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(World) [7031416] |
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