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ID: 7022244
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7022244
Record Type:
administrative
Sogdiana (historical region)
Note:
Ancient region of Central Asia, north of the Amu Darya river. It is unclear if it became a separate satrapy from Bactria. The capital was Afrasiab; had a sophisticated culture at time of invasion of Alexander.
Names:
Sogdiana
(
preferred
,
C
,
O
)
Sogdia
(
C
,
V
)
Sogd
(
C
,
V
)
Suγd
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sogdiana
(historical region) (
P
)
Place Types:
historical region (
preferred
,
C
)
Related geographic places:
distinguished from ....
Bukhara
.......... (general region)
..................................
(World, Asia, Uzbekistan) [7016820]
Sources and Contributors:
Sogd..........
[
VP
]
...........
Encyclopaedia Iranica (2014-)
accessed 15 July 2019
Sogdia..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
"The conquest of Bactria and the Indus valley"; accessed 15 July 2019
Sogdiana..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Iranica (2014-)
accessed 15 July 2019
.................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
Suγd..........
[
VP
]
...........
Encyclopaedia Iranica (2014-)
accessed 15 July 2019
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Iranica (2014-)
accessed15 July 2019
..................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
..........
Encyclopaedia Iranica (2014-)
accessed 15 July 2019
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