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Herat (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 20 53 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.3480 decimal degrees |
| Long: 062 11 59 E degrees minutes |
Long: 62.1990 decimal degrees |
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Note: Settlement on Alexander the Great's route; at various times subject to Khurasan, Seistan, Bukhara, Turkmen, Safavid, and Persia; Muslim since 7th century; destroyed twice by Mongols, 1221 and 1383; rebuilt under independent Afghan kingdom; noted trade center along the Silk Road. |
Names: |
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| Herāt (preferred,C,V)
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| Herat (C,V,English-P)
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| Gerat (C,V)
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| Shahr-e Herāt (C,V)
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| هرات (C,V)
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| הראת (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Alexandria Areion (H,O)
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............ | ancient |
| Alexandria Ariorum (H,V)
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| Aria (H,O)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Herāt (province) (P) |
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Herat (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 cen. BC |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| trade center (B) |
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| religious center (C) |
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Muslim since 7th cen.; Nestorian archbishopric since 9th cen. |
| fortified settlement (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| located on .... |
Silk Road .......... (road) |
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(World) [7031416] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Artacoana .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Asia, Afghanistan, Herāt) [6000421] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Alexandria Ariorum.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 24 February 2020 |
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