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    Sogdia or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilization between the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, and in present-day Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan...
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  • an Eastern Iranian language spoken mainly in the Central Asian region of Sogdia (capital: Samarkand; other chief cities: Panjakent, Fergana, Khujand, and...
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    fall apart, including Bactria, which was the main center. Fleeing into Sogdia, he was arrested by his own officers, who handed him over to Alexander,...
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    Sogdian Rock (redirect from Rock of Sogdia)
    Alexander the Great 1200km 820miles Babylon 15 Malavas 14 Hydaspes 13 Cophen 12 Sogdian Rock 11 Persian Gate 10 Uxians 9 Gaugamela 8 Alexandria 7 Gaza...
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    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...
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    Sughd Region (redirect from Sogdia Province)
    Sughd Province (Tajik: Вилояти Суғд, romanized: Viloyati Sughd, lit. 'Sogdia Region'; Persian: ولایت سغد) is one of the four administrative divisions and...
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    Great reached the Jaxartes in 329 BC, after travelling through Bactria and Sogdia without encountering any opposition, they met with the first instances of...
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    their cunning. Camels, women, girls, silver, and gold were seized from Sogdia during a raid by Qapaghan Qaghan. The whole Sogdian people leading by Asuk...
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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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    Guangdong and northern Vietnam from Nanyue. Han involvement in Central Asia and Sogdia helped establish the land route of the Silk Road, replacing the earlier...
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