SOGDIANA

Meaning of SOGDIANA in English

Sogdiana BrE AmE ˌsɒɡd i ˈɑːn ə -ˈeɪn ə AmE \ ˌsɑːɡd i ˈæn ə

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SOGDIANA — geographical name province of ancient Persian Empire between the Jaxartes (Syr Dar'ya) & Oxus (Amu Dar'ya) capital Maracanda (Samarqand)
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SOGDIANA — Province of ancient Persia. It was centred in the fertile valley of the Zeravshan River, in modern Uzbekistan. It became …
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SOGDIANA — /sog'dee ay"neuh, -an"euh/ , n. a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in …
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SOGDIANA — geographical name province of ancient Persian Empire between the Jaxartes (Syr Dar'ya) & Oxus (Amu Dar'ya) capital Maracanda (Samarqand)
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SOGDIANA — ancient country of Central Asia centring on the fertile valley of the Zeravshan River, in modern Uzbekistan. Excavations have shown …
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SOGDIANA — Province of ancient Persia. It was centred in the fertile valley of the Zeravshan River, in modern Uzbekistan. It became …
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SOGDIANA — Согдиана
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SOGDIANA — Согд Согдиана
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SOGDIANA — Согд Согдиана
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SOGDIANA — Pronunciation: ˌ säg-d ē - ' a-n ə , - ' ä-n ə , - ' ā -n ə Function: …
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SĀSĀNIAN DYNASTY — or Sāssānian dynasty Persian dynasty (AD 224–651). Founded by Ardashīr I (r. AD 224–241) and named for his ancestor Sāsān …
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SOGDIAN
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SOGDIAN — /sog"dee euhn/ , n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Sogdiana. 2. the extinct Iranian language of Sogdiana. [ 1770-80; …
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SOGDIAN — noun Etymology: Latin Sogdiani, plural, from Greek Sogdianoi, from Old Persian Suguda Sogdiana Date: 1553 1. : a native or …
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SOGDIAN — [Sog.di.an] n [L Sogdiani, pl., fr. Gk Sogdianoi, fr. OPers Suguda Sogdiana] (1553) 1: a native or inhabitant of Sogdiana …
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YUEH-CHIH — Pinyin Yuezhi, also called Indo-scyth, ancient people who ruled in Bactria and India from about 128 BC to about AD …
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UZBEKISTAN, FLAG OF — horizontally striped blue-white-green national flag with red fimbriations (narrow borders) between the stripes. In the upper hoist corner are a …
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TAJIKISTAN, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-green national flag with a central gold crown. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 1 to 2. After World …
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SOGDIAN ART — rich body of pre-Muslim Central Asian visual arts that was created between roughly the 5th and 9th centuries and is …
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SELEUCID KINGDOM — (31264 BC), an ancient empire that at its greatest extent stretched from Thrace in Europe to the border of India. …
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SASANIAN DYNASTY — also spelled Sassanian, also called Sasanid (AD 224651), ancient Iranian dynasty evolved by Ardashir I in years of conquest, AD …
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SAMARKAND — Shirdar madrasah on Rigestan Square, Samarkand (Samarquand), Uzbekistan Uzbek Samarqand city in east-central Uzbekistan that is one of the oldest …
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QUTAYBAH IBN MUSLIM — died 715 Arab general under the caliphs 'Abd al-Malik and 'Abd al-Walid I whose conquests in Afghanistan and Central Asia …
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IRANIAN LANGUAGES — subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. The subgroup's languages are spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and …
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IRAN, HISTORY OF — history of the Iranian Plateau from prehistoric times to the present. The article covers as well the succession of ancient …
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EUTHYDEMUS — flourished 3rd century BC king of Bactria. At first he was probably a satrap (governor) of the Bactrian king Diodotus …
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CHANG CH'IEN — died 114 BC Pinyin Zhang Qian Chinese explorer, the first man to bring back a reliable account of the lands …
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CENTRAL ASIAN ARTS: PERFORMING ARTS
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BESSUS — died c. 329 BC Achaemenid satrap (governor) of Bactria and Sogdiana under King Darius III of Persia. In 330, after …
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SASANIAN DYNASTY — or S 0101; ss 0101; nian dynasty Persian dynasty (AD 224651). Founded by Ardash 012B; r I (r. AD 224241) …
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СОГДИАНА — Sogdiana
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