Turkmenistan
There are 21 items in Turkmenistan:
Alexandria in Margiana
Alexandria in Margiana: town founded by Alexander the Great.Alexandria in Margiana is mentioned by Pliny the Eldernote[Pliny the Elder, Natural history 6.67-67.] and is probably one of the towns that was founded in 328 or 327 by Alexander the Great…Arsaces I
Arsaces I: Parnian king (r.247-211), founder of the Arsacid Dynasty and the Parthian Empire. Arsaces I After the fall of the Achaemenid Empire,…Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea (Greek: Κασπία θάλαττα): largest enclosed sea on earth. Whether it was really enclosed on all sides, was hotly contested in Antiquity. …
The Caspian Sea at Ramsar |
Dahae
Dahae (Old Persian Dahâ): nomadic tribe in Central Asia. The name is also spelled Daai, Dai, or Daoi. A mounted archer The…Frâda
Frâda: name of the king of Margiana, ruled 522-521 BCE. Behistun Relief, Frâda (center) and Skunkha (right) In March 522 BCE, a…
Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb |
Map of Sogdia |
The Silk Road |
Map of the world of the Scythians |
Axe in the shape of a two-headed demon, mastering a boar and a dragon (Early Bronze Age) |
Margiana
Margiana (Old Persian Marguš): oasis in the Karakum desert, modern Mary (or Merv) in the southeast of Turkmenistan.Bronze Age Margiana was situated on the boards of the river Murghab; this river, which was called Margos by the ancient Greeks, has its…