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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:ancient_city
gptkb:archaeological_site
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gptkbp:abandoned
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late 18th century
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Alexandria_Margiana
gptkb:Antiochia_in_Margiana
gptkb:Marv
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Khwarazmian_Empire
gptkb:Seljuk_Empire
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gptkbp:conqueredBy
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gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkb:Mongols
gptkb:Arabs
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gptkbp:destroyedBy
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gptkb:Mongols
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gptkbp:excavatedBy
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British archaeologists
Russian archaeologists
Turkmen archaeologists
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gptkbp:foundedIn
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6th century BC
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gptkbp:historicalRegion
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gptkb:Greater_Khorasan
gptkb:Margiana
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ancient city of Merv
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gptkbp:languageSpoken
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gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Turkic_languages
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Turkmenistan
gptkb:Mary_Province
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gptkbp:locatedOn
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gptkb:Silk_Road
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:Erk_Kala
gptkb:Gyaur_Kala
gptkb:Kyz_Kala
gptkb:Mausoleum_of_Sultan_Sanjar
gptkb:Beni_Makhan_Mosque
gptkb:Sultan_Kala
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Al-Fadl_ibn_Sahl
gptkb:Al-Muqaddasi
gptkb:Al-Mamun
gptkb:Yaqut_al-Hamawi
Al-Khwarizmi
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
gptkb:Khwarazmian_Empire
gptkb:Seljuk_Empire
gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkb:Parthian_Empire
gptkb:Sassanian_Empire
gptkb:Umayyad_Caliphate
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gptkbp:populationPeak
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over 500,000
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gptkbp:significance
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important trade center
major center of Islamic learning
one of the largest cities in the world in the 12th century
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gptkbp:status
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ruins
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gptkbp:touristAttraction
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yes
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gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
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1999
yes
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Mary_Province
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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