Kath

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Kath is an ancient city in the Khwarazm region of Central Asia, historically significant as a cultural and scholarly center of the Islamic Golden Age.

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Label Occurrences
Kath canonical 6

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
historical settlement
associatedWith Khwarazmian cultural tradition
Khwarazmian dynasty
linked to: Khwarazmian Empire

Khwarazmian scholars
country Uzbekistan
culturalSphere Islamic civilization
linked to: Islamic world

Persianate world
currentStatus ruined city
economyBasedOn agriculture
riverine trade
flourishedDuring Islamic Golden Age
governedBy local Khwarazmian rulers
hasRole educational center
regional political center
religious center
hasTypeOfArchitecture Islamic architecture
mud-brick fortifications
heritageStatus archaeological site
historicalFunction seat of regional administration
historicalRegion Chorasmia
knownFor Islamic scholarship
Persian and Arabic literature
cultural center
scholarly center
languageOfScholarship Arabic
Persian
locatedIn Central Asia
Khwarazm
linked to: Khwarezm
locatedOn left bank of the Amu Darya River
near modern city of Beruniy
notableFor manuscript production
religious schools (madrasas)
partOf Khwarazm region
linked to: Khwarezm

historical Silk Road sphere
trade networks of Central Asia
precededBy earlier Chorasmian settlements
regionNowIn Karakalpakstan
religion Islam
servedAs capital of Khwarazm
strategicImportance control of Amu Darya crossings
succeededBy Urgench as regional center
timePeriod 10th century
11th century
12th century
early medieval period
waterSource Amu Darya River
linked to: Amu Darya

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al-Biruni placeOfBirth Kath
Abu Rayhan al-Biruni birthPlace Kath
subject linked to: Abu Rayhan
Chorasmia hasCapital Kath