Chorasmia

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Chorasmia is a historical region in Central Asia, centered around the lower Amu Darya River, that served as an important cultural and political hub in various Persian and Turkic empires.

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Chorasmia canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient polity
cultural region
historical region
borderedBy Karakum Desert
Kyzylkum Desert
centeredOn lower Amu Darya River
linked to: Amu River
conqueredBy Achaemenid Persians
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Arab armies
linked to: Arab Muslim forces

Mongol Empire
culturalInfluenceOn Khwarazmian Empire
economicBase long-distance trade
riverine agriculture
flourishedIn 1st millennium BCE
early Islamic period
hasCapital Gurganj
Kath
hasImportantArchaeologicalSite Ayaz-Kala
Toprak-Kala
hasImportantCity Konye-Urgench
Urgench
hasVariantName Chorasm
Khorezm
linked to: Khwarezm

Khwarazm
linked to: Khwarezm
knownFor Islamic scholarship
Zoroastrian traditions
irrigated agriculture
oasis settlements
trade routes between Iran and the steppe
languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken Eastern Iranian languages
laterLanguageGroupsSpoken Turkic languages
locatedIn Central Asia
locatedInPresentDay Karakalpakstan
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
partOf Achaemenid Empire
Islamic Caliphate
linked to: Islamic Caliphates

Khwarazmian Empire
Persian cultural sphere
linked to: Persian culture

Sassanian Empire
linked to: Sasanian Empire

Timurid Empire
linked to: Timurid dynasty

Turkic cultural sphere
religionHistoricallyPracticed Islam
Zoroastrianism
strategicRole buffer between Iranian plateau and steppe nomads
timePeriod antiquity to Middle Ages
traversedBy Amu Darya

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Khwarezm hasAlternativeName Chorasmia
Kath historicalRegion Chorasmia
Khwarezmian language spokenIn Chorasmia
Old Chorasmian spokenIn Chorasmia