Marw

E792638

Marw (Merv) was an important ancient city in Khorasan, serving as a major political, military, and cultural center in early Islamic and pre-Islamic Central Asia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Marw canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
historical settlement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Marv ⓘ
Merv ⓘ
associatedWith Samanid period ⓘ
linked to: Samanid Empire

Seljuk Empire ⓘ
contains Abdullah Khan Kala ⓘ
Bairam Ali Khan Kala ⓘ
Erk Kala ⓘ
Gyaur Kala ⓘ
Sultan Kala ⓘ
declinedAfter Mongol conquest ⓘ
flourishedDuring Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor Islamic learning ⓘ
multi-ethnic population ⓘ
religious scholarship ⓘ
urban prosperity ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkmenistan ⓘ
locatedNear Murghab River ⓘ
onTradeRoute Silk Road ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes
partOf Greater Khorasan ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan
regionType oasis city ⓘ
religionsPracticed Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
servedAs Seljuk capital at times ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ
military center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
strategicRole frontier of Iranian world ⓘ
gateway between Iran and Transoxiana ⓘ
sufferedEvent Mongol invasion ⓘ
destruction in 13th century ⓘ
UNESCOCountry Turkmenistan ⓘ
UNESCOListingName Ancient Merv ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Abbasid province of Khurasan ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan Province

Umayyad province of Khurasan ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan Province
wasImportantIn early Islamic Central Asia ⓘ
pre-Islamic Central Asia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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