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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chorasmia canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

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