Bactria
Americannoun
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an ancient country in W Asia, between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush Mountains. Bactra.
noun
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an ancient country of SW Asia, between the Hindu Kush mountains and the Oxus River: forms the present Balkh region in N Afghanistan
Other Word Forms
- Bactrian adjective
Example Sentences
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Most of the sites identified are in northern Afghanistan's Balkh region, which more than two millennia ago was the heartland of Bactria.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024
The Yuezhi confederacy in Bactria had unified to form this empire, trading with both China and the Indian subcontinent and providing a conduit between the two, particularly from the city of Taxila.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Another hypothesis is that they descend from farmers who migrated from desert oases of Bactria, or what is now modern Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, based on similarities of agricultural and irrigation systems.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 27, 2021
The Yuezhi drifted into northern Bactria, modern-day Afghanistan, which at the time was controlled by Greek kings, the residue of Alexander the Great’s conquest.
From New York Times • May 11, 2020
At the close of his "Persian History" Ctesias gave a sketch of the Persian roads, which led from Ephesus to Bactria and India, with an account of the stations, days'-journey, and parasangs.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max
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