Sogdiana

region · 550 BC – 1599 AD

Sogdiana was a wide region of the Achaemenid Empire lying between the Oxus (Araxes) and Iaxartes rivers.

Coordinates

38.95711, 66.80774

Also known as

Sogdiaioi, Sogdiani, Sogdianḗ, Sogdiane (grc), Sogdoi, Σογδιανή (grc), صغد (ota), Ṣoġd (ota)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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