Bactria - Wikipedia Bactrian (natively known as ariao, 'Iranian'), [4] an Eastern Iranian language, was the common language of Bactria and the surroundings areas, from ancient until early medieval times
Bactria | Map, History, Facts | Britannica When Alexander the Great defeated Darius III, the Bactrian satrap, Bessus, tried unsuccessfully to organize resistance in the East Upon the death of Alexander (323 bce) Bactria passed under the rule of Seleucus I Nicator
Bactria - World History Encyclopedia Alexander conquered it with great difficulty between 329-327 BCE, largely with the help of local auxiliary forces During his stay there, Alexander married a Bactrian woman, Roxanne, to aid his effort of controlling the region After Alexander's death, Bactria was part of the Seleucid Empire
Bactria - The Bountiful, Sought-after Region of Ancient History Diodotus I Soter, a Greek ruler in Bactria, was the one to achieve independence around 245 BC Already by that time, a distinct Greco-Bactrian identity was forming in the region, especially after the establishment of numerous Greek towns which were populated by masses of deported Greeks
Bactria: The Ancient Greek State in Afghanistan Bactrian King Euthydemus I and his son Demetrius I crossed the Hindu Kush mountains and began their conquest of the Indus Valley Within a short time, they were so powerful that a Greek empire seemed to be on the rise in the East However, corruption and internal feuds tore the nascent empire apart
Bactria - Wikiwand Bactria ( ˈbæktriə ; Bactrian: βαχλο, Bakhlo), or Bactriana, was an ancient Iranian [1] civilization in Central Asia based in the area south of the Oxus River (modern Amu Darya) and north of the mountains of the Hindu Kush, an area within the north of modern Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan [2]
Bactrian language - Wikipedia Bactrian (Bactrian: Αριαο, romanized: ariao, Bactrian pronunciation: [arjaː], meaning "Iranian") [3] was an Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria (present-day Afghanistan) [4] and used as the official language of the Kushan and the Hephthalite empires
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom - Wikipedia Since Heliocles left the Bactrian territory, he is technically the last Greco-Bactrian king, although several of his descendants, moving beyond the Hindu Kush, would form the western part of the Indo-Greek kingdom
Bactrian - Wikipedia Bactrian may refer to: Bactria, an ancient region in Central Asia, including the modern Balkh region of Afghanistan Bactria (satrapy), under the Achaemenid Empire Bactrian language, an extinct Eastern Iranian language Bactrian camel, a species of camel in Asia Bactrian deer