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The wealth of the Mawarannahr region is …
Years: 333BCE - 190BCE
The wealth of the Mawarannahr region is a constant magnet for invasions from the northern steppes and from China.
Numerous intraregional wars are fought between Sogdian states and the other states in Mawarannahr, and the Persians and the Chinese are in perpetual conflict over the region.
Alexander the Great conquers the region in 328 BCE, bringing it briefly under the control of his Macedonian Empire.
In the same centuries, however, the region also is an important center of intellectual life and religion.
Numerous intraregional wars are fought between Sogdian states and the other states in Mawarannahr, and the Persians and the Chinese are in perpetual conflict over the region.
Alexander the Great conquers the region in 328 BCE, bringing it briefly under the control of his Macedonian Empire.
In the same centuries, however, the region also is an important center of intellectual life and religion.
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People
Groups
- Iranian peoples
- Tocharians
- Persian people
- Chinese Kingdom, Zhou, or Chou, Eastern Dynasty
- Achaemenid Empire
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
- Sogdia
- Alexander, Empire of
Topics
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age, Near and Middle East
- Iron Age China
- Alexander the Great, Wars of
- Alexander's Asiatic Campaign
Commodoties
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Regions
Subregions
Years: 333BCE - 190BCE
Locations
People
Groups
- Iranian peoples
- Tocharians
- Persian people
- Chinese Kingdom, Zhou, or Chou, Eastern Dynasty
- Achaemenid Empire
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
- Sogdia
- Alexander, Empire of
Topics
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age, Near and Middle East
- Iron Age China
- Alexander the Great, Wars of
- Alexander's Asiatic Campaign
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions