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Sogdiana

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M.U. Erdosy

Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Talbert, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Ryan Horne, World Historical Gazetteer

Last modified Feb 02, 2026 09:44 PM — History

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

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60058

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.9571055737, 66.8077372132

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 9310 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Sogdiaioi (330 BC - AD 640)
- Σογδιανή (Sogdiana: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Sogdiani (unspecified date range)
- Σογδιανή (Sogdianḗ: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Sogdoi (330 BC - AD 640)
- صغد (Ṣoġd: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)

Sogdiana makes connections with:

None

Sogdiana receives connections from:

Cholbesina part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
Gaza part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
Indikomordana part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
Marakanda part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
Margania part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
Memaceni part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
Oxeiana part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
Oxeianoi part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
Panda part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
Panjakent part of (administrative) Sogdiana (AD 250 - AD 750)
Pareitakene part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
Pasikai/Paskai part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
Sacae part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
Trybaktra part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)

Place type:
region, map label location

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 B2 Sogdiana

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: province between R. Oxus and R. Iaxartes UZB

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Suggested citation:
M.U. Erdosy, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Talbert, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Ryan Horne, and World Historical Gazetteer, 'Sogdiana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60058> [accessed: 14 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60058 |title=Places: 60058 (Sogdiana) |author=Erdosy, M. |accessdate=February 14, 2026 11:55 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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