Ai Khanoum (Alexandria Oxiana?)
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Creators: F.T. Hiebert, P.L. Kohl Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: F.T. Hiebert, P.L. Kohl Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Oct 15, 2024 12:33 PM
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History
Ai Khanoum, probably to be identified with the attested name "Alexandria Oxiana" (Alexandria on Oxus), was founded in the fourth century BCE in the wake of the campaigns of Alexander the Great. It was a chief city of the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom, but was abandoned around 145 BCE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/971693
37.1658516127, 69.4121365055
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Ai Khanoum (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Less than certain: Alexandria Oxiana (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Ay Khānom (Uzbek, AD 1453 - Present)
- Uncertain: Εὐκρατίδεια (Eukratideia: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 100 BC)
- Uncertain: اروکرتیه (Ārūkratīya: Uzbek, 330 BC - 100 BC)
- Ai Khanoum (Alexandria Oxiana?) located on Oxus (river) (unspecified date range)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 99 D2 Alexandria Oxiana?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ai Khanoum/Barbarah AFG
F.T. Hiebert, P.L. Kohl, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Ai Khanoum (Alexandria Oxiana?): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/971693> [accessed: 21 December 2024]
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