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.
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 99 D2 Alexandria Oxiana?
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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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Fraser 1996 153-56
Livius.org Alexandria on Oxus
New Pauly [12] Ai Khanum
TM GEO ID 2835: Ai Khanum
Wikipedia (English) Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
GeoNames 1147929: Ay Khānom
Wikipedia (English) Ai-Khanoum
Martinez-Sève 2015
Ball 1982 18
DARMC 19952
Nikolaou 2023
Bernard 1978
BAtlas 99 D2 Alexandria Oxiana?
Ay Khānom, Ai-Khanoum, Ay Khanum
Εὐκρατίδεια
اروکرتیه
Alexandria Oxiana
Ai Khanoum (Alexandria Oxiana?)
Ai Khanoum/Barbarah AFG
dare:ancient=1
dare:major=1
dare:feature=major settlement
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Ai Khanoum (Alexandria Oxiana?)
Modern (AD 1700-Present)
Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]
Hellenistic Central Asia
As defined by Sören Stark [[-330, -100]]
Early Ottoman Empire (AD 1453–1683)
ends with the siege of Vienna [[1453,1683]]
Ārūkratīya
Pleiades
اروکرتیه
-100
Ancient Greco-Bactrian town, possibly located at Alexandria Oxiana (Ai Khanoum).
Ancient History Encyclopedia, Eucratidia Antoine Simonin. “Eucratidia,” Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 08, 2012. Accessed September 22, 2016.
Wikipedia (English) Ai-Khanoum
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-330
Ārūkratīya
settlement
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
OSM Location: Ai Khanoum
OpenStreetMap (Way 1161469646, version 1, osm:changeset=134789377, 2023-04-11T20:13:53Z)
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Location based on OpenStreetMap
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OSM Way 1161469646
Ay Khānom
Pleiades
2100
Modern name of the site of the Greco-Bactrian city Alexandria on the Oxus.
Wikipedia (English) Ai-Khanoum
http://www.geonames.org/1147929/ay-khanom.html GeoNames 1147929
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1453
Ai-Khanoum
Ay Khānom
Ay Khanum
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]
Eukratideia
Pleiades
-100
An ancient Greco-Bactrian town, possibly located at Alexandria Oxiana (Ai Khanoum).
Εὐκρατίδεια
Ancient History Encyclopedia, Eucratidia Antoine Simonin. “Eucratidia,” Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 08, 2012. Accessed September 22, 2016.
Wikipedia (English) Eucratideia
Wikipedia (English) Ai-Khanoum
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-330
Eukratideia
Alexandria Oxiana
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 99 D2 Alexandria Oxiana?
-30
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-330
Alexandria Oxiana