Sogdiana

American

[sog-dee-ay-nuh, -an-uh] / ˌsɒg diˈeɪ nə, -ˈæn ə /

noun

a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Samarkand.

Sogdiana British

/ ˌsɒɡdɪˈɑːnə /

noun

a region of ancient central Asia. Its chief city was Samarkand

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How did their relative openness to foreign innovation and culture affect the development of border states like Sogdiana, Japan, and Korea?

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

By the end of the eighth century, much of Sogdiana was ruled by the Abbasid Caliphate, and Sogdian communities abroad gradually assimilated, as in China, for example.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

So effective was their control that Sogdiana became the richest country in central Asia.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

In the 4th century, Alexander the Great defeated the Achaemenids and invaded Sogdiana, taking the Sogdian princess Roxana as his bride.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2017

"Since the time of the Holy Prophet," that is, Mahomet, says the Emperor Baber, "no country has produced so many Imaums and eminent divines as Mawar-al-nahar," that is, Sogdiana.

From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman

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