Ariana
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ariana-168-13168858
title:
Ariana
text:
In the Greco-Roman world, Ariana was a geographical term referring to a general area of land between Central Asia and the Indus River. Situated far to the east in the Achaemenid Empire, it covered a number of satrapies spanning what is today the easternmost parts of Iran, the entirety of Afghanistan, and the westernmost parts of Pakistan. "Ariana" is Latinized from Greek: Ἀρ(ε)ιανή Ar(e)ianē [region]; Ἀρ(ε)ιανοί Ar(e)ianoi [demonym]. The Greek word, in turn, is derived from the term Airyanem in
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description:
Ancient Greek and Roman term for Afghan provinces
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariana
date created:
2009-07-04T09:12:40Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T04:43:37Z
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