Bactria
Bactria is a historic region in Central Asia, along the Silk Road. At times it has been an independent kingdom, at others part of Alexander the Great's Empire, the Persian Empire or Mongol Empire.
- Tourist attraction
- Description: historical region in Central Asia
- Also known as“Bactriana”“Baktra”“Baktria”“Baktriana”“Zariaspa”
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude of center
36.7679° or 36° 46′ 5″ north
Longitude of center
66.9012° or 66° 54′ 4″ east
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historic = archaeological_site
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tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Bactria” goes by many names.
ባክትሪያAmharic
ባክትርያAmharic
ባክትርያናAmharic
ΒακτρίαAncient Greek (to 1453)
ΒακτριανήAncient Greek (to 1453)
باخترArabic
باخترياArabic
باكترياArabic
BactriaAragonese
ԲակտրիաArmenian
BactrianaAsturian
BaktriyaAzerbaijani
БактрияBashkir
BaktriaBasque
BaktrianaBasque
БактрыяBelarusian
ТахарыстанBelarusian
বাক্ট্রিয়াBengali
ব্যাকট্রিয়াBengali
BaktriaBreton
БактрияBulgarian
БалхараBulgarian
BactriaCatalan
BactriànaCatalan
BactriansCatalan
巴克特利亚Chinese
巴克特里亚Chinese
巴克特里亞Chinese
БактриChuvash
BaktrijaCroatian
BaktrieCzech
Baktrijská říšeCzech
BaktrienDanish
BactriaDutch
BactrianaDutch
BactriëDutch
BaktriëDutch
باكترياEgyptian Arabic
BaktrioEsperanto
BaktriaEstonian
BaktriaFinnish
BactriaGalician
BactrianaGalician
ბაქტრიაGeorgian
ΒακτραGreek
ΒακτρίαGreek
ΒακτριανήGreek
באקטריהHebrew
बाख़्त्रHindi
बेक्ट्रियाHindi
बैक्ट्रियाईHindi
BaktriaHungarian
BactriaIndonesian
BaktriaIndonesian
An BhaictriaIrish
BactriaItalian
BactrianaItalian
BattriaItalian
BattrianaItalian
BattrianiItalian
TokharistanItalian
トハーリスターンJapanese
トハラJapanese
トハリスタンJapanese
バクトリアJapanese
BaktrïyaKazakh
БактрияKazakh
باكترىيياKazakh
БактрияKirghiz
박트리아Korean
박트리아인Korean
토카라 지방Korean
토카라국Korean
토하리스탄Korean
투하리스탄Korean
BaktriyaKurdish
BactriaLatin
BaktrijaLatvian
BactriaLingua Franca Nova
BaktrijaLithuanian
TocharistanasLithuanian
БактријаMacedonian
BaktriaMalagasy
BaktriànaMalagasy
BalakhMalay
BactriaMalayalam
ബാക്ട്രിയMalayalam
बाख्तरMarathi
बॅक्ट्रियाMarathi
BactriaMin Nan Chinese
बाह्लीकNepali
ब्याक्ट्रियाNepali
BaktriaNorwegian
BactriaNorwegian Bokmål
BactrisNorwegian Bokmål
BaktriaNorwegian Bokmål
BaktriaNorwegian Nynorsk
BactrianaOccitan (post 1500)
БактриOssetian
ਬਾਖ਼ਤ੍ਰPanjabi
ਬੈਕਟਰੀਆPanjabi
ਬੈਕਟ੍ਰੀਅPanjabi
باخترPersian
باختریشPersian
باکتریاPersian
بخدیPersian
تُخارستانPersian
طخارستانPersian
BaktriaPolish
باخترPushto
BactriaRomanian
БактраRussian
БактрианаRussian
БактрийцыRussian
БактрияRussian
BaktrijaSerbian
БактријаSerbian
BaktrijaSerbo-Croatian
BaktrijanaSerbo-Croatian
ToharistanSerbo-Croatian
باخترSindhi
BaktriaSlovak
BaktrijaSlovenian
باکتریاSouth Azerbaijani
BaktriaSwahili
BactriaSwedish
BactrianaSwedish
BaktriaSwedish
BaktrianaSwedish
BaktrienSwedish
BhalikaSwedish
DaxiaSwedish
Ta-HsiaSwedish
BaktrieSwiss German
BaktrienSwiss German
BoxtarTajik
БохтарTajik
பாக்திரியாTamil
Balxar ileTatar
БахтәрTatar
แบกเตรียThai
BaktriaTurkish
BaktrianeTurkish
BaktriyaTurkish
ToharistanTurkish
BaktriýaTurkmen
БактріанаUkrainian
БактріяUkrainian
باخترUrdu
BaqtriyaUzbek
BàtriaVenetian
BactriaVietnamese
Đại HạVietnamese
BactriaWaray (Philippines)
Bactria (rehiyon)Waray (Philippines)
BactriaWelsh
ՊաքթրիաWestern Armenian
باخترWestern Panjabi
巴克特里亚Wu Chinese
巴克特里亞Yue Chinese
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”
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