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	Bactria and Zoroaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bactria and its capital Bactra may have been forgotten in the West, but not in Iran, as this message from Nushin Namazi tells: "In addition to this recent discovery of gold, Bactra (Paktra - Iranian name) is a sacred Iranian city.
		It was from Bactra that came Zoroaster (Zardosht).
		Bactra was also the spiritual home of the great temple of the ancient Iranian goddess, Anahit (in Pahlavi or Middle-Persian) and Anahita (Ânâhitâ) in the Avesta hymns.
	www.stanford.edu /group/wais/Individuals/BactriaZoroaster.htm (616 words)

	Bactria - MSN Encarta
		A branch of the Hindu Kush Mountains separated it from the territories of the Sakas (Sacae), a tribe of Scythians.
		Its capital was Bactra, present-day Balkh, in north Afghanistan.
		Iranian peoples probably inhabited Bactria as early as the 8th century bc, and Bactra (see Balkh) may have been the cradle of the Zoroastrianism.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562034/Bactria.html (223 words)

	ACTRIA
		Bactria, the territory of which Bactra was the capital, originally consisted of the plain between the Hindu Kush and the AÚmu@ Darya@ with its string of agricultural oases dependent on water taken from the rivers of Balkò (Bactra), Tashkurgan, Kondu@z, Sar-e Pol, and ˆ^r^n Taga@o@.
		Bactra is deeply buried under the citadel (ba@la@-háesáa@r) of present-day Balkò.
		After the establishment of the Seleucid regime, Bactra became for a time the headquarters of Seleucos I's son Antiochos, who was deputed to defend the eastern satrapies against the growing might of the Mauryan empire.
	www.iranica.com /newsite/articles/v3f4/v3f4a004.html (3019 words)

	Geography of Iran: History of Balkh (Bactria)
		As an example: when Antiochus the Great sieged Bactra, the Bactrians showed so much courage and stability - thanks to their location - that the king had no choice but to break the siege.
		The legend is that Zarathushtra appeared during the reign of Gushtaspa at "Bactra the beautiful, city of the high - streaming banner".
		Bactra the sacred city and the capital of Bactria was the last of the Persian Empire's provinces to fall.
	www.iranchamber.com /geography/articles/balkh.php (2046 words)

	Bactria
		Bactria (Bactriana) was the ancient name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush (Paropamisus) and the Amu Darya (Oxus), with the capital Bactra (now Balkh[?]).
		It is a mountainous country with a moderate climate.
		However, its cultural influences were not completely undone; an artistic style mixing western and eastern elements known as the Gandhara culture survived the empire for hundreds of years.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Bactria.html (569 words)

	Bactria
		The capital of Bactria was Bactra (Balkh, near modern Mazâr-e Sharîf), an important city in the history of Zoroastrianism.
		It is known to have had a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess of water and fertility Anahita, and is called "the town with the high-lifted banners" in the Avesta, the sacred book of the Zoroastrians.
		When the Athenian playwright Euripides wanted to write that the god Dionysus was born in the far east, he called it Bactria, and the philosopher Aristotle of Stagira argued that from the Hindu Kush, one could see the eastern Ocean.
	www.livius.org /ba-bd/bactria/bactria.html (1634 words)

	The ten-horned beast: Alexander the Great. (12) The way to dusty death
		On hearing the news, Bessus' men left their king alone, and he was forced to go to the country north of the river Oxus (the modern Amudar'ya).
		Nonetheless, the results were impressive and during the winter, which the reunited armies spent at Nautaca and Maracanda, several neighboring tribes and countries sent ambassadors to conclude treaties (e.g., Chorasmia).
		In the summer, the armies united at Bactra, which was the scene of several important events that gave an idea of Alexander's plans for the future.
	www.livius.org /aj-al/alexander/alexander12.html (2805 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- Balkh - AOL Research & Learn
		Because it was located on natural travel routes at a source of water, the town was important as early as the 3d millennium B.C., when the lapis lazuli trade to Mesopotamia began.
		Alexander the Great reputedly founded a Greek colony at the site c.328 B.C. The city later attained great wealth and importance as Bactra, capital of the independent kingdom of Bactria.
		In the early centuries , Balkh, a prominent center of Buddhism, was renowned for its Buddhist monasteries and stupas.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/balkh/20051205191009990029 (282 words)

	History of Afghanistan
		The two chief cities of Bactria, Aornos (Tashkurghan) and Bactra (Balkh), surrendered without resistance in the spring of 329 B.C. Establishing a base camp at Bactra, Alexander pursued the rebels across the Oxus.
		Even Balkh, traditionally thought to be the site of Bactra, has failed to oblige the archaeologists' spades.
		Kandahar lays claim to being Alexandria-ad-Arachosia and the discovery there of two inscrip-tions in the Greek language certainly points to a flourishing Greek community living in old Kandahar.
	www.afghanan.net /afghanistan/alexander.htm (429 words)

	UKMoths - Bactra furfurana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Although when well-marked this species is fairly distinctive, poorly-marked specimens are difficult to separate from other Bactra species.
		The adult moths fly in June and July and occupy damp marshy habitats.
		The larvae feed in the stems of rushes such as commmon club-rush (Schoenoplectus lacustris) and compact rush (Juncus conglomeratus), hollowing out the stem.
	ukmoths.org.uk /show.php?bf=1110 (64 words)

	Alexander's Route
		Alexander was on his way to Bactra, when the news of Sati Barzan rebellion reached to him.
		Alexander moved to the North of the country (Bactra) passing Hindokush mountains from this fort.
		After a series of campaigns in the north of Hindokush (Bactra), Alexander returned to Alexandria of Gebul Saraj.
	members.tripod.com /~khorasan/Miscellaneous/Route_of_Alexander.html (762 words)

	I, Hammurabi: Veterans
		Even after garrisoning several units for several turns, the Persian people refused to submit to Hammurabi's Whip.
		When Bactra fell, there was a great lamentation throughout all the land.
		When I stumbled upon them, I was astounded that Hammurabi the Butcher of Bactra had lost two-thirds his army.
	www.zachriel.com /gotm14/Veterans.htm (263 words)

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	Problem C1
		Note that on this first problem, your choice of caravans does not affect your score.
		List the caravans you are sending out: Arion Bactra Carmana Dahae Ecbatana
		Prepare a balance sheet as it will look right after sending out the caravans.
	www.cob.sfasu.edu /rgriffith/caravanprob1.htm (226 words)

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