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	Margiana - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Margiana (Old Persian Marguš): district in the Karakum desert, modern Mary (or Merv) in the southeast of Turkmenistan.
		Margiana was situated on the boards of the river Murghab; this river, which was called Margos by the ancient Greeks, has its sources in the mountains of Afghanistan and flows to the north, into the Karakum desert, where it divides into several branches that disappear in the desert sands.
		Margiana must have been conquered by the Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Margiana (840 words)

	Margiana
		The fertile delta was called Margiana and was already occupied by farmers in about 2200-1700 BCE; their Bronze Age culture is known as the "Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex".
		Margiana must have been conquered by the Persian king Cyrus the Great.
		In 53 BCE, Antiochia in Margiana received new settlers: ten thousand Roman soldiers, taken captive by the Parthians at Carrhae.
	www.livius.org /man-md/margiana/margiana.html (871 words)

	Merv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander the Great's visit to Merv is merely legendary, but after his death, Merv became the chief city of a province (Margiana) of the Seleucid, Parthian and Sassanid kingdoms.
		On the Margus River— called the Epardus by Arrian and now the Murghab— stood the capital of the district, named Antiochia Margiana, ("Antioch of the Margiana") by Antiochus Soter, who rebuilt the city, in a greatly enlarged plan, almost two kilometers across.
		After Ardashir I (ca 220-240) took Merv, the study of numismatics picks up the thread: a long unbroken direct Sassanian rule of four centuries is documented from the unbroken series of coins originally minted at Merv.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merv (1811 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Margiana and Soma-Haoma (Victor I. Sarianidi) (1e) 5.
		In his recent book, Margiana and Proto-Zoroastrism, V.I. Sarianidi argues that the temple-cult for which he found indications in Margiana is a predecessor of the Zoroastrian rituals centering around Haoma and fire.
		Vogelsang, however, argues that it is not likely that the nomadic or semi-nomadic Indo-Europeans got settled in the BMAC buildings, though they may have been in close contact with this urbanized culture, and may have been influenced by their rituals, perhaps including rituals in which Ephedra and other plants were employed.
	users.primushost.com /~india/ejvs/ejvs0901/ejvs0901b.txt (1164 words)

	Der Barbier von Bagdad - Opera
		The scene of the second act is laid in the Cadi's dwelling, where Margiana is awaiting the noon hour in a fine state of excitement.
		Bostana and Margiana hastily conceal Nureddin in the chest of the Damascan suitor and Abul is summoned to carry it forth.
		Within lies Nureddin motionless and horror is general but, at the magic sound of Margiana's name breathed in his ear by Abul Hassan, the young lover rouses and thus relieves the Cadi of the suspicion of murder.
	www.tribalsmile.com /music/article_534.shtml (816 words)

	Bactria Margiana 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Murghab delta is fertile and this is the country that was called Margiana.
		Because Margiana was not a very important part of the Persian empire, no action was undertaken.
		They must have found the conditions of their captivity easier than they expected; a few years later, the Greek topographer Strabo praises Margiana as a country especially blessed by nature, and he must have received this information from the captives.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/20186 (981 words)

	The Centaur
		Koura entices the men to kill Sinbad, but before the sword strikes, Margiana raises her hands – displaying the tattooed eye on her right palm.
		Margiana is seized and lowered into a darkened pit.
		To Margiana’s horror, he approaches her, snatches her up in his hands and disappears down the tunnel.
	www.theseventhvoyage.com /thecentaur.htm (645 words)

	Alexandria in Margiana - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Alexandria in Margiana is mentioned by Pliny the Elder (NH 6.67-67) and is probably one of the towns that was founded in 328 or 327 by Alexander the Great or his right-hand-man Craterus as an instrument against the horsemen of the Sogdian leader Spitamenes.
		By settling a Macedonian garrison in the oasis of Margiana (modern Mary), the Sogdians were unable to use it as a base.
		Again, it was a military settlement, intended to guard Iran against incursions from nomad tribes, such as the Parni, who were to overrun this region and to found the Parthian empire in what is now Iran and Iraq.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Alexandria_in_Margiana (155 words)

	British Academy - After Alexander: Central Asia Before Islam: Abstract (Smirnova) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The presence in Margiana of Seleucid and Graeco-Bactrian coins confirmed the political influence and possessions of the Hellenistic rulers in this area.
		The question to be resolved is when the Parthians conquered Margiana – just after the death of Eucratides I between 145 and 129 BC or earlier, when Margiana – as one of two provinces lost by the Bactrians – was conquered by the Parthians [Justin, XL, 6].
		Stable Parthian rule in Margiana between the 2nd century BC and the 2nd century AD is demonstrated by the numismatic evidence.
	www.britac.ac.uk /events/2004/abstracts/asia-smirnova.html (843 words)

	About Margiana
		The first time we see Margiana is as a veiled dancer in a vision to Sinbad as he holds the amulate for the first time.
		He sees her again in a dream during a storm and it is the eye on her right palm that attracts his attention.
		As he fights the evil Koura she shouts a warning to Sinbad as Koura becomes visible in the shower of water as he is about to kill him.
	www.margiana.freeservers.com /custom2.html (340 words)

	The Barber of Baghdad - Cornelius
		Margiana is the medicine that can cure him, Margiana, the marvelously glorious daughter of the mighty Cadi, Baba Mustapha.
		And see how health reanimates Nureddin’s limbs, when Bostana, a relative of the cadi, approaches and brings the sweet news that Margiana will wait for her lover about noon when her father has gone to prayers in the mosque.
		The cadi is right, for Nureddin is not a corpse but only in a swoon because he was nearly smothered, but he is without doubt Margiana’s dowry and he will become so publicly.
	www.music-with-ease.com /cornelius-barber-baghdad.html (410 words)

	Turkmenistan - Day 4
		The oasis was first colonized in the Early Bronze Age in the early second millennium BC, probably by tribes from the Kopet Dagh mountains.
		The first historical reference to Margiana is by the Achaemenian king, Darius the Great (522-486 BC).
		In his famous trilingual inscription at Bisitun in western Iran, Darius commented on the crushing of a revolt in the province of Margiana.
	www.squiresweb.com /uzbek/day04.htm (1555 words)

	Site Template -- Geneology
		Caroline Munro has played some terrific characters in her many films - Naomi in "The Spy Who Loved Me", Stella Star in "Starcrash", Dia in "At the Earth's Core" etc - but my favourite is Margiana in the cult classic "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad".
		The photos on this site are my all time favourites of Caroline, whether from "Sinbad" or any of her other films or modelling career.
		Thank-you to everyone who supported the old Margiana website at http://mysite.freeserve.com/margiana which recorded over 260 hits in the two months it was up and running.
	www.margiana.freeservers.com (372 words)

	Read about Merv at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Merv and learn about Merv here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Alexander the Great's visit to Merv is merely legendary, but after his death, Merv became the chief city of a province (Margiana) of the
		Murghab— stood the capital of the district, named Antiochia Margiana, ("Antioch of the Margiana") by
		Antiochus Soter, who rebuilt the city, in a greatly enlarhed plan, almost two kilometers across.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Merv (1602 words)

	Dienekes' Anthropology Blog: Indo-Iranian Origins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It is impossible, however, to trace the continuity of these materials into the 1st millennium and relate them to the known cultures of Iranian-speakersthe Medes or the Achaemenids (or their presumed Iron Age ancestors [see Ghirshman 1977, Young 1967]).
		The fact that these language families are of far less interest to the archaeologist may have a great deal to do with the fact that it is primarily speakers of Indo-European in search of their own roots who have addressed this problem.
		He offers three models, each of interest, none supported by archaeological evidence, one of which is that the Bactrian Margiana complex was Indo-Iranian and came to dominate the steppe lands, serving as the inspiration for the emergence of fortified settlements such as Sintashta in the southern Urals.
	dienekes.ifreepages.com /blog/archives/000374.html (1177 words)

	Video Review @ Stomp Tokyo - The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
		The merchant also throws in a slave named Margiana (Caroline Munro) to sweeten the deal.
		Margiana catches Sinbad's eye because of an eye-shaped tattoo she has on her palm, and Sinbad has had a prophetic dream in which he saw just such a tattoo.
		The funny thing is that Margiana never plays any vital part in the adventure, so Sinbad's prophetic dream was essentially fulfilling the role of a dating service.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/g/golden-voyage-of-sinbad.html (913 words)

	Golden Voyage Of Sinbad The Reel Image Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Achmed wants Sinbad to take his son Hakim and offers him 200 gold pieces, about to leave a beautiful slave girl Margiana (Caroline Munro) brings in refreshments, on her hand is the single eye.
		About to be sacrificed, Margiana holding out her hand stops the sacrifice of Sinbad, only to be lowered into the lair of the Centaur, who carries her off to the caverns.
		After rescuing Margiana they continue through the caverns finally arriving at the Fountain Of Untold Riches, were Koura has already started to abuse the preasures gifts.
	valueservices.org /reelimage/reviews/goldenvoyageofsinbad/goldenvoyageofsinbad.htm (1276 words)

	Malter Galleries Past Auctions
		This seal is not as boldly carved as the previous Margiana examples.
		This remarkable seal depicts a standing lion with its tail up on one side; on the second side a scorpion with its stinger up, and a winged monster on the third side.
		On one side a stg lion with curled tail upwards, on the second side is a large snake with a double mouth, its fangs shooting out in two directions; on the third panel another walking lion, its tail down and a smaller animal atop the lion’s back.
	www.maltergalleries.com /archives/auction04/851_b.html (4127 words)

	Frâda of Margiana
		Frâda: name of the king of Margiana, ruled 522-521 BCE.
		Even further to the east, Margiana revolted, an oasis in the Karakum desert.
		In the Behistun inscription, which was made immediately after the above mentioned events, Dâdari's victory is presented as if it was just as important as the victories over the rebels in Babylonia or
	www.livius.org /fo-fz/frada/frada.html (407 words)

	KINGS OF TURKS
		Afrasiyab, last King of Turan, gave name to Turkish Royalty, which called itself the House of Afrasiyab; conquered by Cyrus "The Great", Shah of Persia [identified with Kei-Khusru of Persian saga], who annexed Turan to Persia, c.
		Bonon, King of Margiana [Margush] [modern Merv region] located in Turkestan [modern Turkmenistan], 58-20BC 29.
		Kanaban, King of Margiana [Turkestan] 60-80 from whom descends: about 11 generations [vassals successively of the Kushans (80BC-AD240), Persians (240-350), and Chinese (350-406)] 45.
	www.turkgenealogy.com /kings_of_turks.htm (1787 words)

	2: The coming of the Aryans
		According to this theory, the Rigvedic Aryans were preceded by another wave of Indo-European speaking invaders who called themselves the Dasas and who penetrated further to the east than did the Rigvedic Aryans.
		he new theory is based on textual-linguistic re-interpretation of the Vedic evidence in the light of the recent remarkable discoveries made by Soviet archaeologists of a previously unknown Bronze Age civilization in Bactria (North Afghanistan) and Margiana (in Turkmenistan).
		Evidence for Ephedra (identified as the Soma plant) has been discovered in the residues of liquid in ritual vessels found in the temple-forts of Togolok-21 and Gonur-I in Margiana dating from the BMAC-II phase.
	www.harappa.com /script/maha2.html (480 words)

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		This civilization of the Bronze Age is called Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) and is situated, as the name indicates, in Bactria on both sides of the Amu Darya and in Margiana, the Merv-Oasis.
		Considering the importance of ibex figures in the BMAC as pinheads, an interpretation as 'horns' cannot be excluded.
		According to the linguist, Asko Parpola, this mandala is related to the Tantric Mahakali Yantra (Parpola, A., Margiana and the Aryan Problem, in, IASCCA Information Bulletin 19, Moscow, 1993.
	www.turkotek.com /salon_00040/salon.html (3229 words)

	Bactria Margiana 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		By the mid-‘70s, the soviet archeologists had discovered several hundred of these structures in the areas known as Bactria and Margiana.
		No one knows the extent of this civilization, which may reach beyond Margiana, deep in the Kara Kum desert, and Bactria, which straddles the Uzbek-Afghan border.
		In Bactria and Margiana, there was no natural stone or metal.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/20173 (626 words)

	Chapter Mardonius <i>to</i> Margiana of M by Brewer's Readers Handbook
		Margiana (Queen), a mussulman, the mortal enemy of the fire-worshippers.
		Prince Assad became her slave, but, being stolen by the crew of Behram, was carried off.
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	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/174/1123/14831/3.html (201 words)

	The-Tribes-Chapter-Seven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Tribes of Simeon, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled the area of Margiana (i.e.
		Manasseh, settled in MARGIANA (Merv) east of the Caspian.
		Historically, the Tribe of Ephraim near Margiana was represented in the
	www.britam.org /3rd-Edition/The-Tribes-Chapter-Seven.html (4664 words)

	Barbier von Bagdad Der (The Barber of Baghdad) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Cadi has intended to marry his daughter to an old friend, but he is called to prayer and the lovers are left alone, their meeting interrupted by the re- appearance of Abul Hassan, trying to help, and the return of the Cadi.
		Nureddin hides in a trunk that had contained the presents sent by Margiana’s other suitor and Abul Hassan, thinking Nureddin dead, tries to remove the trunk, to the anger of the Cadi, who thinks Abul Hassan is a thief.
		Matters are settled by the arrival of the Caliph.
	www.naxos.com /NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/operas/Barbier_von_Bagdad_Der(The_Barber_of_Baghdad).htm (214 words)

	Bibliography Page 58
		The continuity of Buddhism in Margiana and the other Buddhist sites in former Soviet Central Asia from the first to seventh century CE is to be demonstrated from the perspective of both art historical and textual findings.
		Some researchers seem to have a problem with the identification of An-sok in Chinese with the Parthian dynasty in Iran and the others doubt the existence of Buddhism in the Oxus region in the early Kushan period.
		Nevertheless Russian archaeological data based on numismatic evidence, the inscriptions in Karosthi, and the study of the Chinese Buddhist texts translated by the Parthian monks indicate the early onset of Buddhism in the Oxus region including Margiana.
	www.parthia.com /webreport_58.htm (1638 words)

	Antiquity : The Central Asian dimension of the symbolic system in Bactria and Margiana. (Special Section) @ HighBeam ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Current Article: The Central Asian dimension of the symbolic system in Bactria and Margiana.
		Start / A / Antiquity / June 01, 1994 / The Central Asian dimension of the symbolic system in Bactria and Margiana.
		Read 'Antiquity: The Central Asian dimension of the symbolic system in Bactria and Margiana.
	static.highbeam.com /a/antiquity/june011994/thecentralasiandimensionofthesymbolicsysteminbactr (176 words)

	Gonur Tepe - A Visit to Bronze Age Turkmenistan
		In a very rich tomb at north Gonur which contained not human remains, but those of a lamb, Sarianidi found a huge scepter and a long pin of silver with an elegant seated female figure at its base, wearing this same type of garment.
		The same lappet-formed garment is found in the so-called "composite statues" that have been found in Margiana and in southern Bactria.
		As darkness closed in, Russians, Turkomans and Americans sat together eating the crackling meat, and toasted the land, the people and the ancient history of Margiana until we could toast no more.
	www.anahitagallery.com /aharch01.html (2062 words)

	Turkmenistan - Margush / Margiana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In the ancient epoch, the Greek authors had transformed the ex name into Margiana.
		in the north Afghanistan and Southern Turkmenistan gave exact proof for close relations between Margiana and Baktria.The Margiana country occupied an area of more than 3000 sq.
		Among the sands of the eastern Kara-kum the archeologists found and excavated the monumental castles and temples, in size competing with the buildings of Assiria and Babilon.
	www.odyssei.com /travel-tips/4661.html (403 words)

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