Sogdiana

Definition

Sogdiana (or Sogdia) is a region in Central Asia between the mighty rivers Iaxartes in the north and Oxus in the south. Its eastern and western limits are more difficult to determine, especially since the toponym Sogdiana covered different areas at different times.

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Timeline

  • Jan 329 BCE - May 327 BCE
    Alexander conquers Bactria and Sogdiana.
  • 293 BCE
    Antiochos is appointed vice-king of the Upper-Satrapies by his father Seleucus I Nicator.
  • c. 280 BCE
    Incursion of northern nomads (Sakas) on Seleucid territories.
  • c. 209 BCE
    Sogdians make themselves independant, using the fact that Euthydemos I of Bactria was besieged in Bactra by Antiochos III.
  • c. 200 BCE
    Sakas conquer the Sogdiana part of the Iaxartes.
  • c. 200 BCE - c. 100 BCE
    Scythians tribes migrate into Bactria, Sogdiana and Arachosia.
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