IranandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
3 SHARED EVENTSTurkmenistan

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · IRN LEFT · TKM RIGHT

1. c. 247 BCE

   Rise of the Parthian Empire

   The nomadic Parni founded the Parthian state, which grew into an empire ruling Iran and Central Asia for nearly five centuries and rivalling Rome, with Nisa among its early royal centres.

   Formation · from the Turkmenistan chronicle · Ancient Oases: Margiana and Parthian Nisa · REFS 2 — Parthia, Parthian Empire

2. 2nd century BCE

   Royal city of Nisa

   Old and New Nisa, near modern Ashgabat, served as an early capital and royal residence of the Parthian Empire, with palaces, temples and treasuries that fused Hellenistic and Iranian art.

   Culture & Ideas · from the Turkmenistan chronicle · Ancient Oases: Margiana and Parthian Nisa · REFS 2 — Parthian Fortresses of Nisa, Parthia

3. c. 651 CE

   Merv under the Arab caliphate

   After the fall of Sasanian Persia, Merv became a key garrison and administrative centre of the Arab caliphate in Khorasan, a base for the spread of Islam and for campaigns further into Central Asia.

   Religion · from the Turkmenistan chronicle · Merv: Silk Road City and Seljuk Capital · REFS 2 — State Historical and Cultural Park 'Ancient Merv', Turkmenistan