Side by side
Iran and Turkmenistan compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
1991 — Turkmenistan becomes independent as the Soviet Union dissolves
- Shared indicators
- 38
- Domains
- 9
- Crossed events
- 3
- Data through
- 2026-08-10
The figures, side by side
Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.
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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.
- 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 · Parthia, Parthian Empire
- 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 · Parthian Fortresses of Nisa, Parthia
- 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 · State Historical and Cultural Park 'Ancient Merv', Turkmenistan