Merv Erk Kala (citadel castle) 6th cent BCE Walls & Gyaur Kala (Antiochia Marginana) 3rd cent BCE Hellenistic (Seleucid) Antiochus Soter (1e)

            The cities of the Merv oasis lie on the banks of the Murghab River delta, where the river flows into the Kara Kum desert and disappears in the sand.    
The earliest city, Erk Kala, was founded c.500 BCE and later became the citadel of the Hellenistic city, Antiochia Margiana, (Gyaur Kala) in the 3rd century. The medieval city, Sultan Kala, was built on the other side of the main canal; and the post-medieval city, Abdullah Khan Kala, was built in 1409, with an extension, Bairam Ali Khan Kala. Its exceptional location for trade, commerce and the exchange of ideas, ensured its major role in the functioning of the Silk Road.

Erk Kala, the earliest cities at Merv, was founded c.500 BCE. Around 280 BCE it became the citadel for the much larger Hellenistic city of Antiochia Marginana (today known as Gyaur Kala).

Antiochus I Soter (Antiochus the Savior) c.324/3-261 BCE, Greek king of the Seleucid Empire (r.281-261).

Taken in: Turkmenistan / Bagt (show map)

Taken on: August 17, 2010

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Turkmenistan

Merv

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Sultan Kala

Abdullah Khan Kala

Bairam Ali Khan Kala

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Erk Kalacitadel

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Sets appears in: • Turkmenistan: Merv

Groups appears in: • Strictly Seleucidic • Ashgabat and Turkmenistan

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