Explore Bactria through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bactria meaning
The ancient name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya in West Asia, encompassing parts of northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and northern Pakistan.
Using Bactria
- The main meaning on this page is: The ancient name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya in West Asia, encompassing parts of northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and northern Pakistan.
- In the example corpus, bactria often appears in combinations such as: in bactria, to bactria, of bactria.
Context around Bactria
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bactria
- In this selection, "bactria" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, writers, province, greco, included, tokharistan and undoubtedly stand out and add context to how "bactria" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and greco bactria to at and arrived in bactria with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bactria" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bactria
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bactria included northern Afghanistan and the upper Amu Darya. (9 words)
Tajiks are now found only in historic Bactria and Sogdiana. (10 words)
Taking advantage of this distraction, Bactria and Parthia seceded from the empire. (12 words)
Such a change could have taken place either in the original language of the Tokharians which is completely unknown, or in the indigenous language of Bactria, undoubtedly Iranian, probably adopted by the immigrants, which, however, is equally unknown (cf. (39 words)
Herodotus, 4.200-204 In addition, Xerxes also settled the "Branchidae" in Bactria; they were the descendants of Greek priests who had once lived near Didyma (western Asia Minor) and betrayed the temple to him. (35 words)
Bactria was located in northern Afghanistan (present-day Afghan Turkestan ) between the mountain range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya ( Oxus ) River and some areas of current south Tajikistan. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
The paradox that Greek presence was more prominent in Bactria than in areas far closer to Greece can possibly be explained by past deportations of Greeks to Bactria.
According to some writers, Bactria was the homeland of Indo-Iranian tribes who moved south-west into Iran and into north-western India around 2500–2000 BC.
After two years of war and a strong insurgency campaign, Alexander managed to establish little control over Bactria.
A group of thirty Aramaic documents from Bactria have been discovered, and an analysis was published in November 2006.
Bactria had a special position in old Afghanistan, being the capital of a vice-kingdom.
Bactria included northern Afghanistan and the upper Amu Darya.
Bactria was located in northern Afghanistan (present-day Afghan Turkestan ) between the mountain range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya ( Oxus ) River and some areas of current south Tajikistan.
Darius's inscription states that his father was satrap of Bactria in 522 BCE.
He crossed northwestern India and created the province Bactria but could not move further because his army was afraid of the foot soldiers of India.
Herodotus, 4.200-204 In addition, Xerxes also settled the "Branchidae" in Bactria; they were the descendants of Greek priests who had once lived near Didyma (western Asia Minor) and betrayed the temple to him.
He spent the next ten years on his anabasis through the eastern parts of his domain and restoring rebellious vassals like Parthia and Greco-Bactria to at least nominal obedience.
Identifying the authors with the Tokharoi people of ancient Bactria (Tokharistan), early authors called these languages "Tocharian".
Later, Seleucus sought to guard his eastern frontier and moved Ionian Greeks (also known as Yavanas to many local groups) to Bactria in the 3rd century BC.
Strabo, 11.11.4 Herodotus also records a Persian commander threatening to enslave daughters of the revolting Ionians and send them to Bactria.
Such a change could have taken place either in the original language of the Tokharians which is completely unknown, or in the indigenous language of Bactria, undoubtedly Iranian, probably adopted by the immigrants, which, however, is equally unknown (cf.
Tajiks are now found only in historic Bactria and Sogdiana.
Taking advantage of this distraction, Bactria and Parthia seceded from the empire.
The " Avesta "—the holy book of Zoroastrianism—was written in the old-Bactrian dialect; it is also thought that Zoroaster was most likely born in Bactria.
The Hephthalites (or White Huns) swept out of Central Asia around the 4th century into Bactria and to the south, overwhelming the last of the Kushan and Sassanian kingdoms.
They are supposed to have originated in Western China and arrived in Bactria with the great migrations of the second half of the 4th century.
Common combinations with bactria
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in bactria 4×
- to bactria 3×
- of bactria 3×
- bactria and 3×
- bactria was 2×
- bactria in 2×