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Bactria

Alexander conquered Sogdiana

320s BC
Sughd, Tajikistan

Alexander conquered Sogdiana. In the south, beyond the Oxus, he married Roxana, daughter of the defeated Satrap of Bactria, Oxyartes. He founded two Greek cities in Bactria, including his easternmost, Alexandria Eschate.


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