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Bactria

The legendary Assyrian king Ninus had defeated a Bactrian king

2140 BC
Balkh, Afghanistan

The early Greek historian Ctesias, c. 400 BC, alleged that the legendary Assyrian king Ninus had defeated a Bactrian king named Oxyartes in c. 2140 BC.


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