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Khwarezmia
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Khwarezm
Khwarezm
or
Chorasmia
is a large
oasis
region on the
Amu Darya
river delta
in western
Central Asia
, bordered on the north by the (former)
Aral Sea
, on the east by the
Kyzylkum desert
, on the south by the
Karakum desert
, and on the west by the
Ustyurt Plateau
. It was the center of the
Iranian
Khwarezmian civilization and a series of kingdoms such as the
Persian Empire
, whose capitals were (among others)
Kath
,
Gurganj
(the modern
Köneürgenç
) and – from the 16th century on –
Khiva
. Today Khwarezm belongs partly to
Uzbekistan
, partly to
Kazakhstan
and partly to
Turkmenistan
.
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