Merv: All Data
Merv is a city in Turkmenistan. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Merv: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
500 BC
Subdivision Capital of the Satrapy of Amyrgians, part of Achaemenid Empire
51 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Margiana
201 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Margiana (Parthia)
224 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Margiana (Sasanids)
485 AD
Mentioned in Event: Hephthalite-Sasanian War of 484
486 AD
Mentioned in Event: Hephthalite-Sasanian War of 484
652 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquest of Khorasan
748 AD
Mentioned in Event: Abbasid Revolution
1040 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Dandanaqan, part of Battle of Dandanaqan
1118 AD
Capital of Seljuk Empire
1221 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Merv, part of Mongol invasions and conquests
1873 AD
Mentioned in Event: Khivan campaign of 1873
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Malleson mission
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Malleson mission
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union