Ai-Khanoum

Summary

Ai-Khanoum is an archaeological site^[1]. Ai-Khanoum ranks in the top 3% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (274 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ai-Khanoum is located in Dashti Qala District^[3].
• Ai-Khanoum is in the country of Afghanistan^[4].
• Ai-Khanoum is on the body of water Amu Darya^[5].
• Ai-Khanoum is on the body of water Kokcha River^[6].
• Ai-Khanoum's image is recorded as AiKhanumCapitals.jpg^[7].
• Ai-Khanoum's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[8].
• Ai-Khanoum's instance of is recorded as locality^[9].
• Alexander the Great is named after Ai-Khanoum^[10].
• Ai-Khanoum's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 237425980^[11].
• Ai-Khanoum's GND ID is recorded as 4332465-4^[12].
• Ai-Khanoum's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84238793^[13].
• Ai-Khanoum's Commons category is recorded as Ai Khanoum^[14].
• Ai-Khanoum's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.16638888888889, 'lon': 69.41083333333333}^[15].
• Ai-Khanoum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03h61d^[16].
• Ai-Khanoum's significant event is recorded as Siege of Eucratideia^[17].
• Ai-Khanoum's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0262137^[18].
• Ai-Khanoum's vici.org ID is recorded as 10851^[19].
• Ai-Khanoum's Pleiades ID is recorded as 971693^[20].
• Ai-Khanoum's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7032374^[21].
• Ai-Khanoum's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'آی\u200cخانم'}^[22].
• Ai-Khanoum's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Eucratideia'}^[23].
• Ai-Khanoum's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 25246^[24].
• Ai-Khanoum's Trismegistos Geo ID is recorded as 2835^[25].
• Ai-Khanoum's Iranica ID is recorded as ay-kanom-or-a-khanum-tepe-a-local-uzbek-name-lit^[26].
• Ai-Khanoum's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as ai-khanoum^[27].

Body

Geography

Ai-Khanoum is in the country of Afghanistan^[4]. Ai-Khanoum is located in Dashti Qala District^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Amu Darya^[5], a river^[28], in Turkmenistan^[29] and Kokcha River^[6], a river^[30], in Afghanistan^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site^[8] and locality^[9].

History and Context

Alexander the Great is named after Ai-Khanoum^[10].

Why It Matters

Ai-Khanoum ranks in the top 3% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (274 views/month).^[2] Ai-Khanoum has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Ai-Khanoum is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]