Haraiva (English spelling)

Japanese: Haraīva(英語表記)Haraiva
Haraiva (English spelling)

…Located in the Herat River basin, it flourished as a key location on the Silk Road that linked Western Asia and Europe with India and China since ancient times. It is said that Alexander the Great built Alexandreia hē en Areiois (Alexandreia of Arya) here, and its name, Haraiva, appears already on ancient Persian inscriptions from the Achaemenid period. During the Sassanid, Arab, and Samanid periods, it was counted as one of the most important cities of Khorasan, and flourished as its capital during the Ghorid period in the 12th century. …

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Japanese:

…ハリー・ルード(ヘラート川)流域に位置し,古来,西アジア・ヨーロッパとインドおよび中国を結ぶシルクロード上の要地として栄えた。アレクサンドロス大王がこの地にアレクサンドレイア・アレイアAlexandreia hē en Areiois(〈アーリヤのアレクサンドレイア〉)を建設したと伝えられ,またアケメネス朝時代の古代ペルシア語碑文にも,すでにハライワHaraīvaとしてその名が見える。ササン朝,アラブ支配期,サーマーン朝時代にはホラーサーンの代表的都市の一つに数えられ,12世紀のゴール朝時代にはその首都として栄えた。…

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