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Merv

Oasis in Turkmenistan, a centre of civilization from at least 1200 BC, and site of a town founded by Alexander the Great. Old Merv was destroyed by the emir of Bokhara in 1787, and the modern town of Mary, founded by the Russians in 1885, lies 29 km/18 mi to its west.



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