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Also Known As	Khorezm • Chorasmia

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Ottoman Empire Byzantine Empire British Empire ancient Egypt East Germany Prussia ancient Greek civilization German Empire Austria-Hungary Dust Bowl

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

Key People

Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.

al-Bīrūnī

Persian scholar and scientist

Abu al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar al-Zamakhsharī

Persian scholar

Khwārezm-Shāh dynasty

Turkish dynasty