swap_horiz Merv Oasis Alternatives

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Dunhuang Oasis

The Dunhuang Oasis is a vital historical site located in Gansu Province, China. It’s renowned for its exceptional preser...

China Historic Silk Road Gobi

9.2 Excellent

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Samarkand

Samarkand is a historic oasis city located in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. It flourished as the capital of the Timurid Empi...

Historic Uzbekistan Central Asia Silk Road

9.2 Excellent

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Bukhara

Bukhara is a historic oasis city located in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. It flourished as a key center along the Silk Road...

Historic Islamic Uzbekistan Central Asia

9.2 Excellent

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Khiva

Khiva is a historic oasis city in western Uzbekistan, near the Amu Darya and the edge of the Kyzylkum Desert. It served...

Historic Uzbekistan Central Asia Silk Road

8.9 Great

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Turpan Oasis

The Turpan Oasis is an inhabited and cultivated area within the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang, northwestern China, histo...

China Grape Silk Road Xinjiang

8.5 Great

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Kashgar Oasis

The Kashgar Oasis surrounds Kashgar in the western part of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, near the margins o...

China Historic Uyghur Silk Road

8.3 Great

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Faiyum Oasis

The Faiyum Oasis is a fertile depression west of the Nile in Egypt, connected to the river by the Bahr Yussef channel ra...

Natural Ancient Egypt Fertile

8.1 Great

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Marib Oasis

The Marib Oasis is an ancient cultivated region in present-day Marib Governorate, Yemen, associated with the Sabaean kin...

Ancient Dam Yemen Sheba

8.0 Great

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Hotan Oasis

Hotan is an oasis city on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, China, historically known as Khotan. I...

China Desert Jade Silk Road

7.9 Good

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Kuqa Oasis

Kuqa is an oasis city on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin in present-day Xinjiang, China. Historically known as Kuch...

China Buddhist Silk Road Xinjiang

7.9 Good

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Zhangye Oasis

The Zhangye Oasis is a river-fed agricultural and urban area around Zhangye in Gansu Province, China, within the Hexi Co...

China Silk Road Gansu River Fed

7.9 Good

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Shahdad Oasis

Shahdad is a town and oasis settlement in Iran's Kerman Province, situated near the western edge of the Dasht-e Lut dese...

Remote Ancient Iran Qanats

7.8 Good

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Germa Oasis

The ancient capital of the Garamantian civilization in Libya's Fezzan, occupied from roughly 500 BCE to 700 CE and notab...

Historic Ancient Libya Fezzan

7.7 Good

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Tayma Oasis

Tayma Oasis is a historic archaeological site and natural spring settlement located in the Tabuk region of northwestern...

Natural Historic Ancient Saudi Arabia

7.5 Good

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Yarkand Oasis

Yarkand (Yarkant) is an oasis city in southwestern Xinjiang, China, situated on the Yarkand River at the southern edge o...

China Historic Silk Road Xinjiang

7.4 Good

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Dumat al-Jandal

Dumat al-Jandal is a historic oasis city located in the Al-Jawf region of northwestern Saudi Arabia, recognized as one o...

Historic Ancient Saudi Arabia Springs

7.2 Good

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Jiuquan Oasis

Jiuquan is a prefecture-level city situated in the Hexi Corridor of Gansu Province in northwestern China. Founded as a m...

China Historic Silk Road Gansu

7.2 Good

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Hami Oasis

Hami Oasis is a historically significant agricultural hub located in eastern Xinjiang, China. Positioned along the route...

China Melon Silk Road Xinjiang

7.1 Good

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Qatif Oasis

Qatif Oasis is a historic oasis and settled region on the coast of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, bordering the Persia...

Coastal Ancient Saudi Arabia Date Palms

7.0 Good

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Buraimi Oasis

Buraimi Oasis is a historic oasis complex in northern Oman, adjacent to Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates and divided t...

Historic Ancient Oman Aflaj

6.9 Fair