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Gurgānj Dam
Central Asian water-engineering project (~985–April 1221) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gurgānj Dam was a major water engineering project of medieval-era Central Asia. The dam was constructed on the Amu Darya (Oxus) river, near what is now called Konye-Urgench ("Old Gurgānj") in northern Turkmenistan. It was destroyed in 1221 by the troops of Genghis Khan and began to flow into Sarygamysh Lake.[1][2]
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