Khyber Pass
Khy·ber Pass
K0052000 (kī′bər)Khyber Pass
(ˈkaɪbə)Khy′ber Pass′
(ˈkaɪ bər)n.
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单词 | khyber pass | |||
释义 | Khyber PassKhy·ber PassK0052000 (kī′bər)Khyber Pass(ˈkaɪbə)Khy′ber Pass′(ˈkaɪ bər)n.
Khyber PassKhyber Pass(kī`bər), narrow, steep-sided pass, 28 mi (45 km) long, winding through the Safed Koh Mts., on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border; highest point is 3,500 ft (1,067 m). The routes through it link the cities of Peshawar, Pakistan, and Kabul, Afghanistan. For centuries a trade and invasion route from central Asia, the Khyber Pass was one of the principal approaches of the armies of Alexander the GreatAlexander the Greator Alexander III, 356–323 B.C., king of Macedon, conqueror of much of Asia. Youth and Kingship The son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, he had Aristotle as his tutor and was given a classical education. ..... Click the link for more information. , TimurTimur or Tamerlane , c.1336–1405, Mongol conqueror, b. Kesh, near Samarkand. He is also called Timur Leng [Timur the lame]. He was the son of a tribal leader, and he claimed (apparently for the first time in 1370) to be a descendant of Jenghiz Khan. ..... Click the link for more information. , BaburBabur [Turk.,=lion], 1483–1530, founder of the Mughal empire of India. His full name was Zahir ud-Din Muhammad. A descendant of Timur (Tamerlane) and of Jenghiz Khan, he succeeded (1494) to the principality of Fergana in central Asia. ..... Click the link for more information. , Mahmud of GhaznaMahmud of Ghazna , 971?–1030, Afghan emperor and conqueror. He defeated (c.999) his elder brother to gain control of Khorasan (in Iran) and of Afghanistan. In his raids against the states of N India, Mahmud, a staunch Muslim, destroyed Hindu temples, forced conversions to ..... Click the link for more information. , and Nadir ShahNadir Shah or Nader Shah , 1688–1747, shah of Iran (1736–47), sometimes considered the last of the great Asian conquerors. He was a member of the Afshar tribe. ..... Click the link for more information. in their invasions of India. The pass was also important in the Afghan Wars fought by the British in the 19th cent. The Khyber Pass is now traversed by an asphalt road and an old caravan route. A railroad (built 1920–25), which passes through 34 tunnels and over 92 bridges and culverts, runs to the Afghan border. Pakistan controls the entire pass. Khyber Pass(also Khaibar), a mountain pass in the range Safed Koh; located near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Khyber Pass measures 53 km in length and between 15 and 130 m in width. The main crossing is located at an elevation of 1,030 m. A railroad has been built from the Pakistani side up to the Afghan border. The Peshawar-Kabul highway traverses the pass. Khyber PassKhyber Pass
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