1. asiasociety.org

    Russians also began to take over gradually Central Asia during this period. By the 19th century, Central Asia was completely taken over by Russia. In 1868, the Russians moved into Tashkent and made the city their capital in Central Asia. China moved into the region of Xinjiang even earlier in 1760s. The results in both cases were disastrous.
  2. asiasociety.org

    An in-depth look at the geo-politics of Central Asia, from the Great Game to present-day political power struggles in the regions. This is an excellent essay to be used in the context of a world history class. Did you know that the U.S. Civil War influenced supply and demand that led to power ...
  3. thegreatcourses.com

    The mid-1950s to mid-1980s were in many ways a golden age in Central Asia's modern history. Following World War II, trace new and substantial industrial and economic development in the region, as well as advances in media and education, religious freedoms, and the emergence of a distinct Central Asian Soviet culture.
  4. factsanddetails.com

    Central Asia has a rich history to which numerous tribes and nationalities have contributed over at least 2,500 years. A vital factor in the history of the southern part of the region was its location astride the most direct trade route between China and Europe, the so-called Silk Route, which began to develop in the heyday of the Roman Empire.
  5. britannica.com

    History of Central Asia, history of the area centered on the regions of Transoxania, the Eurasian Steppe, and the Takla Makan Desert. The relative lateness of indigenous written sources in the area presents a difficulty for the historian, who must rely on sources from surrounding regions that are often prejudiced.
  6. The Journal of Central Asian History (JCAH) is dedicated to the study of the history of Central Asia here understood as the landmass stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Gobi Desert, and from Siberia to northern Afghanistan, an area encompassing the historical regions of Transoxiana, Khorezm, the Qazaq Steppe, Zungharia, the Tarim Basin, and the Mongol lands.
  7. louis.pressbooks.pub

    Unlike many other regions of the world, Central Asia lacks the distinct topographical features necessary to delineate boundaries. ... Local leaders submitted to the faith in order to maintain their social status and elite position in society. The conquerors offered the Central Asian nobility important positions in the administration so long as ...
  8. academia.edu

    This paper examines the history of the Central Asia region during the Tsarist and Soviet periods, ... the Soviet centre directly imposed a fundamentally new kind of society on the peoples of Central Asia.199 Together, the effects of these policies on the ethnic and religious composition of the Central Asian states, and on modern understandings ...
  9. history.washington.edu

    Central Asia, known as the home of Tamerlane and the Silk Road, is a crossroads of great cultures and civilizations. In 1991 five nations at the heart of the region—Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan— suddenly became independent. Today they sit strategically between Russia, China, and Iran and hold some of the world's largest deposits of oil and natural gas.
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