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  2. History of Central Asia - Wikipedia

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    Homo sapiens reached Central Asia by 50,000 to 40,000 years ago. The Tibetan Plateau is thought to have been reached by 38,000 years ago. [7] [8] [9] The currently oldest modern human sample found in northern Central Asia, is a 45,000-year-old remain, which was genetically closest to ancient and modern East Asians, but his lineage died out quite early.

  3. Cartography of Asia - Wikipedia

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    In medieval T and O maps, Asia makes for half the world's landmass, with Africa and Europe accounting for a quarter each. With the High Middle Ages, Southwest and Central Asia receive better resolution in Muslim geography, and the 11th century map by Mahmud al-Kashgari is the first world map drawn from a Central Asian point of view.

  4. Cities along the Silk Road - Wikipedia

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    1.2 Central Asia. 1.2.1 Turkmenistan. ... The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected many ... Map of eastern Xinjiang with prehistoric sites ...

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia

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    The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 19 World Heritage Sites in six countries (also called "state parties") of Central and North Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Asian part of Russia. [1] The European part of Russia is included in Eastern Europe. [2]

  6. Central Asia - Wikipedia

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    Population pyramid of Central Asia in 2023 Ethnic map of Central Asia. White areas are thinly-populated semi-desert. The three northwest-tending lines are the Syr Darya and Amu Darya Rivers flowing from the eastern mountains into the Aral Sea and in the south the irrigated north side of the Kopet Dagh mountains.

  7. Ptolemy's world map - Wikipedia

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    The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy 's book Geography , written c. 150 . Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving manuscripts, it is traditionally credited to Agathodaemon of Alexandria .

  8. History of Asia - Wikipedia

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    A 1796 map of Asia (or the "Eastern world"), which also included the continent of Australia (then known as New Holland) within its realm. The Russian Empire began to expand into Asia from the 17th century, and would eventually take control of all of Siberia and most of Central Asia by the end of

  9. Central Asians in ancient Indian literature - Wikipedia

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    Central Asia and Ancient India have long traditions of social-cultural, religious, political and economic contact since remote antiquity. [1] The two regions have common and contiguous borders, climatic continuity, similar geographical features and geo-cultural affinity.