Central Asia

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cultural region geographical region region

Central Asia is a vast, landlocked region of Eurasia characterized by its historical Silk Road crossroads, diverse Turkic, Persian, and Russian cultural influences, and predominantly steppe and desert landscapes.

Aliases (9)

Inner Asia ×3
Transoxiana ×3
Central Asia (historically) ×1
Central Asia (hypothesized) ×1
Central Asia (probable) ×1
Central Asia (region) ×1
Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union ×1
Central Eurasia (hypothetical homeland) ×1
Interior Asia ×1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region → geographical region → region →
bordersRegion	East Asia → Eastern Europe → Middle East → South Asia → Western China →
containsCountry	Kazakhstan → Kyrgyzstan → Tajikistan → Turkmenistan → Uzbekistan →
continentPartOf	Asia → Eurasia →
hasCharacteristic	arid climate → continental climate → desert landscapes → landlocked → steppe landscapes →
hasCulturalInfluence	Persian → Russian → Turkic →
hasHistoricalEmpire	Khanate of Bukhara → Khanate of Khiva → Kokand Khanate → Timurid Empire →
hasHistoricalRole	Silk Road crossroads →
hasHistoricalRoute	Silk Road →
hasMajorBranchOfIslam	Shia Islam → Sunni Islam →
hasMajorDesert	Karakum Desert → Kyzylkum Desert →
hasMajorEcosystem	Eurasian Steppe →
hasMajorLake	Aral Sea → Caspian Sea → Issyk-Kul →
hasMajorLanguageFamily	Iranian languages → Turkic languages →
hasMajorMountainRange	Altai Mountains → Pamir Mountains → Tian Shan →
hasMajorReligion	Islam →
hasMajorRiver	Amu Darya → Syr Darya →
hasNaturalResource	cotton → natural gas → oil → uranium →
oftenIncludesTerritory	Afghanistan → Xinjiang → parts of northern Iran → parts of southern Russia →
timeZoneRange	UTC+4 to UTC+6 →
wasPartOf	Russian Empire → Soviet Union →

Referenced by (276)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Afghan → Afghan afghani → Afghanistan → Ahmad Shah Durrani → Ahmet Yesevi → Ashgabat → Chagatai Khanate → Darvaza gas crater → Durrani Empire → Emirate of Afghanistan → Ersari dialect → Gasherbrum I → Government of Kazakhstan → Greco-Bactrian Kingdom → Indo-Aryan languages → KZT → Kazakhstan → Kazakhstani tenge → Kazakhstani tenge → Khanate of Bukhara → Kokand Khanate → Kow-Ata underground lake → Kyrgyz → Kyrgyzstan → Kyrgyzstani som → Mahaz-e Milli → Mahmud Shah Durrani → Mongolia ("Inner Asia") → National Council of Turkmenistan → Pashto language → Pashtuns → Persian language → Romani language → Samanid Empire → Saryk dialect → Saur Revolution → Suhrawardiyya → Tajikistan → Tajikistani somoni → Timur Shah Durrani → Turkmenistan manat → Uyghur language (historically) → Uzbekistan → Uzbekistani soʻm → VLKSM → tunduk →	region
Afghanistan–Pakistan border → Altai Mountains → Amu Darya → Anglo-Afghan Wars → Aral Sea → Astana → Bukhara → Celestial Mountains → Chu River → Dzungarian Basin → Eurasian Steppe → Ferghana Valley → Gulag system → Hindu Kush → Inylchek Glacier → Iranian plateau → Ismoil Somoni Peak → Kabul → Karakoram → Karakum Desert → Kashgar → Khanate of Khiva → Khorasan → Kushan Empire → Kyzylkum Desert → Merv → Noshaq → Pamir Mountains → Pamir–Tien Shan mountain system → Parthian Empire → Samarkand → Syr Darya → Tibetan Plateau → Tien Shan → Turkmenabat →	locatedIn
Eastern Iranian languages → Indo-European language family → Iranian languages → Kipchak languages → Mongolic languages → Qadiri → Southwestern Turkic → Sufism → Transeurasian languages →	geographicDistribution
1905 Russian Revolution → Asian campaign → Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (1944) → Great Game → Operation Enduring Freedom → Operation Freedom’s Sentinel → Polish deportees in the USSR → Russian Civil War → Stalinist repressions →	location
Cannabis → Cervus elaphus → Eurasian lynx → Glaucium → Hippophae → Ovis orientalis → Spinacia oleracea → Uzbeks → Vitis vinifera →	nativeTo
Economic Cooperation Organization → Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council → ITC → Islamic Solidarity Fund → OSCE Parliamentary Assembly → Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights → Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe → UNECE Inland Transport Committee → United Nations Economic Commission for Europe →	regionServed
Aisha Sultan Begum → Hindal Mirza → Iranian peoples → Oghuz → Tajikistan ("Transoxiana") → Tatars → Umar Sheikh Mirza II →	historicalRegion
Alexandria Eschate → Battle of Talas → Pavlodar → Southern Afghanistan → Tashkent →	locatedInRegion
Amir → Chagatai Turkic → Cyrillic script → Mirza → Seljuk architecture →	usedInRegion
Karakoram Pass → Khyber Pass → Silk Road routes → Steppe Road →	connects
Early Islamic period → Indo-Iranian languages → Islamic medicine → Stray Feathers →	geographicScope
Eastern Afghanistan → Issyk-Kul → Mary → Shahrisabz →	locatedInSubregion
Celestial Mountains ("Inner Asia") → Gobi Desert → Tien Shan ("Interior Asia") → Turkmenistan →	partOf
Judeo-Iranian languages → Judeo-Persian → Tatar language → Tocharian languages →	spokenIn
Aimaqs → Bishkek → Mongolia → TJ →	subregion
Abbasid Caliphate → Hellenistic kingdoms → Mongol conquests → Russian Empire →	territoryIncludes
Kazakh American → Nastaʿlīq → Oghuz Uzbek →	associatedWithRegion
Greater Iran → Greater Middle East → Turkic world →	includesRegion
Asian New Zealander → Bukharan Jews → Kok-boru →	regionOfOrigin
Gustaf John Ramstedt → Ibn Battuta → Marco Polo →	traveledTo
South Asia → Western China →	borderedBy
East Asia → South-Central Asia →	bordersRegion
Baburnama → Department of Islamic Art →	coversRegion
Uyghurs → Uyghurs ("Inner Asia") →	culturalRegion
Cyrus the Great → Cyrus the Great ("Central Asia (probable)") →	deathPlace
Islamic art → Islamic mathematics →	developedInRegion
Umayyad Caliphate → Umayyad Caliphate ("Transoxiana") →	expandedTo
Pax Mongolica → Radical Reformation →	hasMainRegion
Khan → Mirza →	hasOrigin
Timurid dynasty ("Transoxiana") → Timurid dynasty →	hasTerritory
Hellenistic period → Islamic Golden Age →	mainRegion
Aga Khan Trust for Culture → U.S. Central Command →	operatesIn
Apple → Black Death →	originatesFrom
Subutai → Zoroaster ("Central Asia (hypothesized)") →	regionOfActivity
Abu Sa'id Mirza → Nader Shah →	regionOfInfluence
Hanafi school → Maturidi →	widelyFollowedIn
pir →	appearsInRegion
Bureau for Europe and Eurasia (USAID) →	appliesToJurisdiction
U.S. Central Command ("Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union") →	areaOfResponsibility
Radio Free Asia →	areaServed
Turkic languages →	areSpokenIn
Ismaili Shia →	associatedWith
Old Turkic (runiform and Uyghur-script traditions) →	attestedIn
Hindu Kush →	borderRegionOf
North Asia →	borders
Aquila nipalensis →	breedingRange
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty →	broadcastArea
Dirham →	circulatedIn
Asia →	containsSubregion
UZ ("Central Asia (region)") →	countrySubdivisionOf
Department of Islamic Art →	coversGeographicRegion
Persians →	culturalInfluence
Uzbek →	cultureRegion
Chechens →	deportationDestination
The Travels of Marco Polo →	describes
Romani →	diasporaRegion
Turco-Mongol →	emergedInRegion
Iranian peoples →	ethnicGroupOf
Mongols →	ethnicOrigin
Sayyids →	ethnicRegion
Tajiks →	ethnogenesisRegion
Ghurid Empire →	expandedInto
Afro-Eurasian desert belt →	extendsAcross
Pontic–Caspian steppe →	extendsInto
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt →	extendsThrough
Timurid architecture →	flourishedInRegion
Proto-Turkic ("Central Eurasia (hypothetical homeland)") →	geographicalAssociation
Tengrism →	geographicOrigin
Balkanabat →	geopoliticalRegion
Kazakh American →	hasAncestralRegion
Qutlugh Nigar Khanum →	hasAncestryIn
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco →	hasCollectionFrom
Zaydi Shia →	hasCommunityIn
Epic of Köroğlu →	hasCulturalRegion
Western Afghanistan →	hasCulturalTie
Petroliam Nasional Berhad →	hasExplorationActivitiesIn
Indo-Iranian peoples →	hasHistoricalRegion
Old Believers →	hasPopulation
Islamic world →	hasRegion
Assyrian Church of the East →	historicalExpansion
Persian →	historicalLanguageOfCultureIn
Mongols →	influencedRegion
Naqshbandi →	influentialIn
Issyk-Kul →	isMajorNaturalLandmarkOf
Qajar Iran →	lostTerritoryRegion
Keoladeo National Park →	migratoryBirdsFrom
Aquila fasciata →	nativeRange
Pantholopinae →	nativeRegionOfMembers
Wizz Air →	operatesInRegion
Bairam Khan →	origin
Naqshbandi →	originRegion
Manichaeism →	practicedIn
Asian diaspora →	presentIn
Turkmens →	primaryRegion
Perso-Arabic script ("Central Asia (historically)") →	primaryUseRegion
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha →	regionOfFocus
KZ →	regionRepresented
Shahrukh Mirza →	regionRuled
KAZ →	relatesToRegionOfRepresentedCountry
Timur →	ruledRegion
Indo-Iranian languages →	spokenInRegion
Nestorianism →	spreadTo
Achaemenid Empire →	territoryExtent
Soviet–Afghan War →	theatre
Persian language →	usedAsLinguaFrancaIn
Peter Fleming →	workLocation